tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post115230042514670874..comments2024-03-05T10:58:13.425-05:00Comments on New Around Town: Confusing roads: a follow-upLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916922360940636719noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1153587066065668022006-07-22T11:51:00.000-05:002006-07-22T11:51:00.000-05:00I too feel sorry for people getting lost here. I ...I too feel sorry for people getting lost here. I know it's boosted the sale of navigation systems in new cars locally hahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1152800314723999322006-07-13T09:18:00.000-05:002006-07-13T09:18:00.000-05:00Yeah - Many of the roads in Charlotte did not conn...Yeah - Many of the roads in Charlotte did not connect until later...Tyvola and Fairview didn't meet in the 40's...<BR/><BR/>Isn't there anything better to talk about than the same old stuff?<BR/><BR/>Mike - LOL! I'm a yank - and I could figure it out!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1152651211284072102006-07-11T15:53:00.000-05:002006-07-11T15:53:00.000-05:00This really isn't a rare phenomenon. I used to wo...This really isn't a rare phenomenon. I used to work at OnStar, and it is very common to give several names for what amounts to the same road when drivers ask for directions, no matter what part of the country they are in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1152551599678842062006-07-10T12:13:00.000-05:002006-07-10T12:13:00.000-05:00All one has to do is look at a street map from the...All one has to do is look at a street map from the 50s to see how farm roads, dirt paths and state routes were cobbled together to form the great wheel and spoke grid inside mecklenburg county. Heck, on one map I looked a recently (from the 60s), Fairview wasn't there and Park Rd turned into dirt around Sharon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1152535667945338102006-07-10T07:47:00.000-05:002006-07-10T07:47:00.000-05:00Try explaining Tyvola to Fairview to Sardis to Ram...Try explaining Tyvola to Fairview to Sardis to Rama to Idlewild.<BR/><BR/>Most Charlotteans travel by "its about ten minutes from SouthPark" or turn left at the "old' Calvery Church, you know the big one at the top of Randolph. That's to differentiate that church from the "new Calvery" you know, the Big Pink One. Then there is the old, old Coliseum and the old Coliseum....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1152374424103261112006-07-08T11:00:00.000-05:002006-07-08T11:00:00.000-05:00The reason a single street's name changes multiple...The reason a single street's name changes multiple times is that it is a diversionary tactic put into place during the Civil War to confuse Yankees.<BR/><BR/>Seems to be working... <BR/><BR/>If you're really from the South, you don't go by road signs; you go by "you know where such-and-such USED to be?" <BR/><BR/>;-)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724304929284753847noreply@blogger.com