# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Deflagration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/41 "2010-11-09T19:13:03Z")
I’d love to live [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane) ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/42 "2010-11-09T19:20:41Z")
Not in general, no. But I would never live on [L. Ron Hubbard Way](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=L+Ron+Hubbard+Way,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90027&sll=34.17793,-118.539888&sspn=0.014344,0.027788&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=L+Ron+Hubbard+Way,+Los+Angeles,+California+90027&t=h&z=17), for no other reason than the name, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/43 "2010-11-09T19:26:57Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > 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. Back in 1999, when my then-wife and I were looking to buy our first house, one of the houses she found for us to drive by and look at was on Ginger Spice Ln. I said, “No.” She said, “But it could be the Perfect House.” I said, “That’s _exactly_ what worries me.” > [@Zsofia](#): > > I know a lady who just bought a house on Toad Street. She insists on pronouncing it “Toe-ad”. If I were still in Columbia, I’d still be trying to find a way to live on Furman [del]St.[/del] Ave. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/44 "2010-11-09T19:28:11Z")
I almost purchased a delightful little starter house on Uranus Ave, but I was 22 and I just knew my buddies would use the street name to cock block me at the local watering holes. Shoulda bought the house and ditched the friends. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/45 "2010-11-09T19:51:28Z")
I don’t think many British people would be too happy living om [Chavasse Way](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Chavasse+Way,+Farnborough,+Hampshire&sll=51.299387,-0.786389&sspn=0.000936,0.002851&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Chavasse+Way,+Farnborough,+Hampshire+GU14,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.297913,-0.787888&spn=0.001872,0.005702&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.298029,-0.787725&panoid=nI4VmFTQ5bz42BMwAiDLOQ&cbp=12,103.54,,2,16.68). And yet this is the name of a brand new suburban road near me - presumably named long after the word “chav” gained popular currency. That’s a really chav-ass street. Heheh. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/46 "2010-11-09T19:55:21Z")
No, but there are some streets I walk past and think ‘I’d love to have that address.’ ‘Cake Walk’ is one of the nearest ones to me. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/47 "2010-11-09T21:12:49Z")
Some places would be annoying to live in because the signs get stolen all the time. There’s a Weed St. in Irmo that has that problem. ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/48 "2010-11-09T21:31:37Z")
I know these aren’t streets, but… > [@Cunctator](#): > > Named, I’d suggest, for the founder of Melbourne, [John Batman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Batman), and not for the fictional comic character. [The ex-mayor is kind of a tool,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman,_Turkey) but I wonder if they had a Batsignal. > [@Zsofia](#): > > Some places would be annoying to live in because the signs get stolen all the time. There’s a Weed St. in Irmo that has that problem. [Supposedly one of the most stolen signs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/49 "2010-11-09T21:37:58Z")
> [@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) If you hit the satellite button and magnify the pic, you’ll see that this should really be named “Wormhole Way.” [/Steve Martin voice]What the heck _is_ that thing? [\smv] There are definitely a few in my area I wouldn’t live on. Gallow’s road comes to mind. . . ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/50 "2010-11-10T07:12:53Z")
Not really. I don’t think we ever thought about it. Heck, our street had a different name when we first moved here. And it was made of dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/51 "2010-11-10T07:21:04Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > 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. Manchaca Blvd, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/52 "2010-11-10T12:21:39Z")
There’s a street in Toronto that has my real life last name (not rare, but medium rare), spelled the way I spell it (rare). It’s in a neighbourhood we could never afford, and we now live in the house I will not leave, not ever, but every time I drive past that street, I think it would be fun to live on a street that appears to be named for me. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/53 "2010-11-10T13:52:04Z")
I’d probably only be thinking about the length of the street name. My old address had a long street name, combined with a relatively long city name. I got tired of writing it out when paying bills, and there was **never** enough room for it on forms. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/54 "2010-11-10T14:05:23Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Nope, every morning I take the Hitler Expressway to the Mussolini cut off Stop, get out of the car, cut off your Mssolini… ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/55 "2010-11-10T19:36:26Z")
The locals here get to rename roads (and name new ones) and we have quite a few that are “twee” or just plain weird: Think twice about living on - Baroque n’ Glass Lane Fuzzy Bunny Lane Dirt Road Yellow Brick Road Loon Song Lane Bunny Lane Ya couldn’t make this stuff up, I tell ya. Just remembered that in Milwaukie, OR, there is a Where Else Place adjacent to an Elsewhere Place. How cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/56 "2010-11-10T19:43:02Z")
> [@Philliam](#): > > Just remembered that in Milwaukie, OR, there is a Where Else Place adjacent to an Elsewhere Place. How cool is that? I can find [Somewhere Drive and Where Else Lane](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=where+else+place+Milwaukie,+OR,+United+States&sll=45.44623,-122.639261&sspn=0.03336,0.091238&g=Milwaukie,+OR,+United+States&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=SE+Where+Else+Ln,+Milwaukie,+Clackamas,+Oregon+97222,+United+States&ll=45.431116,-122.618585&spn=0.000743,0.001426&t=h&z=20). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/57 "2010-11-10T22:55:53Z")
Doesn’t really matter that much to me, though I do admit to a bias against “developer’s daughter” street names. Like I’d be reluctant to live on a street called something like “Lurlene Court” or “Mary Sue Avenue” unless the house was pretty darn amazing. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/58 "2010-11-10T23:13:45Z")
There’s a neighborhood in Dallas with street names like Snow Whilte, Dwarfs [sic!] Candlelight, Cinderella, Wonderland, Pinocchio … all bound together on Sleepy Ln. Lemme see if I can find a map for y’all. Ah, [here](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Snow+White+Drive,+Dallas,+TX&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.275297,92.900391&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Snow+White+Dr,+Dallas,+Texas&ll=32.899137,-96.838989&spn=0.01072,0.022681&z=16)we go. You may all officially hurl now. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/59 "2010-11-10T23:36:06Z")
In general a name isn’t going to affect me unless it’s particularly evocative. Then it could be a plus or a minus. Then there are business name/address combinations… [Judas Goat Taberna Blood Alley Square Vancouver, BC](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Judas+Goat+&sll=33.973519,-81.291876&sspn=0.003924,0.006856&ie=UTF8&hq=Judas+Goat&hnear=&radius=15000&ll=49.310799,-123.10524&spn=0.098709,0.219383&t=h&z=12) Not only, no. Hell NO! ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982/60 "2010-11-11T23:18:46Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > Lovely cottage; must see to appreciate. Sunny kitchen, cozy breakfast nook, spacious backyard. [314 Shades of Death Rd.](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.88629,-74.93449&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=40.88629,-74.93449) Whee!!! I’d love to live on Shades of Death Rd, although my parents would be appalled. It would also be a great excuse to have some kick-ass Halloween parties. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-name-of-a-street-affect-your-desire-to-live-there/559982.md?page=4)