Crooked Bend Drive, Red Barn Road, Chicken House Road. These road signs can all be seen in a rural town not too far from us.
It's a safe bet the names date back to a time when our area was mostly farm land with houses few and far between. No doubt folks gave directions by telling a traveler to turn right at the red barn or to watch for the first drive after the crooked bend. - Completely understandable.
Still, Motivated Mom and I couldn't help but brainstorm over new names that could be put to use. House With Broken Shutter Alley and Sagging Back Porch Drive were just a couple of the names we came up with.
Red Barn Road really bothers me though. Not because farm country is peppered with red barns, but because the name suggests that somewhere there has to be a Blue House Street or Yellow Farm Drive. Which means the people living in the houses connected to the road names are under a community obligation to keep their houses the same color - kind of takes the fun out of home ownership.
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