(this is a real map in Queens)

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Why did they stop and move to 61 without exhausting all the options?

    According to Wikipedia (US section)

    • Alley (Allee, Ally, or Aly)
    • Annex (Anex, Annx, or Anx)
    • Arcade (Arc)
    • Avenida
    • Avenue (Av, Ave, Aven, Avenu, Avn, or Avnue)
    • Bayou (Bayoo or Byu)
    • Beach (Bch)
    • Bend (Bnd)
    • Bluff (Bluf or Blf)
    • Bluffs (Blfs)
    • Bottom (Bot, Bottm, or Btm)
    • Boulevard (Boul, Boulv, Bld, Blv, or Blvd)
    • Branch (Brnch or Br)
    • Bridge (Brdge or Brg)
    • Brook (Brk)
    • Brooks (Brks)
    • Burg (Bg)
    • Burgs (Bgs)
    • Bypass (Bypa, Bypas, Byps, or Byp)
    • Calle
    • Camino
    • Camp (Cmp or Cp)
    • Canyon (Canyn, Cnyn, or Cyn)
    • Cape (Cpe)
    • Causeway (Causwa or Cswy)
    • Center (Cen, Cent, Centr, Centre, Cnter, Cntr, or Ctr)
    • Centers (Ctrs)
    • Circle (Circ, Circl, Crcl, Crcle, or Cir)
    • Circles (Cirs)
    • Cliff (Clf)
    • Cliffs (Clfs)
    • Club (Clb)
    • Common (Cmn)
    • Commons (Cmns)
    • Corner (Cor)
    • Corners (Cors)
    • Course (Crse)
    • Court (Ct)
    • Courts (Cts)
    • Cove (Cv)
    • Coves (Cvs)
    • Creek (Crk)
    • Crescent (Crsent, Crsnt, or Cres)
    • Crest (Crst)
    • Crossing (Crssng or Xing)
    • Crossroad (Xrd)
    • Curve (Curv)
    • Dale (Dl)
    • Dam (Dm)
    • Divide (Div, Dvd, or Dv)
    • Drive (Driv, Drv, or Dr)
    • Drives (Drs)
    • Estate (Est)
    • Estates (Ests)
    • Expressway (Exp, Expr, Express, Expw, Expwy, or Expy)
    • Extension (Extn, Extnsn, or Ext)
    • Extensions (Exts)
    • Fall
    • Falls (Fls)
    • Ferry (Frry or Fry)
    • Field (Fld)
    • Fields (Flds)
    • Flat (Flt)
    • Flats (Flts)
    • Ford (Frd)
    • Fords (Frds)
    • Forest (Frst)
    • Forge (Forg or Frg)
    • Forges (Frgs)
    • Fork (Frk)
    • Forks (Frks)
    • Fort (Frt or Ft)
    • Freeway (Freewy, Frway, Frwy, or Fwy)
    • Garden (Gardn, Grden, Grdn, or Gdn)
    • Gardens (Gdns)
    • Gateway (Gatewy, Gatway, Gtway, Gtwy)
    • Glen (Gln)
    • Glens (Glns)
    • Green (Grn)
    • Greens (Grns)
    • Grove (Grov or Grv)
    • Groves (Grvs)
    • Harbor (Harb, Harbr, Hrbor, or Hbr)
    • Harbors (Hbrs)
    • Haven (Hvn)
    • Heights (Hts)
    • Highway (Highwy, Hiway, Hiwy, Hway, or Hwy)
    • Hill (Hl)
    • Hills (Hls)
    • Hollow (Hllw, Holw, or Holws)
    • Inlet (Inlt)
    • Island (Is)
    • Islands (Iss)
    • Isle
    • Junction (Jction, Jctn, Junctn, Juncton, or Jct)
    • Junctions (Jcts)
    • Key (Ky)
    • Keys (Kys)
    • Knoll (Knol or Knl)
    • Knolls (Knls)
    • Lake (Lk)
    • Lakes (Lks)
    • Land
    • Landing (Lndng or Lndg)
    • Lane (La or Ln)
    • Light (Lgt)
    • Lights (Lgts)
    • Loaf (Lf)
    • Lock (Lck)
    • Locks (Lcks)
    • Lodge (Ldge, Lodg, or Ldg)
    • Loop (Lp)
    • Mall
    • Manor (Mnr)
    • Manors (Mnrs)
    • Meadow (Mdw)
    • Meadows (Medows or Mdws)
    • Mews
    • Mill (Ml)
    • Mills (Mls)
    • Mission (Msn)
    • Motorway (Mtwy)
    • Mount (Mt)
    • Mountain (Mtn)
    • Mountains (Mtns)
    • Neck (Nck)
    • Orchard (Orchrd or Orch)
    • Oval (Ovl)
    • Overlook (Ovlk)
    • Overpass (Opas)
    • Park (Prk)
    • Parks (Park)
    • Parkway (Parkwy, Pkway, Pky, or Pkwy)
    • Parkways (Pkwys)
    • Pass
    • Passage (Psge)
    • Path
    • Pike (Pk)
    • Pine (Pne)
    • Pines (Pnes)
    • Place (Pl)
    • Plain (Pln)
    • Plains (Plns)
    • Plaza (Plza or Plz)
    • Point (Pt)
    • Points (Pts)
    • Port (Prt)
    • Ports (Prts)
    • Prairie (Prr or Pr)
    • Radial (Rad, Radiel, or Radl)
    • Ramp (Rmp)
    • Ranch (Rnch or Rnchs)
    • Rapid (Rpd)
    • Rapids (Rpds)
    • Rest (Rst)
    • Ridge (Rdge or Rdg)
    • Ridges (Rdgs)
    • River (Rvr, Rivr, or Riv)
    • Road (Rd)
    • Roads (Rds)
    • Route (Rte)
    • Row
    • Rue
    • Run
    • Shoal (Shl)
    • Shoals (Shls)
    • Shore (Shr)
    • Shores (Shrs)
    • Skyway (Skwy)
    • Spring (Spng, Sprng, or Spg)
    • Springs (Spgs)
    • Spur
    • Square (Sqr, Sqre, Squ, or Sq)
    • Squares (Sqs)
    • Station (Statn, Stn, or Sta)
    • Strasse (the German word for street, used in Summit Park, Utah and one road in Niederwald, Texas)
    • Stravenue (Strav, Straven, Stravn, Strvn, Strvnue, or Stra; unique to Tucson, Arizona)
    • Stream (Streme or Strm)
    • Street (Str, Strt, or St)
    • Streets (Sts)
    • Summit (Sumit, Sumitt, or Smt)
    • Terrace (Terr or Ter)
    • Throughway (Trwy)
    • Trace (Trce)
    • Track (Trak, Trk, or Trks)
    • Trafficway (Trfy)
    • Trail (Trl)
    • Trailer (Trlr)
    • Tunnel (Tunl)
    • Turnpike (Trnpk, Turnpk, or Tpke)
    • Underpass (Upas)
    • Union (Un)
    • Unions (Uns)
    • Valley (Vally, Vlly, or Vly)
    • Valleys (Vlys)
    • Via
    • Viaduct (Vdct, Viadct, or Via)
    • View (Vw)
    • Views (Vws)
    • Village (Vill, Villag, Villg, or Vlg)
    • Villages (Vlgs)
    • Ville (Vl)
    • Vista (Vist, Vst, Vsta, or Vis)
    • Walk
    • Wall
    • Way (Wy)
    • Well (Wl)
    • Wells (Wls)
      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        11 hours ago

        I grew up near Seattle, and I think only that could make it worse. There’s no naming convention whatsoever, except east/west, which is the least important direction. Most of the suburbs use numbers, but again, they make no sense since half of them come from the city plan and the other half come from the county’s plan.

        Before I had GPS on my phone, I had to print out directions and even then ended up asking directions at a gas station more often than not.