To get to my daughter’s house, you cross Briar Path, then take Fox Chase, Pheasant Walk, and Elk Rush Drive. Cross Deer Run Circle and then turn onto her street. I haven’t seen a fox, pheasant, or elk over there, but they have plenty of deer!
Heh. I live in Florida. Near me are roads named ‘Forest Hill,’ ‘Summit,’ ‘Coral Springs,’ and, my personal favorite, ‘Gun Club.’ The area has no hills; the maximum elevations within 100 miles are overpasses on the Turnpike and the Interstates, plus Mount Trashmore, where the county dumps garbage. There isn’t a summit. There isn’t a forest anywhere near. There are no springs nearby. The Sheriff’s Office and the National Guard armory are on Gun Club, so there are lots of guns, but no club. (Unless you count the strip club literally across the street from the Sheriff’s Office. Biggest strip club in the county, too. Donald Trump’s golf course is behind the Sheriff’s Office, on Summit, so that doesn’t count either.)
It seems that for much of the United States, at least in my 75 year lifetime, streets are often named for features that have been bulldozed away to make room for the streets.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
the boys’ nature walk sure is something
Mentor397 over 1 year ago
Since my knee problems and subsequent leg issues, all of my nature walks are in MineCraft now.
MayCauseBurns over 1 year ago
They name streets for what they ripped out to build it.
Purple People Eater over 1 year ago
Just one block over from where I live, there’s a street called “Red River Path”. You won’t see any river there, though. It’s underground now.
Kaputnik over 1 year ago
It actually got its name as the site of an outdoor interview with Brooke Shields. Somwhere along the line, the e got dropped.
TheWildSow over 1 year ago
To get to my daughter’s house, you cross Briar Path, then take Fox Chase, Pheasant Walk, and Elk Rush Drive. Cross Deer Run Circle and then turn onto her street. I haven’t seen a fox, pheasant, or elk over there, but they have plenty of deer!
Painted Wolf over 1 year ago
Heh. I live in Florida. Near me are roads named ‘Forest Hill,’ ‘Summit,’ ‘Coral Springs,’ and, my personal favorite, ‘Gun Club.’ The area has no hills; the maximum elevations within 100 miles are overpasses on the Turnpike and the Interstates, plus Mount Trashmore, where the county dumps garbage. There isn’t a summit. There isn’t a forest anywhere near. There are no springs nearby. The Sheriff’s Office and the National Guard armory are on Gun Club, so there are lots of guns, but no club. (Unless you count the strip club literally across the street from the Sheriff’s Office. Biggest strip club in the county, too. Donald Trump’s golf course is behind the Sheriff’s Office, on Summit, so that doesn’t count either.)
Lee26 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Wow! Back when I sold shoes, we moved lots of mink oil. Hadn’t heard about it since.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member over 1 year ago
For a couple of intelligent boys they sure are stupid. If it’s not in a book they’re clueless
Eric Klein over 1 year ago
What was that about trees and a tree museum? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bdMSCdw20
k8zhd over 1 year ago
It seems that for much of the United States, at least in my 75 year lifetime, streets are often named for features that have been bulldozed away to make room for the streets.
Steverino Premium Member over 1 year ago
I once went to Los Gatos in California expecting to see cats running around. Boy, was I disappointed.
sallyseckman over 1 year ago
Mink oil on shoes does something?
KEA over 1 year ago
Suburbia— where humans level forests and then name the streets after them
T... over 1 year ago
Babbling brook has laryngitis…
billdaviswords over 1 year ago
For a brainy kid, Jason sure is dumb sometimes…