# anybody live in GA? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607 "2000-06-16T16:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/1 "2000-06-16T16:58:32Z")
I am working on a Georgia database today and I have a question. Are there any roads in Georgia NOT named Peachtree? Or is Peachtree road one continuous road that winds around every square foot of the state? 🙂 Just curious. Anybody else have similar experiences with local road names? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/2 "2000-06-16T17:48:16Z")
Peachtree is the name of just about every road in this town. For example, I could make it home by driving on Peachtree St, Peachtree Battle, Old Peachtree, or Peachtree Industrial. It is highly confusing, even more so for the poor shmoes driving through this state for the first time. If you ever happen to get lost in this town, my advice would be to get on I-285 and keep going until you reach the stop sign. Then turn left. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/3 "2000-06-16T18:24:39Z")
_L_ I ran accross peachtree industrial yesterday. I thought to myself “Damn, I bet they grow the trees strong in that area” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigJoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BigJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigJoe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/4 "2000-06-16T19:14:58Z")
Contrary to popular myth, every street in Atlanta is NOT named Peachtree. Every third one is some sort of Ferry (Paces Ferry, Johnsons Ferry, etc). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/5 "2000-06-17T02:00:52Z")
Don’t forget the bridges. Abbot’s, Haynes, Rogers, and too many others to name. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/6 "2000-06-17T02:40:24Z")
Going back to the original question, Not really – but a lot of people endure life there. 😉 SouthernStyle ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/7 "2000-06-17T04:38:12Z")
There are streets in Atlanta that don’t have Peachtree in the name. For example, La Vista Road and Briarcliff Road. Unfortunately, if someone describes something as being at their intersection, better ask which one – they intersect twice, several miles apart. And Briarcliff is only Briarcliff until it crosses Ponce de Leon Boulevard, at which point it becomes Moreland Avenue, just as Monroe Drive suddenly becomes Boulevard (no, really, it’s just called Boulevard) and Juniper Street becomes Courtland Street at Ponce. And don’t even ask about Lenox Road, which goes along just fine until it merges into Cheshire Bridge Road just south of I-85. If you cross under I-85 on Cheshire Bridge, you suddenly find after crossing Buford Highway that you’re . . . back on Lenox Road. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/8 "2000-06-17T05:10:21Z")
And by the way, “Ponce de Leon” is pronounced: Pawnce day Lee-on . . . . . . . . . . You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/9 "2000-06-17T05:19:47Z")
Hey, **Rackensack** , if you’re still in the Atlanta area, please check out the thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27258](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27258) we’s havin’ a _lunch_! ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/10 "2000-06-17T16:23:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > And by the way, “Ponce de Leon” is pronounced: Pawnce day Lee-on > \*\* Of course, a true resident will just say “Pawnce” and omit the “de LEE-on” part. Not that there’s any room to talk in Arizona. We pronounce the name of the town, Casa Grande, “Cass-uh Grand.” Directions from my fraternity house to the apartment I lived in my Senior year. Start on Peachtree Pl. Turn left on Atlantic Dr. Turn right on 10th St. Turn left on West Peachtree St. West Peachtree St. merges with Peachtree St. Peachtree St. turns into Peachtree Rd. I don’t know why. From Peachtree Rd., take a right on Peachtree Park Dr. What? You say I lost you after 10th St? ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-live-in-ga/22607/11 "2000-06-17T16:47:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > And by the way, “Ponce de Leon” is pronounced: Pawnce day Lee-on > > \*\* Actually, it’s more like “Paah-unce duh Lee-on”, in my experience (which included living on or within two blocks of Ponce from 1987 to 1994). And yes, I noticed the lunch being planned. Haven’t decided whether I’ll be able to get away long enough that day (I work in Buckhead). And there is something to be said for maintaining an air of mystery . . . .