# Are there any real places named \[Someone's\] \[Some Intangible Thing\] like Ryan's Hope or Evelyn's Despair?

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There’s [Loafers Glory, NC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loafers_Glory,_North_Carolina) but it doesn’t appear to be a possessive.

[Martin’s Additions, MD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Additions,_Maryland) is close, but I think those additions were land added to Chevy Chase so that wouldn’t qualify.

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> [Martin’s Additions, MD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Additions,_Maryland) is close, but I think those additions were land added to Chevy Chase so that wouldn’t qualify.

How would that be close? The OP is looking for “[Someone’s] [Concept]”

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