Lucy the Valiant Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 If you could rename the road / street you live on, to anything you wanted at all, what would you pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Our street name is very nice, so given the opportunity, I would not change it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 I would want a school-ish or thinking-ish sounding name. Pensive Lane? Page Road? Academy Drive? DH suggested Stay Away Lane. Hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I live on "u" road. My kids would like to live on "r" road, or" unicorn" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Ifyourdogtriestoattackmysonagainiwillshootit lane Not kidding on that one but since I have not seen it in a while I am wondering if someone else had to defend themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Main Street. (It's a little cul-de-sac on the edge of town with a long, odd name.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It has a very pretty, poetic name but it would probably be more practical to call it "this way to the shopping center", lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Diagon Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 My Road :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I like our street name. This isn't it, but it's like Peaceful Valley Drive. People always comment on how lovely our street sounds (and it is). We have a neighborhood in our county that's all last names of poets and authors. That's super cool to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'd change the name of the road I grew up on to Trail Drive because it had been Mr Trail's driveway. Who was the Thompson they named it after? Some surveyor guy who probably never went there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Given my daughter's love for (obsession with) the Beatles, maybe Penny Lane. I like our street name well enough though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 "This Isn't The Way to Gosh-Darned Ft. Belvoir" Actually, that should be my driveway's name--it's the continuation of a street; the actual street stops and picks up again about 3 miles away. People are constantly turning down my 550ft driveway and expecting it to be the entrance to Ft B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katydid Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We live on the corner of a street with a short and simple tree name, and a street who's named after someone from our city's history that has to be spelled every time because it is so hard to pronounce. Guess which street our address is on? If I had the choice, I would have preferred the tree name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I would change it to Wakefield St. Where we lived when we started homeschooling our house and property sat on two lots. Between them was a plotted road that had never been made, it would have gone straight to a big ditch anyway. It was Wakefield St on the maps, hence the name of our homeschool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 You're Obviously Lost Lane Keep in mind that UPS and FedEx have deemed my house too rural for service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My favorite road name I've seen is "Fish-or-cut-bait Lane." I think I would choose Serendipity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Yeah, we're way on the edge of town, and got word that our road name has to change because the police / fire can't find it. *rolls eyes* It's only us and 1 other house - we get to submit names to the town fathers. We submitted yet another petition for them to cease and desist, but I am not predicting a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 There's a street in San Diego called Haveteur Way. (have-it-your) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We're on Sunny Brook Rd. which is a very nice name for a street, so I'd keep it. If I had to rename it to more accurately reflect our street's personality, it would be something more like "this is a dead end dirt road, please don't drive 60mph street" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My uncle and aunt used to live on Easy Street. That sounds pretty good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2pandc Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 This post made me excited because when I was taking my daughter to gymnastics camp, I saw these streets pop up on my gps and thought this has to be a neighborhood where they let the kids name the streets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 You're Obviously Lost Lane Keep in mind that UPS and FedEx have deemed my house too rural for service. I like this! UPS/FedEx both call us to see if and where they can leave our packages in town (and depending on what our is, which town). Glad to know I'm not alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My husband was a bit bummed that Infinity Loop was already taken, since he thought that was an awesome idea. Whenever we finally buy land and build I imagine I'll be stuck with something equally nerdy. How about Mobius Strip? ;-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Something cheerful and so easy to spell that I never have to spell it for people. Maybe Sunny Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My boys and I were just talking about this very thing the other day. We decided on something like: I live at 321 Blastoff Lane. My address is 321 Liftoff Street. Our house is at 321 Go Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I like this! UPS/FedEx both call us to see if and where they can leave our packages in town (and depending on what our is, which town). Glad to know I'm not alone FedEx will call and meet me at the paved road a few miles from here. UPS makes me drive into town where they have a distribution center. Secretly, the handful of us who live in this area don't want FedEx and UPS barreling down our little private roads anyway. ETA: We get people who come down our little road who are upset and stressed and thankful to find a living human being and ask where the other outlet is. "There's just the one...the way you came" is unfathomable to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Rose Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 321 Waitforit Loop ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I like our street name. This isn't it, but it's like Peaceful Valley Drive. People always comment on how lovely our street sounds (and it is). Ditto. People often comment on how lovely our street name sounds, and it really is a lovely street. Nice people, too. :) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Up Hill. I also like "Lois Lane." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I couldn't! I hate the street names that don't fit into the pattern of the grid. Numbered streets are north south (ours is a number). The east west streets are alphabetical, then alphabetical two-syllable names (our cross street is one of those), then alphabetical three-syllable names, then alphabetical flower names. Diagonals are avenues, those are the states and territories. Secret streets are one syllable, usually alphabetical in the pattern, in between other streets. Roads and drives are random. And those are the ones that make me crazy. Even though many are useful. They're throwing off the beautiful pattern! Anyway, if my street was renamed, it would also throw off the pattern and that would be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelpants Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 My aunt lives on Fiddlers Creek Lane. I love sending her mail. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ladybug Lane... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippymom Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 There is a road in our town called Boogers Hill Rd. Snort. Glad I don't live on it! I think our road name should be You Better Go Slow Street! People wreck all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 The Road As in, The road goes ever, ever on Out from the door where it began Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in CA Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Something in ENGLISH. Some bozo thought it would be quaint to name all the streets in Spanish :huh: I am so tired of having to explain that that there isn't "street," "road," or anything else on the end of my street name because "Camino" means road in Spanish. I'm lucky in that at least the other word in my address is a Spanish name that is well known. Some of the people in my neighborhood have ridiculously long and unknown street names. It would also be really nice to be able to understand my GPS instead of constantly trying to guess what the heck it's saying, but that would be icing on the cake ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 All the houses on the road used to be part of one landed estate, so it would make sense to call the road after that estate. As it is, the road has no name - but then none of the roads in the village do, and there are no house numbers (just names). Delivery vans go first to the village hall, where there is a map of all the houses in the village; only then can they make their delivery. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Anything that's easy to spell, or has a standard spelling that everyone knows. Cat Street is good. Everyone knows how to spell cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulasue Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I once lived on Navidad. I hated it, I always had to spell it. When buying a house, I have to approve the street name before looking at it. We are going to build soon and there is a one street, I refuse to buy a lot on it. Since it has a unique spelling for a girl's name. If I got to name a street, I want to live on Easy Street or Love Bird Lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I live on the corner of Montague and Tuscany. I would change Tuscany to Verona since Capulet is down the road, or I would want to trade Tuscany for Capulet. ETA: I often have to spell out Montague for people, or they pronounce it Montagooey. Really? O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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