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Originally Posted by George Bieniaszek
With some of the silly street names, maybe after happy hour ends  |
Could be. Some just don't make sense, some are bizarre, some have meanings beyond being a street name, and many are impossible to spell based on their pronunciation.
There is a "Due West Drive" but no "Due East Drive." There is an "East Gaffney Street" but no "West Gaffney Street" (or is it the other way around?). Do the folks who live on "Craven Street" know what "craven" means? (Look it up.) Why is the Churchill STREET Rec Center on Churchill DOWNS? Why are some ordinary sized streets given a name followed by BOULEVARD? I've come across streets with virtually the same names (can't think of any right off); just imagine the confusion they create! Why a whole area devoted to Ernest Hemingway, including a village named after one of his wives? (Look it up.) Why are El Camino Real and Paige Place actually the same street? Every time I see "Homeland Park" I think of the Department of Homeland Security! And the list can go on and on and on and on, and then on some more! Still, you have to give "The Villages Street Namer" a lot of credit, as it really must be a daunting task....