Naming Your Subdivision, Made Easy!
Monday, October 9, 2006, by jrohmer
Memo to suburban tract developers: Curbed LA has your number. While others might be impressed by the evocative names with which you christen your exurban subdivisions (i.e. "Olive Grove at Perris Lake", or "Rancho Sin Vacas at Catalina Foothills," we know all about your prefab naming methods. A blogger at DenverInfill Blog provides a cheeky naming manual for the Denver region, excerpted above. It's only a matter of time until the SoCal version is leaked, with all it's neo-Mediterranean flava.
·Guide to Suburban Denver Subdivision Names[DenverInfill Blog]
When it comes time to create the SoCal version, do not forget: "Pointe" is always spelled with the extra "e." Because it's just that much more classye!
I love this chart...but does anything say class like LancasterDale? Could you have used a little creativity in naming the streets, people? I'd rather live at The Clusters of Ass Goiter Glen than on say, Avenue K...
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