# Would you live on Gay Street? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406 "2004-08-11T19:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/21 "2004-08-11T22:24:33Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > You just made me realize, for the first time, how unutterably _boring_ the street names in my life have been. Seely, Capleton, Cavell, Redfern, Cartier, De Bullion, and the current one is a saint’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Elle\_Woods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bb73d2/32.png) [@Elle\_Woods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elle_Woods)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/22 "2004-08-11T22:29:40Z")
Personally, I think Ethel Avenue is a lovely name. I would, without hesitation, move to Gay Street. The kitsch value alone would be worth its weight in gold. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/23 "2004-08-11T22:30:50Z")
All the streets in my neighborhood are names after places in Scotland. (Glendevon, Durness, Balintore etc…) Not terribly weird. Las Vegas does have some strange street names Donner Pass Drive Lovett Lane Virgin Street Swimminghole Street Ocean Front Drive (funny since we are 400 miles from an ocean) Maseratti Drive Gomer Street Pyle Street Lonsome Biker Lane Lone Jogger Drive Lord Orville Court Dixieland Street Dillweed Drive Dike Lane [The ‘Star Wars’ Streets](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?location=rmYm43jNkC%2f62HC3HN5j3JNjwXpo9uJDH%2fBjKjcZCFu%2fmg7EMlwVAi6zW%2bhWBS1V2%2fBVDbHUEAe0HzHVYEy9z1D1Xc5dDQqmsqzHup29ZPlvrvjRexN1uABoKu0SANDSZSXSAnu9Sfo%3d&searchtype=address&searchtab=address&countryid=US&address=Vader%20Lane&city=Las%20Vegas&state=NV&zipcode=&country=US&addtohistory=) : Vader Avenue Kinobe Avenue Skywalker Avenue Lucas Avenue (If you look at the bottom of the map there is a Fast Lane) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/24 "2004-08-11T22:34:56Z")
[The Ohio Republican Party](http://www.enquirer.com/columns/wilkinson/1997/05/051897_hw.html) refused to have their address on Rich Street. Like the article states, it would have been interesting to see them on Gay Street in downtown Columbus. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/25 "2004-08-11T22:39:10Z")
I’d live on Gay Street, or any of the other street names mentioned here, way, way, way before I’d ever even consider living on [L. Ron Hubbard Way](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?location=Mfxmz4%2fXVlO08xVv1VdukoeZc0gdUulMIL7lPWAQzJbmlaSQ%2bgX09YQsW0iGe3LK1aaW%2fuvAwd2dcQC%2bY92EehlyiE0QZomzIbKdr37F3jf6Ro54OLL%2fGKfDrYmzBURkrDTz58OxxgqECLQB2NXTiigGMr0VVo9D&searchtype=address&searchtab=address&countryid=US&address=L%2e%20Ron%20Hubbard%20Way&city=Los%20Angeles&state=CA&zipcode=&country=US&addtohistory=). ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/26 "2004-08-11T22:47:20Z")
> [@LVgeogeek](#): > > [The ‘Star Wars’ Streets](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?location=rmYm43jNkC%2f62HC3HN5j3JNjwXpo9uJDH%2fBjKjcZCFu%2fmg7EMlwVAi6zW%2bhWBS1V2%2fBVDbHUEAe0HzHVYEy9z1D1Xc5dDQqmsqzHup29ZPlvrvjRexN1uABoKu0SANDSZSXSAnu9Sfo%3d&searchtype=address&searchtab=address&countryid=US&address=Vader%20Lane&city=Las%20Vegas&state=NV&zipcode=&country=US&addtohistory=) : > Vader Avenue > Kinobe Avenue > Skywalker Avenue > Lucas Avenue OMG GOD. I want to move to Vegas now! Chicago has a lot of honorarily named streets. (Real street names are on green signs, honorary street names are on brown signs.) My favorite is 103 Martyr Saints. I don’t know what it refers to, but I like it. It has character. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/27 "2004-08-11T22:49:25Z")
No problem at all with gay. Though I am reminded of the old Chicago joke… What 3 streets in Chicago rhyme with a womans’ private parts? Melvina, Paulina, and… wait for it… Lunt. HA! Kills me every time. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/28 "2004-08-11T22:52:08Z")
Not only WOULD I live on Gay Street, I _did_ live on Gay Street for 4 years. Yup, my first “starter” home was on Gay St. After the first 6 months, the joke goes away. Honestly. You don’t even remember that Gay St. is a funny name, until you move away for a few years. Then it becomes funny again. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/29 "2004-08-11T23:00:03Z")
Considering how unaffordable housing is in my area, if it meant I had the chance to own a house, I’d live on the corner of Buttfuck Street and Shitstain Lane. ---
**Author:** ![Booyakka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@Booyakka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booyakka)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/30 "2004-08-11T23:09:38Z")
We had a Street Rd in PA. I live in Hawaii now and it’s always fun to ask visiting friends to pronounce local steet names such as Likelike Highway and Kalanianaole Highway. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/31 "2004-08-11T23:20:59Z")
Let’s see, I went to Gayman Elementary on Ferry Road, I don’t think living on Gay street would be a problem. Now, not to far from where I grew up in PA there was a Tapeworm Road. That might be a problem. But not as bad as the Butt one in the link above. (I, too, remember Street Road.) There were plenty of great street names around there to balance that one out. (Cold Spring Creamery Road, Shady Hollow Road, Burnt House Hill Road, …) ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/32 "2004-08-11T23:30:08Z")
Before we moved to NYC, my wife and I lived in Syracuse. There was a certain street that we had vowed to visit before we moved, and a week prior to moving, our dreams came true. We drove twenty miles, but man [it was worth it.](http://www.angelfire.com/music2/bsturiale/picture.html) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/33 "2004-08-12T00:38:16Z")
Sure, I’d live in [Faggot](http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?coordsys=gb&X=425380&Y=626470&client=public&scale=25000&place=Faggot&GridE=425380&GridN=626470), [Mincing Lane](http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?coordsys=gb&X=533220&Y=180850&client=public&scale=5000&place=Mincing+Lane&GridE=533220&GridN=180850), [Bummer’s Hill](http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?coordsys=gb&X=539720&Y=228640&client=public&scale=25000&place=Bummers+Hill), [Wide Open Dykes](http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?coordsys=gb&X=341265&Y=562470&client=public&scale=25000&place=Wide+Open+Dykes&GridE=341265&GridN=562470), or [Cum Hag Wood](http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?coordsys=gb&X=469500&Y=471500&client=public&scale=25000&place=Cum+Hag+Wood). Who wouldn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/34 "2004-08-12T01:13:55Z")
> [@LVgeogeek](#): > > The ‘Star Wars’ Streets: > Vader Avenue > Kinobe Avenue > Skywalker Avenue > Lucas Avenue Feh. That’s nothing. Here in Marin, we’ve got Lucas Valley Road. Know who lives on it? **George fucking Lucas, that’s who!** And no, the road is not named after him. It’s been called Lucas Valley since at least the late 19th century. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/35 "2004-08-12T01:20:09Z")
> [@Elle Woods](#): > > Personally, I think Ethel Avenue is a lovely name. There’s a Rue Éthel in my neighbourhood. In the Montreal suburb of Kirkland, there’s a subdivision where all the streets are named after wine: rues Chianti, Cabernet, Chablis, Beaujolais, Madeira, etc. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/36 "2004-08-12T02:33:03Z")
We live about half an hour from Hershey, and while there _is_ a Hershey Expressway, there is, sadly, no Hershey Highway. Because I would SO move there just to be able to say that was my address… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/37 "2004-08-12T02:38:24Z")
Heck, I’m a whacky Rightist & I’d live on Gay Street. I’d hesitate to move to Hershey Highway, but Gay Street would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/38 "2004-08-12T02:49:43Z")
I once drove through Gay, MI. There is a bar there called … (are you ready for this?) … Gay Bar. > **[Michigan - Map of Cities in MI - MapQuest](https://www.mapquest.com/us/michigan/michigan-282094581)** > > Get directions, maps, and traffic for Michigan. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/39 "2004-08-12T02:54:50Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Though I am reminded of the old Chicago joke… Heh. Love that joke. I used to live at the very corner of Paulina and Lunt; it was fun giving directions to friends. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406/40 "2004-08-12T03:06:42Z")
My prior apartment was in the West Village, around the corner from Gay St. - all one block of it. When I moved in I barely even chuckled, since even by 1995 the West Village had turned into the Lower Upper West Side - all straight people with strollers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-on-gay-street/259406.md?page=3)