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davem4616 10-29-2020 03:22 AM

I prefer names to using numbers....in Ft Lauderdale we dealt with:
-NE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-NW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace

BryanTheGolfPro 10-29-2020 04:52 AM

Street names
 
Just take two or three nice-sounding word and link them together to create a street name--even though it doesn't make any sense. E.G. "Mountain Brook" First, there are no mountains in Florida. Second, the highest point in Florida is about 350 feet--and is on the Alabama state line! In "Back to the Future", the town was "Hill Valley". In what Universe does that make sense? I'd be interested in other nonsense names of streets that others have found--in TV and elsewhere.

HeleneGB 10-29-2020 05:38 AM

Sales people in homes in The Villages

Astron 10-29-2020 06:04 AM

I have a vision of a bunch of pages from OED used as a dartboard in the dark.

taylor111947 10-29-2020 06:12 AM

Dart boards - one for the main name and one for the road type (Lane, Circle, etc.) 😉

bilcon 10-29-2020 06:15 AM

Several in Glembrook are areas of the five boroughs in NYC.

La lamy 10-29-2020 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1853386)
I was recently elected to the position of VP in charge of naming streets. You pay the developer for the position.

We charge $ 27.99 to name streets.

If you ask for 3 names at one time you do get a 10% discount however discount not applicable the last 2 days of a month.

What?!!! You must be sarcastic but kinda sound serious. :shocked:

Aacosner 10-29-2020 07:03 AM

In my humble opinion, the best street name in all The Villages is Oracle Ct. The worst name is a three way tie between Caulk Ct., Fink St., and of course Heiny Place.

FromNY 10-29-2020 07:57 AM

Was told Village of Winifred the streets are named for significant things in Aronald Palmers life . Believe Winifred was his wife?

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 10-29-2020 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mopper (Post 1853711)
On the historic side I believe some were named by the workers when the roads were being built.

Actually, Schwartz Blvd and Tarsson were named after the founders. I believe that some of the streets in Silver Lake were named after their children and grandchildren. Jennifer, Mark, Ann, Matthew, Jason, Kelsea etc.

There is a section where several streets were named after trees, Royal Palm, Beechwood, Weeping Willow, Silver Oak.

In Country Club Hills, the streets are named after famous golf courses. Pebble Beach, St Andrews, Turnberry, Hilton Head.

In Orange Blossom Gardens, many streets are named after flowers Rose, Orchid, Camelia, Magnolia.

I wonder if some streets in other areas had names keeping with the theme of the village.

Some of the streets in other areas were named after people who worked for the Villages in management position.

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 10-29-2020 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1853721)
I prefer names to using numbers....in Ft Lauderdale we dealt with:
-NE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SE 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-NW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace
-SW 112 Street, Avenue & Terrace

The confusion here is that we have streets with names and numbers.SE 167th Forsyth St.

SE 168th Trinity Pl.

What's up with that?

Personally, I find numbers confusing. We have all these county roads that are numbered and I can't keep track of where many of them are. Obviously we learn the main ones. 466, 466A ('sup wi dat) 44, 42, 301. But how many people know where 484 or 467 are?

Stu from NYC 10-29-2020 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 1853817)
What?!!! You must be sarcastic but kinda sound serious. :shocked:

Would you like us to name a street after you La Lamy Courtyard?

jimandjoy 10-29-2020 08:32 AM

Street names in Monarch Grove
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by kansasr (Post 1853687)
Come down to Monarch Grove. The theme here is “streets nobody knows how to pronounce. “

When we bought our home in Monarch Grove, we were told the streets were named for 10 year employees of Citizens First Bank.

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 10-29-2020 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FromNY (Post 1853861)
Was told Village of Winifred the streets are named for significant things in Aronald Palmers life . Believe Winifred was his wife?

I'm looking at a map of Winifred. Arnold's wife's name was indeed Winifred but I'm looking at a map of The Village of Winifred and don't recognize any names that were relevant to Arnold.

There might be a few such as Pine Hills and Saybrook that are golf related but I don't know that they are specifically related to Arnold.

Of course I'm not an Arnold Palmer expert, but if these are names that were important to him they must have been pretty personal and not well known.

Lottoguy 10-29-2020 08:46 AM

I heard they sometime use name of employees in The Villages.


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