COMMENT OF THE DAY SECOND RUNNER-UP: THE NEW SUBURBAN CODES “Developers should ditch the random bucolic-word generators for alpha-numeric names like the luxury car makers already have. Grandma drove her DeVille home to Valley Ranch. I want to drive my LX-450 home to FPF-120 (Former Pine Forest # 120).” [CV, commenting on Grand Parkway Progression a Part of Master-Planned Valley Ranch Master Plan]
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It would be less confusing than naming developments for features they don’t have. I’ve seen many a neighborhood called things like Mountain Creek Pines, despite being flat, waterless and completely bereft of trees.