# What is the deal with street names in Miami? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163 "2024-05-05T19:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/41 "2024-05-09T02:36:55Z")
37th Ave and Douglas Road are names for the same street. A section of that street, between 199th and 215th, has been designated as Louis Maxwell Jr Ave for a soldier who was killed in action in Kabul in 2009. > **[Legislative Matter](https://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=100409&file=true&yearFolder=Y2010)** > > matter ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/42 "2024-05-24T10:17:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yeah, the post office does not deliver. Everyone has a PO Box, except for a few gang boxes located in subdivisions. There’s a town in Arizona located inside the Grand Canyon, and the Post Office delivers mail there even though they have to use _mule trains_ to do it. > **[Supai, Arizona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supai,_Arizona)** > > Supai (Havasupai: Havasuuw) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, within the Grand Canyon. > As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 208. The capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation, Supai is the only place in the United States where mail is still carried in and out by mules. > Supai has been referred to as "the most remote community" in the contiguous United States by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is accessible only by helicopter, ... I’m not sure I want to know what’s going on in your county that they won’t even bother to attempt it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/43 "2024-05-24T10:37:39Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Lots of duplicates which is a no-no. You mean like in Rochester, where West Avenue intersects with West Street? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/44 "2024-05-24T11:14:31Z")
America’s oldest traffic circle, the Airport Circle intersection in Pennsauken New Jersey has not been circular in decades, and the airport closed in 1957. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/45 "2024-05-24T13:00:39Z")
I can navigate New Orleans fine, but I’m always confused about what direction things are because the grid follows the river; I’m constantly getting turned around. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/46 "2024-05-24T13:11:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m not sure I want to know what’s going on in your county that they won’t even bother to attempt it. I think it’s mostly snow, snow and more snow. Hard for postmen and women. Putting a mailbox next to the street just gets it destroyed by snow plows. I’m one of two houses on this road. Really no point in delivery. And I rather they didn’t even try. Same issue with trash pick up. A few private companies have tried, but it’s sort of pointless. There’s also a bear issue with trash. You would need bear proof containers. I donno though. Some SFR’s may get trash pick up in town if you pay someone to do it. Multi-family has enclosed dumpsters. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You mean like in Rochester, where West Avenue intersects with West Street? That’s pretty bad. For us it’s more like “No, we already have three Lake View RDs. or Alpine AVE. No more!” This does force developers to get a bit creative. Including one suggestion ‘FU Road’. That would actually pass our regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163/47 "2024-05-24T13:56:19Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I think it’s mostly snow, snow and more snow. Hard for postmen and women. Putting a mailbox next to the street just gets it destroyed by snow plows. > I’m one of two houses on this road. Really no point in delivery. And I rather they didn’t even try. You should hire [Peter the Postman](https://seuss.fandom.com/wiki/Angry_Moustache_Seals?file=Peter-the-postman.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163.md?page=2)