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SOONER44EVER
12/4/2010, 07:31 PM
My wife was looking in the paper. She came across all these street names in one subdivision. Leaves of Grass, Bell Tolls, Rose in Bloom, Falling Sky and Silent Sun Circle. WTF? :confused:
GKeeper316
12/4/2010, 07:32 PM
best street names in the city are inside the rivendell addition on s. 119th.
hipsterdoofus
12/5/2010, 03:12 PM
Better than here in Edmond where every other street name has "Oak" in the name - I believe that they required builders to stop because it was becoming confusing for fire and police to get to calls.

Twould be better to have these:

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RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
12/5/2010, 05:53 PM
Anywhere got Shaniqua, Plaxico, Tyerod, Santonio?
OhU1
12/6/2010, 11:20 AM
Street and subdivision names are annoyingly and often nonsensically bucolic: Foxgate, Ridgegate, Bridgegate, Elmcreek, Willowcreek, Oakgate, Oakcreek, Foxcreek, Elmridge, Oakbridge, Riverview, Rivergate, Riveroak, Riverelm, Rivercreek, Oaklane, Riverlane.

Take a tree or animal species name and combine with the word gate, river, ridge, lane, or bridge and you have the typical generic street or subdivision name for a community full of McMansions.

On the other hand I once saw a street called "Ear Bob Road". Another with the simple but peculiar name "Stumpf". (no home worth more than $50,000 was in sight).
jumperstop
12/6/2010, 11:27 AM
best street names in the city are inside the rivendell addition on s. 119th.

If you're a LOTR fan...That is right over by where I grew up. Went to elementary school right across the street from Rivendell.
Partial Qualifier
12/6/2010, 01:02 PM
If you're a LOTR fan...That is right over by where I grew up. Went to elementary school right across the street from Rivendell.

Fischer?
Jammin'
12/6/2010, 01:07 PM
One of the Oak Tree Lite neighborhoods in north Edmond has all the streets named after the old English golf club names. (Niblick, Mid Iron, Chipper, etc...) but the one that cracks me up is the street name of Bassie. Funny because it should be Brassie but someone obviously can't spell or didn't research well enough to know the correct name.
Sooner Tri
12/6/2010, 05:06 PM
My all-time favorite street name is in Edmond:

Lois Lane
jumperstop
12/6/2010, 05:14 PM
Fischer?

Fisher*, Yes.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
12/6/2010, 05:15 PM
Creativity Award to:

Avenue A, Avenue B, etc.
jumperstop
12/6/2010, 05:18 PM
Down by Riverwind the street that soinc is on, I think it's called Sonic Drive-in Drive.