*Marjorie*
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Post by *Marjorie* on Feb 15, 2020 4:16:41 GMT
I live in Hawaii and most of our streets are Hawaiian names. When we were considering buying a house in Georgia the name of the street was Walton Woods Lane. I loved it.
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Post by patin on Feb 15, 2020 4:29:58 GMT
I love the name of my street. And I live on a Lane. I always liked the sound of a "Lane"
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Post by lisacharlotte on Feb 15, 2020 4:35:29 GMT
I live in Hawaii and most of our streets are Hawaiian names. When we were considering buying a house in Georgia the name of the street was Walton Woods Lane. I loved it. Must have been around Augusta? I worked at Walton Rehab. Lots of stuff named after George Walton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 15, 2020 4:36:57 GMT
Well, when I lived at 1666 SW 16th Street, a friend said: "Ooh, aren't you scared? That's the mark of the devil!" Slept real well that night. Both my cell and land line have 666 in them. I've been alright for over 30 years.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 15, 2020 4:37:55 GMT
Love mine. You aren't the only one who thinks about it.
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Post by SweetieBugs on Feb 15, 2020 4:42:07 GMT
Unfortunately my street name is one that has to be spelled out for most people to get right. With a last name that definitely has to be spelled out, it becomes tedious to give my name and address. I have to spell my city on top of my name and street. I feel your pain. I guess we have that in common as well. I forgot about my city. It's 3 separate words that shouldn't be that hard but just is to a lot of people. Long last name, long street name, long city name, long state name (but at least people know how to spell California or just use CA).
I've fantasized living at 555 Maple Drive (or Oak Way) so I totally get this post.
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*Marjorie*
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Post by *Marjorie* on Feb 15, 2020 5:43:44 GMT
I live in Hawaii and most of our streets are Hawaiian names. When we were considering buying a house in Georgia the name of the street was Walton Woods Lane. I loved it. Must have been around Augusta? I worked at Walton Rehab. Lots of stuff named after George Walton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. It was in Newnan.
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Post by Legacy Girl on Feb 15, 2020 5:47:51 GMT
Our home is cozy, but not spectacular by any means; yet I've often thought that I'd hate to give it up because I'd miss the address. It's very quaint, and although it has a silent letter in the street name, which necessitates spelling it every time, it's only four letters, so it's easy enough to spell. I just love it! Contemporary street names kind of make me crazy. It's like everyone tries to one-up each other and it sounds ridiculous. They get to the point where they remind me of the formal names of the dogs at Westminster. 92643 Royal Highness Bartholomew Harrison Appleton Boulevard -- I'm kidding, but it's not too far off from reality! So no, OP. You are not alone on your bench!
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Feb 15, 2020 5:49:36 GMT
I wasn’t thrilled with ours, but it has grown in me after 21 years. 🤣 The good news is I don’t have to spell it like I did my maiden name, married name or son’s name.
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Post by llinin on Feb 15, 2020 6:19:58 GMT
Ours is fine but nothing great. When we were newlyweds we were under contract on a house on Happy Valley Road. I loved that name so much. The inspection went south and we bought a different house on a less cute street.
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Feb 15, 2020 9:29:53 GMT
I have to spell my city on top of my name and street. I feel your pain. I guess we have that in common as well. I forgot about my city. It's 3 separate words that shouldn't be that hard but just is to a lot of people. Long last name, long street name, long city name, long state name (but at least people know how to spell California or just use CA).
I've fantasized living at 555 Maple Drive (or Oak Way) so I totally get this post.One of the reasons I kept my married name after my divorce was because it was only half the letters of my maiden name. I had to spell both so I chose the shortest one.
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Post by Patter on Feb 15, 2020 11:20:10 GMT
I am just like you--love a nice sounding street name. Some street names you drive by and think "wow, glad that is not my street name." Well, fast forward to my current city. The street names are NUTS!!! Here is one of our street names:
"6th Street Circle Court Northwest is the longest street name in the city limits."
"There are no mere drives — always street-drives and avenue-drives. So drives always begin east-west or north-south."
It's crazy. Just on a fun count, there are twelve streets in the city that begin with "10th Avenue" and then have more added to the end of that to distinguish between each 10th Ave. There are fifteen "10th Streets" with more added to distinguish between each, etc. Navigation around town is crazy, crazy. You just can't say "Turn on 10th Street." There are fifteen different ones. Which one? You have to add ALL of the extra that you see in the 6th Street Circle Court NW example above. So, while I don't mind my street name, it's really, really hard to make sure people have your address right. Forget a NW, NE, SW, SE and you may never see your mail. LOL!
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Feb 15, 2020 11:27:28 GMT
At least it is not "whawhatay way." I turned that one down because I felt like I was speaking nonsense every time I talked about the house we were considering. I feel you on that. I'd want to pass on that one, too. We have a Weed road locally, which now days probably has a much different connotation than when it was named. Haha! And your house number most definitely should be 420! It's crazy. Just on a fun count, there are twelve streets in the city that begin with "10th Avenue" and then have more added to the end of that to distinguish between each 10th Ave. There are fifteen "10th Streets" with more added to distinguish between each, etc. Navigation around town is crazy, crazy. You just can't say "Turn on 10th Street." There are fifteen different ones. Which one? You have to add ALL of the extra that you see in the 6th Street Circle Court NW example above. So, while I don't mind my street name, it's really, really hard to make sure people have your address right. Forget a NW, NE, SW, SE and you may never see your mail. LOL! That's like streets named Peachtree in Atlanta. I'd always heard it was over 50, but a quick google just showed me it's 71!
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Post by KelleeM on Feb 15, 2020 11:40:14 GMT
I’ve never lived in an area that had numbered streets but when my dd lived in Florida I had to navigate for my dh and it drove me insane.
I’m fortunate that I’ve lived on easy to say and spell streets all of my life. Our street now is a tree name, although not an overly common one. I like it a lot!
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Post by gar on Feb 15, 2020 12:09:12 GMT
I think I'd only be put off if it was something really silly or unpleasant but it hasn't been a problem we've encountered. The thing that annoys me currently is that our local council replaced some ageing street signs and for some reason made the 2 names into 1 on the new ones (so (for example) Dart Way is now Dartway) but only in some places. Seems like pure negligence in not checking but annoying all the same. If you want to waste 10 mins, here's a list of silly English road names/places from Honey Knob Hill to Bushy Gap with apologies to Spongemom Scrappants for the tangent link
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Post by stargazer on Feb 15, 2020 12:10:39 GMT
Our house has a name, not a number & it fits well with the street name; every time I give the address to someone they never fail to say “what a lovely address”. Having said that, I’m not sure that a “bad” address would stop me from buying the house (we previously lived on a street called ‘Skelton’ which several people misread as skeleton but it made no odds to me!)
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Feb 15, 2020 12:27:38 GMT
If you want to waste 10 mins, here's a list of silly English road names/places from Honey Knob Hill to Bushy Gap with apologies to Spongemom Scrappants for the tangent A completely entertaining tangent! Those are hilarious. And mostly all now on my list of addresses I would not want!
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 15, 2020 12:28:49 GMT
You are clearly not alone. I love our Scottish street name. I also joke our next home will be near my BFF, on Bliss Lane.
A no-go street name is near my sister...Xkimo. Nope.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 15, 2020 13:19:46 GMT
No, my address is boring - my street name is the same name as the suburb. There are some lovely street names near me, and I always wish I'd bought a house on one of them eg. Peppermint Place, Billabong Ave, Redgum Lane, Lemongrove St. When DD's aunty (whose surname is Laine) was pregnant, she wanted to call the baby Rose if it was a girl. Then they bought a block of land on Rose Lane, in the suburb Rosedale. Her name and address would have been: Rose Laine 6 Rose Lane Rosedale She ended up naming her something completely different.
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tuesdaysgone
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Feb 15, 2020 13:43:23 GMT
I've always liked the street names where I've lived.
I grew up with an address of 345 and currently my address is 123. We live in a semi-rural area and discovered our street name was named for the family that build our house in the 1940s. I always smile thinking of that family living at 123 their last name.
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Post by jmd74 on Feb 15, 2020 13:46:24 GMT
When we were stationed in Kentucky we lived in Mississippi St. I hated writing that out for some reason. Our Hawaii address I disliked the most. In our neighborhood all addresses started with 91-xxx and our street name was Kaianae. I had to spell it out every time and it took 6 months for me to figure out how to pronounce it properly.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Feb 15, 2020 13:49:58 GMT
My city is laid out in a convenient grid pattern. Numbered streets run north/south starting at the river (which is the city and state border) with numbers increasing as you go west. East/west streets are named and generally continue all the way out west. We have a dividing intersection that breaks the numbered streets into N/S/E/W. In most cases with an address I know exactly where something is in the city.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Feb 15, 2020 13:51:36 GMT
No, my address is boring - my street name is the same name as the suburb. There are some lovely street names near me, and I always wish I'd bought a house on one of them eg. Peppermint Place, Billabong Ave, Redgum Lane, Lemongrove St. When DD's aunty (whose surname is Laine) was pregnant, she wanted to call the baby Rose if it was a girl. Then they bought a block of land on Rose Lane, in the suburb Rosedale. Her name and address would have been: Rose Laine 6 Rose Lane Rosedale She ended up naming her something completely different. I had a similar experience with a friend who didn't name her daughter Penny Lane when they lived on Penny Lane!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2020 13:52:45 GMT
Yes because it has the word Seminary in it and the husband finds it really hard to say
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Post by littlemama on Feb 15, 2020 14:23:43 GMT
I haven't lived on a street where I didnt like the name, although in going through the list in my mind just now, all but one has been a compound word (plumbrook, parkside (twice), current street). I have also always had a 5 digit address, other than the non compound word street, which was 4 digits. My current street, people always ask if it is one word or two, which I am always taken aback by. That could be because I am worn out from spelling my name, dh's name (both unusual spellings) or ds' name (traditional spelling) and our last name (a word, but not one that most Americans use)
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Post by pancakes on Feb 15, 2020 14:50:00 GMT
You are def not alone!
I grew up on a great street with a great address (Honeytree Drive).
When I was renting, it didn’t bother me as much to have some random name. Our current house is fine — nothing bad or amazing about the street name.
But I could never make my permanent address something I wasn’t happy with. I am not a fan of streets named after people, for example.
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Feb 15, 2020 14:56:19 GMT
I get it.
Like someone else said - when we looking at other houses this past year, I would def take note the name of the street.
We would joke like "how would you like to live on *** street?"
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Post by maryannscraps on Feb 15, 2020 15:26:18 GMT
I used to live on Lightning Lane, and was surprised at how many people misspelled it Lightening. It had never occurred to me that it was a hard word to spell.
I loved that neighborhood -- all the streets were named after 18th century clipper ships.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 15, 2020 16:04:34 GMT
I totally know what you mean... I like the street names where we've lived (for the most part). Our first house was on El Greco Street which was a bit ridiculous- I always had to spell that for people. The whole neighborhood was Italian names.
Our last couple houses have been in master-planned communities, and the street names in those neighborhoods are all 'matching' if you know what I mean. Some of them have really silly street names, in my opinion. When I drive to work, I pass by a neighborhood that includes Julie Lane and Kent Street, and I don't think I would ever want to tell someone I lived on "Julie" Lane. (I'm guessing they're family names from the person who developed the community)
I was looking at the map last week (finding directions to an estate sale) and the neighborhood street names were herbs & spices. Nutmeg Street wasn't so bad, but telling someone I lived on Dill Street? lol-- not so much.
eta: I do like that a lot of the streets and towns around here are Spanish words and names... We live on Camino Real, the neighborhood is called "Tierra des Palmas" and the next street is Avenida des Palmas, which sounds way cooler than Palm Ave. One of the nearby streets is Kadota Avenue, which always throws me because I look at it and every time, my mind wants to read "Dakota" instead of Kadota.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 15, 2020 16:18:50 GMT
We've lived in a lot of places, but I've never had a street name that I hated. The one we have now is actually a really nice name. Problem is that no one can seem to spell it correctly, even when I spell it out for them. The name is a town in the UK as well as Massachusetts, but people insist on breaking it out to two words. We have had so much misdirected mail over the years because of it.
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