# Does the name of a street affect your desire to live there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982 "2010-11-09T00:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/1 "2010-11-09T00:59:53Z")
Whether renting or buying, do you care what the street name is? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/2 "2010-11-09T01:36:35Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/3 "2010-11-09T02:01:05Z")
There are streets near me that are obviously named after some developer’s kids or nieces and nephews. Cutesy names like “Jacob Stewart” and “Ashley Jessica.” I think I’d cringe every time I had to reel off my address if I lived there, or offer an apology. Don’t think it would stop me from living in a “perfect house” though. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/4 "2010-11-09T02:18:19Z")
Not usually. But I once lived on a street whose name was my first name. That was cool. I would just tell people to come over to my street. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/5 "2010-11-09T02:20:06Z")
Yes, it affects my desire to live there, but if the house and price were right I’d overcome my dislike. Between two houses I liked the same, the street name might tip the balance. ---
**Author:** ![Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picard_Kills_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/6 "2010-11-09T02:23:22Z")
Yes. The name of the street my house is on is a popular name, but spelled in such a way you end up having to spell it to everyone you tell it to. I wish I could live on a street that had a simple, easy to spell name. That being said, ultimately I stilled rented this house. I guess it affected my desire to live there, but not enough to stop me from renting. I would rather spell the street name than pay 200 dollars more per month to live one street over. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/7 "2010-11-09T02:27:03Z")
[Yes.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=warp+drive+and+impulse+lane,+turlock,+ca&sll=37.476765,-120.833409&sspn=0.002469,0.006899&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Warp+Dr+%26+Impulse+Ln,+Turlock,+Stanislaus,+California+95380&z=15) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/8 "2010-11-09T02:43:36Z")
A bit. I wouldn’t live on any glurgey “developer’s daughters” streets, names that sound harsh or ugly (“Klumpp Street”, “Shickelmeister Road”, etc), and, yes, to be politically incorrect, “Gay Road”. A nearby town has a lot of streets with long Polish names, which are bound to create some difficulty with phone-based customer support folks. When I lived in Austin, my address was one of those odd memorial street names that are quite common in Texas, and a lot of people got confused when I had to give it to someone over the phone. I definitely wouldn’t live on any of the various streets named “Hitler” in Circleville, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/9 "2010-11-09T02:47:34Z")
> [@Carnacki](#): > > [Yes.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=warp+drive+and+impulse+lane,+turlock,+ca&sll=37.476765,-120.833409&sspn=0.002469,0.006899&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Warp+Dr+%26+Impulse+Ln,+Turlock,+Stanislaus,+California+95380&z=15) That would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/10 "2010-11-09T03:05:32Z")
[Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Klingon+Court,+Sacramento,+CA&sll=37.47668,-120.836075&sspn=0.002959,0.002886&g=Warp+Dr+%26+Impulse+Ln,+Turlock,+Stanislaus,+California+95380&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Klingon+Ct,+Sacramento,+California+95823&ll=38.50149,-121.440361&spn=0.005835,0.005772&t=h&z=17) [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Frodo+Cove,+Austin,+TX&sll=38.50149,-121.440361&sspn=0.005835,0.005772&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Frodo+Cove,+Austin,+Travis,+Texas+78739&t=h&z=16) [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Asimov+Way,+Sacramento,+CA&sll=37.28486,-121.829882&sspn=0.011865,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Asimov+Way,+Sacramento,+California+95829&z=16) [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hobbit+Circle,+Orlando,+FL&sll=41.226165,-81.837667&sspn=0.011216,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hobbit+Cir,+Orlando,+Orange,+Florida+32836&z=16) [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Binary+Stars+Street,+Henderson,+NV&sll=28.400984,-81.534619&sspn=0.013118,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Binary+Stars+St,+Henderson,+Clark,+Nevada+89052&z=16) [NERDS!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Nerdy+Avenue,+San+Jose,+CA&sll=38.782725,-90.775309&sspn=0.011625,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nerdy+Ave,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95111&z=16) [FTW.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Cartman+Road,+Garland,+TX&sll=36.04124,-78.864916&sspn=0.012059,0.011544&g=Cartman+Drive,+Durham,+NC&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cartman+Rd,+Garland,+Dallas,+Texas+75040&ll=32.9012,-96.603416&spn=0.006261,0.005772&z=17) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/11 "2010-11-09T03:10:28Z")
Nope, every morning I take the Hitler Expressway to the Mussolini cut off, where I continue for about 10 minutes when I exit to the Pol Pot Parkway. From there I exit on Satan Street and turn right on Osam Bin Lane. Then from there you continue right past Ayatollah Avenue and my house is 666. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/12 "2010-11-09T03:41:47Z")
Absolutely. I’ve been home shopping and had been wondering if other people think this way too. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/13 "2010-11-09T04:00:59Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Klingon+Court,+Sacramento,+CA&sll=37.47668,-120.836075&sspn=0.002959,0.002886&g=Warp+Dr+%26+Impulse+Ln,+Turlock,+Stanislaus,+California+95380&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Klingon+Ct,+Sacramento,+California+95823&ll=38.50149,-121.440361&spn=0.005835,0.005772&t=h&z=17) > > [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Frodo+Cove,+Austin,+TX&sll=38.50149,-121.440361&sspn=0.005835,0.005772&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Frodo+Cove,+Austin,+Travis,+Texas+78739&t=h&z=16) > > [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Asimov+Way,+Sacramento,+CA&sll=37.28486,-121.829882&sspn=0.011865,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Asimov+Way,+Sacramento,+California+95829&z=16) > > [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hobbit+Circle,+Orlando,+FL&sll=41.226165,-81.837667&sspn=0.011216,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hobbit+Cir,+Orlando,+Orange,+Florida+32836&z=16) > > [Geeks!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Binary+Stars+Street,+Henderson,+NV&sll=28.400984,-81.534619&sspn=0.013118,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Binary+Stars+St,+Henderson,+Clark,+Nevada+89052&z=16) > > [NERDS!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Nerdy+Avenue,+San+Jose,+CA&sll=38.782725,-90.775309&sspn=0.011625,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nerdy+Ave,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95111&z=16) > > [FTW.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Cartman+Road,+Garland,+TX&sll=36.04124,-78.864916&sspn=0.012059,0.011544&g=Cartman+Drive,+Durham,+NC&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cartman+Rd,+Garland,+Dallas,+Texas+75040&ll=32.9012,-96.603416&spn=0.006261,0.005772&z=17) More [Geeks](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Asimuth+Circle,+Union+City,+CA&sll=37.585279,-122.066871&sspn=0.004013,0.009602&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Asimuth+Cir,+Union+City,+Alameda,+California+94587&z=16)! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/14 "2010-11-09T04:05:37Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > [NERDS!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Nerdy+Avenue,+San+Jose,+CA&sll=38.782725,-90.775309&sspn=0.011625,0.011544&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nerdy+Ave,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95111&z=16) Man, I’d love to live next to it, on Ezie Street! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/15 "2010-11-09T04:11:14Z")
I grew up a block way from Easy St. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/16 "2010-11-09T04:14:00Z")
We just moved to a street with a very whimsical name. I think Mrs P would happily have paid an extra $100,000 or so just for the name. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/17 "2010-11-09T04:17:38Z")
I’d probably avoid living on MLK, Jr. St/Ave/Blvd in every city I’ve visited or lived in. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/18 "2010-11-09T04:29:51Z")
There are a couple of streets I would never have even looked at a house on them because of the name. “Little Dowdle Drive” and “Teeter Totter Trail”–I think these were even in the same subdivision. Also there are streets I wouldn’t care to spend a lot of time spelling and pronouncing. For instance, there’s a street somewhere–I think in Boulder–called “Toedtli.” Or something like that. What a mean thing to call a street. I have no idea how to pronounce that one. An old friend of mine was living on a street when its name got changed to Martin Luther King Boulevard. She lived on the corner–I think every address on that street was a corner lot–and she changed her address to the cross street, but it pissed her off bad. She was in favor of naming some street after MLK, just not hers. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/19 "2010-11-09T04:30:56Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Nope, every morning I take the Hitler Expressway to the Mussolini cut off, where I continue for about 10 minutes when I exit to the Pol Pot Parkway. From there I exit on Satan Street and turn right on Osam Bin Lane. > > Then from there you continue right past Ayatollah Avenue and my house is 666. There used to be a subdivision in Denver called “Swastika Acres.” Up into the '80s, it was still called that, but I think they did change it eventually. But it was in the legal description. You wouldn’t have had to put it on your driver’s license or tell UPS. ---
**Author:** ![broinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@broinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broinn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/20 "2010-11-09T04:36:57Z")
You could live on the corner of Gott and Hiscock, conveniently located next to Felch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982.md?page=2)