Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[jeffandnicole]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Executed murderers.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

TV theme songs. A "theme theme," as it were.

a actually groaned with this one.

[1995hoo]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."  (Bill Vaughn)

Heh. I remember back in the 1990s when construction signs first went up for the "Maple Trace" neighborhood in Fairfax City. My mother commented, "That's because once they start construction there won't be a trace of a maple left."

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

TV theme songs. A "theme theme," as it were.

a actually groaned with this one.

Some people might like the idea of using theme song names, but the thought of getting some of those songs stuck in your head every time you see a street name is somewhat disturbing to me.

[JayhawkCO]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Banned AARoads forum users.

[kphoger]

Streets in adjacent subdivisions.

STI's.

Corporate speak

Wow, you guys are good at this!  I mean, terrible at this.

[kphoger]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Generics (also called suffixes).

For example:
Avenue St.
Street Ave.
Road Ter.
Terrace Rd.
Boulevard Ct.
Court Blvd.
Drive Ln.
Lane Dr.

... and so on.

[1995hoo]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Generics (also called suffixes).

For example:
Avenue St.
Street Ave.
Road Ter.
Terrace Rd.
Boulevard Ct.
Court Blvd.
Drive Ln.
Lane Dr.

... and so on.

I've always wondered whether Avenue Road in Toronto is a road named Avenue or whether it is instead an avenue named Road. I suspect it is the former. (And I'm aware of the urban legend that it got its name when the surveyor pointed north and said, "Let's 'ave a new road.")

[Big John]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Generics (also called suffixes).

For example:
Avenue St.
Street Ave.
Road Ter.
Terrace Rd.
Boulevard Ct.
Court Blvd.
Drive Ln.
Lane Dr.

... and so on.

I've always wondered whether Avenue Road in Toronto is a road named Avenue or whether it is instead an avenue named Road. I suspect it is the former. (And I'm aware of the urban legend that it got its name when the surveyor pointed north and said, "Let's 'ave a new road.")

or Boulevard Ave in Bismarck ND

[Max Rockatansky]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Executed murderers.

Are we including those that survived their execution?

[Mapmikey]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Roadway types...examples:

Cul-D-Sac Ct
Avenue St
Ramp Crescent
Artery Ln
Freeway Way
Circle Sq
Superstreet Alley

[Scott5114]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Generics (also called suffixes).

For example:
Avenue St.
Street Ave.
Road Ter.
Terrace Rd.
Boulevard Ct.
Court Blvd.
Drive Ln.
Lane Dr.

... and so on.

Maybe you could work in others that share the same abbreviations, like Doctor Drive and Saint Street (and, if this is in Kansas City, Kansas, Louisiana Lane).

[Big John]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Generics (also called suffixes).

For example:
Avenue St.
Street Ave.
Road Ter.
Terrace Rd.
Boulevard Ct.
Court Blvd.
Drive Ln.
Lane Dr.

... and so on.

Maybe you could work in others that share the same abbreviations, like Doctor Drive and Saint Street (and, if this is in Kansas City, Kansas, Louisiana Lane).

Alliteration Avenue

[Scott5114]

Alliteration Avenue

...Not Alley?

[TheCatalyst31]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

Places with famously long names. "At the stop sign, turn left onto Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Street."

[Max Rockatansky]

Alliteration Avenue

...Not Alley?

Better than Damnation Alley (one of the worst movies I've ever seen)

[kphoger]

Maybe you could work in others that share the same abbreviations, like Doctor Drive and Saint Street (and, if this is in Kansas City, Kansas, Louisiana Lane).

Oooooooohhhhhh!

You win this round, just because of the Havoc that would wreak on mapping programs and apps.

[Sapphuby]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

braille

[kphoger]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

[Sapphuby]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

Python

[Big John]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

Klingon

[kphoger]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

Road signs should be bilingual, in both Aramaic and Esperanto.  After all, this is exactly what both languages were invented for.

[NE2]

10/7/26
When it comes to a subdivision, what is the worst theme to have streets named after?

braille

That could actually work if you use the contractions from Grade 2 Braille. Some of these would make good street names:

but
can
do
every
from
go
have
just
knowledge
like
more
not
people
quite
rather
so
that
us
very
will
it
you
as
and
for
of
the
with
child
shall
this
which
out
still
be
enough
were
his
in
was
day
ever
father
here
know
lord
mother
name
one
part
question
right
some
time
under
work
young
there
character
through
where
ought
upon
word
these
those
whose
cannot
had
many
spirit
world
their
about
above
according
across
after
afternoon
afterward
again
against
almost
already
also
although
altogether
always
because
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
blind
braille
children
conceive
conceiving
could
deceive
deceiving
declare
declaring
either
first
friend
good
great
herself
him
himself
immediate
its
itself
letter
little
much
must
myself
necessary
neither
oneself
ourselves
paid
perceive
perceiving
perhaps
quick
receive
receiving
rejoice
rejoicing
said
should
such
themselves
thyself
today
together
tomorrow
tonight
would
your
yourself
yourselves

[Scott5114]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

C.

[hotdogPi]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

Foul language

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

08 OCT 2026

In regions with multiple languages in common use, what language(s) should road signs be designed with?

Hieroglyphics