I’d love to live here
Not in general, no. But I would never live on L. Ron Hubbard Way, for no other reason than the name, that’s for sure.
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.”
If I were still in Columbia, I’d still be trying to find a way to live on Furman [del]St.[/del] Ave.
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.
I don’t think many British people would be too happy living om Chavasse Way. 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.
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.
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.
I know these aren’t streets, but…
The ex-mayor is kind of a tool, but I wonder if they had a Batsignal.
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. . .
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.
Manchaca Blvd, perhaps?
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.
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.
Stop, get out of the car, cut off your Mssolini…
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?
I can find Somewhere Drive and Where Else Lane.
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.
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, herewe go.
You may all officially hurl now.
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
Not only, no. Hell NO!
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.