COMMENT OF THE DAY: THE CASE FOR STUPID NEIGHBORHOOD NAMES “I think of ‘the east end’ as everything east of downtown all the way to 610. Eado is more of the area just east of downtown (not much past the new dynamo stadium). I’m not alone in this thought. Eado is a stupid name, but people have been calling that area that for a long time, now people have more reasons to go there and the name is getting used more frequently by more people. Trendy names although silly and annoying, are very helpful in marketing an area (especially if you are trying to make it a new hot spot).” [caneco, commenting on Warehouse Turned House Turned Mobile: Start’s East Downtown Startup Incubator]
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How long is “a long time”?
Many people in my east end neighborhood have been calling it “the east end” for over 40 years.
So do you call the west end “wedo”? Sounds stupid doesn’t it.
Eado sounds tacky and stupid.
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Actually the TRUE natives like me refer to that area as the “warehouse district”.
The East End began at Navigation and the Maxwell House Plant.
stupid and tacky, and you know exactly where it is…
I want to move into Rivo
but cant afford it
Eado is about as stupid as SoHo and NoHo. But those seem to have hung on.
If you think those are stupid, there’s actually a popular, artsy Brooklyn neighborhood known as DUMBO — an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.