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Does it matter if you live in a 'Street'

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Lilygran Thu 30-Oct-14 09:30:48

What about 'Road'? Like a lot of cities, but this more than most I think, we have whole areas of development called Samename Close, Avenue, Crescent, Street and other variations and it is a nightmare to find addresses. And the names in the area are often similar, famous literary figures or south coast towns or fruit. Nothing very distinctive about these!

merlotgran Thu 30-Oct-14 09:30:31

I wonder if we do it unconsciously? Our address is ........Farm. It used to be ........Farm Bungalow because our two acre smallholding was part of a much larger farm. I was quick to drop the Bungalow part of the address because I didn't want people to think we lived in a tied house.

The farm road outside the property is traditionally referred to as a drove. After 25 years planting hedges and trees alongside our bit it's now very pretty so I call it a lane. grin

DD is living in a static caravan at the bottom of our garden while we do a building conversion. She insists on calling it a mobile home!!

I think we all have a bit of HB in us.

shysal Thu 30-Oct-14 09:27:46

You can't judge a road by it's name. I know a Blossoms Glade which is on a scruffy run down caravan site. I think sometimes posh names are given to compensate for the lack of character in the area.
Proud to say that I live in a Drive, with some nice houses, but mine is a tiny terraced two up two down. smile

kittylester Thu 30-Oct-14 09:18:30

Another of my Mum's Mrs Bucket moments yesterday:

For the 20th time on this visit alone

Mum: So, where do all your children live?
Me: Well, DS1 lives in a flat in town, DS2 lives in our village, DD1 lives in Derby, DD.........
Mum: Where in Derby does she live?
Me: *** Street.
Mum: Oh!
Me: What do you mean 'Oh'
Mum: A Street (along the same lines as 'A handbag!!')

It set me wondering whether addresses count nowadays? I've said before that we live on what was called 'Catsick Lane' so I don't have leg to stand on grin

Mum would be very impressed if anyone lived in a Close or on a Crescent - do you judge people by their addresses?