What's in a Name
Ever drive by a subdivision and get the sense that its name celebrates something antithetical to what it represents? Farmer John presents this list of mocking monikers he culled from a mailing list to which he subscribes.
Lost Farms Subdivision
Asphalt Acres
Drivemore Estates
Curb-Cut Crossing
ChemLawn Valley Stream
Denuded Hills Office Park
Paved Prairie Elementary School
Mowmor Meadows
Woodless Way
Soil-Scrape Square
Blooming Billboards Boulevard
Rapid Runoff Hills
Fry Pit Vista
Screeching Trimmer Country Club
Bountiful Mortgage Parkway
Phosphate Ponds
Vanished Oaks
Weed Whacker Lane
Leaf Blower Terrace
Thrusting Garages Avenue
Peak Oil Prospects
Changing Climate Causeway
Fruitless Garden Homes
Rising Seas Beach
Falling Aquifer Retirement Center
Burnefuel Resort
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