Street Names
 

I'm just curious if there is any rhyme or reason for street names? And, what distinction is there, if any, between a Lane, Trail, Loop, Way, Court, Place, ...? I noticed there are not too many 'Streets'.

I just have this picture of some poor soul sitting in a windowless room day after day coming up with street names. In the Villages I could see it being a full time job!

I once lived in a town in Illinois where, in my development, all the streets were named after Kentucky Derby winners.

Secretariat Lane!

no

Secretariat Circle

The street names seem to be based on the name of the Village which sets a "theme". For instance, Belvedere Village has an English twist with streets named Churchill, Leicester Terrace, Brighton, etc.

I'm guessing that the Developer decided that "Lane, Trail, Loop, Terrace, etc.", are classier and more interesting than "Street".

I also used to live in a town (in Canada) which had a development where streets were named after Kentucky Derby winners. Perhaps there is a similar development in every town in North America. :girlneener:

We live on Inner Circle which some folks have noted is much better than Outer Circle.

We live in Belvedere Village--most of the street names are associated with horse racing---Churchill Downs, Manor Downs, Kempton , Thistledown, Keeneland , Hialeah, Pimlico--Leicester and Brighton are tracks in the UK--Northham is in Australia. Agree with Barefoot---Way, Trace, etc. sounds better than Street, Road, or Avenue. Probably a full-time job for someone in the Villages to come up with these names.

And, I can't help but think how much more interesting the names are than in some of the small mid-western towns I've driven through, where all the north-south streets are numbered and east-west streets are trees - or some similarly dull arrangement. Sure, probably easier for folks to figure where an address is, but isn't it more fun, here?

I agree that using "nicer" terms than "street" adds some charm. It does bother me a wee bit, though, when I come across an "avenue" which is one short block long! :1rotfl:

Aren't you glad we're not square, either?

SWR
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Darn. I never minded the name of my street in TV until I read this thread.

I live on a Street. :swear:

"Street"? How old school!

The streets in older towns and cities were named in a different, more simple era. Pretty straight forward. I like both the old and new names given to residential areas. In some ways the old type names are easier to remember.

We were told names are computer-generated, but they do seem to have themes, as well.

Blame it on the computer..... how novel and unique. My street (oops, Run I mean) is Baldwin and it crosses Bassinger Ct. Must have been reviewing movies that day in the design shop, seems like those names are straight from Hollywood and ought to be in the vicinity of Bacall Center? Oh well, I have it memorized now and am able to find it in the dark. I think perhaps that "marketing" may just be an ingredient, as is with most aspects of the Villages, and that ain't all bad I don't reckon.....BTW the trivia in the paper today was a keeper.

There are about 1960 street names in TV as of 4/26/2010 and of those about 146 end in street.

http://www.districtgov.org/images/street%20listing.pdf

Most interesting that I found was Joe's Street.

Yup. We have house number 1999. I'm still trying to figure out where the other one thousand, nine hundred and ninety eight houses are located on our stree....uh, er, Run.

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See what you have to look forward to in the Daily Sun? Seriously, I haven't read a daily newspaper (too liberal) for many years, but I'm kinda getting use to a daily read of the Daily Sun. Prior to our arrival I read it daily on the internet, while checking out TOTV. I consider it an integral part of the "villages package". In a straw poll I'll still rate TOTV anead of the paper for usefullness, creativeness and crammed with important information, unlike the trivia above......