Color Obsession: Painted Houses

Thanks to Meghan in Charleston, South Carolina, I totally stand corrected on the issue of colorful houses on these shores (see the post below). Turns out that we Americans are, too, bold with color when it comes to the exteriors of our homes.

A link that Meghan posted to a pic of the painted houses on Charleston's Rainbow Row (above, taken by flickr member william.ward) led to a flickr search for other colorful rowhouse streets. Before I knew what had hit me, hours had passed and I was completely down the rabbit hole. (Living in the Bay Area, my first thought, of course, was of the "Painted Ladies" along Alamo Square in San Francisco -- but that image is so cliched that I won't bore you with it here.)

Some color inspiration from around the U.S., and the world:

Haight Street, San Francisco (by Agent of Darkness)

Daly City, California's "little boxes of ticky tacky" (by Thomas Hawk)

Washington, D.C. (by Ronnie R)

Baltimore, Maryland (by Zombie37)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (by Komal Soin)

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (by MairimG)

Guanajuato, Mexico (by Wyoming Quinn -- thanks Wyoming!)

La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina (by Caleb Bennett)

Valparaiso, Chile (by d.composed)

Halifax, Nova Scotia (by Holsz, via bird and beef -- thanks, bird and beef!)

St. John's, Newfoundland -- which, by the way, is my husband's ancestral home: All hail Newfoundland! (by Rexton)

Reykjavik, Iceland (by clatiek)

Cobh, Ireland (by erinpolgreen24)

An unnamed Irish village (by Desert Vu)

Llandeilo, Wales (by The Welsh Knight)

Portobello Road, London (by Interrobang)

Notting Hill, London (by me)

Nyhavn, Copenhagen (by courriel_vert)

Burano, Italy (by Roberto Herrett)

Tenerife, Canary Islands (by supersl84)

South Africa (from the book Shack Chic: Art and Innovation in South African Shack-lands, by Craig Fraser -- thanks for the tip, Nancy!)

Is there a street of exuberantly colorful houses in your neck of the woods? If so, and if you can track down an image of it online, please post the link in the comments box. Thanks!