Does street name impact your choice of house purchase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My grandparents lived on Long Island for a while in the 30s and they were on Josef Goebbels Boulevard

Why was a street named after him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were deciding between two houses and it really came down to not wanting to live on Ann fitzhugh lane… she was a lovely person but I already have to spell my first and last name and didn’t want to always have to spell my street name.

We live on a basic tree street name and never have to spell it

LOL I live in that neighborhood. Hope you didn’t end up buying nearby on sugarbush court. I can’t say that one with a straight face.

[Anonymous]

We refused to look at a house on Mansion Drive. Lovely home but I would feel like an AH every time I said my address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband refused to look at a house on Tinker Bell Terrace. This was a buyers market, and we had at least a dozen homes to look at that day.

OH, HA HA HA I agree with your husband!!

[Anonymous]

We live next to a street in Alexandria called Mansion Drive.

The houses are gorgeous on that street but I would cringe a bit if someone asked for my address and I had to say “oh come on over to visit the address is 314 Mansion Drive.”

[Anonymous]

There is a Devil Lane in Woodbridge. I'm curious why it hasn't been changed.

[Anonymous]

I'm looking out in Burke and ruled out Downhaul lane and Protest ct based on the street name.

[Anonymous]

“Where do you live?”

“Uptha Road.”

“Right, but which road?”

“Uptha Road.”

“What do you mean, Uptha Road?”

“Yup.”

[Anonymous]

We used to live on Havard without the R, and every time we gave our address, people thought we were from Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband refused to look at a house on Tinker Bell Terrace. This was a buyers market, and we had at least a dozen homes to look at that day.

This one is very funny.

[Anonymous]

My parents bought their first newly built house in a new development with an awful street name similar to Scurfpea Drive. What the heck was a scurfpea, anyway? Turns out it’s an obscure flower. They planted Scurfpea at the mailbox.

[Anonymous]

I lived on Lovers Lane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My grandparents lived on Long Island for a while in the 30s and they were on Josef Goebbels Boulevard

Why was a street named after him?

Hitler’s close relatives lived on Long Island for decades.

[Anonymous]

Any Chicagoans here know the common denominator of Paulina, Melvina, and Lunt?

[Anonymous]

Yes, street name did factor into our decision but only slightly. We were just a bit more eager to view houses with "cool" street names. (My husband and I are a bit nerdy so our cool is probably DCUM’s "childish"). But the house itself is the most important thing so we never ended up offering on any houses with nice street names, because the house itself was lacking in some way.

I would not buy a house on a street with a truly terrible name like “Pedophile ave" though.