What is the name of the "main street" near your house?

[begin_within]

By "main street" I mean the one where the gas station is, the one where a Starbucks or a movie theater is. The one you always tell people when giving them directions to your house. In my case, it's Adams Avenue.

[Aristus]

1. Um...Main Street.

Although Meridian Avenue comes close to being the "real" main street in town.

[redwitch]

2. Main Street!

:-) Can't miss it!

[qnr]

3. Water Street. It's not just near, it's practically home (my front door opens onto the sidewalk) n/t

[QMPMom]

4. 111 Avenue

If a person can't find 111 Avenue in this city, they are hopeless. You may as well just go find them and have them follow you.

[reyd reid reed]

5. Depends...

I'd guess Academy Boulevard.

:shrug:

[AirmensMom]

6. Main street?

Nope ... just Rte. 107. Gas stations, but no Starbucks for about 40 miles. The movie theater is a little closer than the Starbucks, but it's not on a street near my house.

[u4ic]

14. AirmensMom!

Long time no see! How are you, my dear? :hug: :loveya:

[LynzM]

7. Erm... Main Street :)

(Technically Route 66, which meets up with Route 32.)

[bertha katzenengel]

8. Route 301/Crain Highway. We desperately need a local bypass, but

by the time it gets agreed upon, financed, and built, Mrs. V. and I will be long gone. Retired. Outta here.

[Lyric]

9. Van Voorhis Road n/t

[hedgehog]

10. Broadway

but not the famous one.

Syracuse has a major street called 7th Street North. Not North 7th Street, 7th Street North.

[caty]

11. Down state it's

Dix. Up state it's M30.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Well, we are between a couple of biggies........

The closer one is Aviation Blvd. and it's east of us...

The one to the west is Sepulveda Blvd., or Pacific Coast Highway! The name is dependent on which town you're in!

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

13. Old Caverns Hiway

I kid you not

:rofl:

[u4ic]

26. I used to live near a Whoop Up Drive

in another city. :D

[Radio_Lady]

39. That's better than living on Upchuck Loop!

ok... i made that up just to get a laugh out of you!

[u4ic]

71. Lol

If I ever wanted to have lived on Whoop Up Drive, I would have been in a cardboard box. It was actually a highway within the city, and didn't have any houses bordering it. :P

[u4ic]

15. They are two entirely different entities

The one that I'm right near - a main thoroughfare - doesn't have a Starbucks or movie theatre.

The 'main street' with the Starbucks et al is a bit farther away. That would be Whyte Ave.

[Shakespeare]

16. Hollywood Blvd., I live ON Hollywood Blvd.

Just west of La Brea. :-)

[bicentennial_baby]

17. Hancock St, I guess...Or Main St....

I don't know this town, I just live here :P

[Ediacara]

18. Main Street

Also Oak and College Sts, and Rouse, Willson (two L's), 7th, and 19th Aves.

[Radio_Lady]

19. It's Murray Boulevard! Gas station, Starbucks in a mall near the corner,

But no movie theater.

[Radio_Lady]

20. Bob Weaver, that's a cool graphic image of the flag --

What is the meaning of it?

[begin_within]

29. I guess it's a take-off on the Iwo Jima flag raising, with a GLBT rainbow flag instead.

I got it from a gay-oriented web site.

[Radio_Lady]

38. Did you notice the guys don't have shirts on in that photo?

I like that, even though I'm not GLBT... just a boring heterosexual and damn little of that at age 67...

[begin_within]

57. I'd like to know who made it.

[Radio_Lady]

74. It's posted in your server now, right? Where did you get it from?

I searched for it, but no luck.

[begin_within]

76. Some other forum, it was someone else's avatar, I ripped it off.

[Radio_Lady]

86. Well, it will necessarily remain... a mystery! (Unless someone's here who knows!)

Wishing you the very best in the coming holiday season,

Radio_Lady in Oregon

[Omphaloskepsis]

21. River Road...

It runs along the river.

[Kali]

22. Interstate 10

:rofl:

[SacredCow]

68. Oh, Wow....

That's near me, too! hehehehe

[Kali]

85. Looks like you over towards the wetter part.

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

23. Main St.

How dull is that?

[Left Is Write]

24. Going by that description, there are several, but I'd probably say Fairview.

[NJ Democrats]

25. NC 168

Even though its the main highway to the Outer Banks there is still nothing here.

[trackfan]

27. Figueroa Street

[tinfoilinfor2005]

28. Overseas Highway

or US 1. Take your pick. And we go by mile markers down here, An address might read like, MM 104.5 Overseas Highway. And then when you tell that to someone on the mainland, they will inevitably say, "That's not an address; that's a radio station." To which a Keys Conch will inevitably answer, "Yeah, ha ha, never heard that one before."

[Nomad559]

30. Palm Ave.

Some stretches of Palm avenue has many palm trees.

:)

[patrick t. cakes]

31. Douglas Ave.

[brook]

32. Main Street.

I live on it.

[Redstone]

33. It's actually Main Street in our case.

Redstone

[Floogeldy]

34. Holy shit! You're that Bob Weaver? On Adams?

Small world. :smoke:

[LibDemAlways]

35. It's called "Kanan Road"

The Kanan Family were early settlers in the area. When I first moved here in 1979, there were still two elderly Kanan sisters who operated a small restaurant. One of them, Judy, was murdered in 1983. Not sure if the crime was ever solved. Kanan Road winds through the Santa Monica Mountains and ends in Malibu.

[rug]

36. Broad Street

[vixengrl]

37. Hmm--well the "Main" street near my house is Knights Road

between Street and Woodhaven in the Far Northeast. (That's Philadelphia, yo!) When I tell people where I live, I generally say, right across the street from Franklin Mills Mall." Because I really am. Conveniently located to many major thorofares--a short hop to I-95, Rt. 1, the PA turnpike.

[CC]

40. Route 1

though it is a good 50 plus miles before you find a Starbucks.

[SmileyBoy]

41. (2 of them) North University Drive and 19th Avenue North

19th Ave. is basically where all the chains are in the area. It's North Fargo's main strip. University is basically an artery which houses a lot of the frats.

[MikeH]

42. Mira Mesa Blvd.

[ChoralScholar]

43. Stephenson.

And I always say:

"Turn right at the 5-way stop"

"Yes I'm sure It's a 5-way"

"Look, it's two cross streets, and then one that shoots off down the hill"

"Well, look when you get there. Jeez."

[Solon]

44. Real name of road: Harry Truman Road...

the name I give to others, Cave Springs. OK, this is confusing, this is the main road for a very simple reason, it intersects Highway 70, and is a pretty big, 4 lane street. However, on the NORTH side of the Highway, its called Harry Truman Road, on the SOUTH side of the highway, its called Cave Springs Road. The reason is simple, St. Charles Missouri names the street one name, St. Peters names it another. For some reason, the exit sign for I-70 names it as Cave Springs only. Now, there is another highway, State Highway 370, which parallels I-70 on the North, so its exit is ONLY called Harry Truman Road.

[SoyCat]

45. 30-A or 98

nm

[sarge43]

46. Route 175 n/t

[Guava Jelly]

47. westport road kcmo

3 minute walk away from The kc flea market old haunt of serial killer Bob Berdella
http://crime.about.com/od/murder/p/db_berdella.htm

[YankeyMCC]

48. Mass Ave

Well it's Massachusetts Ave but everyone says "Mass"

[zanne]

49. I'm surprised. I thought every town had...

Elm Street!

[cwydro]

50. US 1./ nt

[bleedingheart]

51. Route 30

it's a small little four lane little road...

[Samurai_Writer]

52. Um... Main Street

Although there is no gas station, Starbucks, or movie theater. Or even a grocery store. There is a small general store/cafe, and a restaurant that is open except during the winter.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Gold-Hill-Colorado.html



Edited to add the photo.

[terrya]

53. Broadway

Although the nearest movie theater from me is on Sheridan.

[greatauntoftriplets]

82. I was on the Main Street yesterday....

met a friend you-know-where for lunch. Though I used to live closer to Clark. Damn, I miss that neighborhood.

Nearest movie theater from me is on Lake. Starbucks is on Madison.

[yellowdogintexas]

54. the nearest big busy commercial street to me is Hulen

but it is 3 exits west of me on I 20. Five to seven minutes in non holiday traffic.

A slightly less dense is the next street west, Bryant Irvin

The Neighborhood Main Drag is Alta Mesa, I suppose.



Each secion of our city has its own Main drag...and one of them is Main street..on the North Side of town.

[dysfunctional press]

55. over by Foster & Kedzie...

5200N X 3300W

[Canadian Socialist]

56. 17th Avenue S.W.

or, as it's called during hockey season "The Red Mile".

[u4ic]

65. Oy!

During hockey season, we both live near Riot Central. :scared:

[survivor999]

58. Asterix St

:)

[sakabatou]

59. El Camino Real

[mdmc]

60. Union Ave

[Oeditpus Rex]

61. Doesn't have a name

[Shell Beau]

62. Lakeland Drive, and it is a huge pain in the ass!

[benny05]

63. Prospect n/t

[hsher]

91. Hey: are you in ABQ, NM?

[benny05]

92. Nope--IL

[JVS]

99. By Prospect do you mean North Prospect out by the Meijers, theater and walmart?

[benny05]

106. SW more residential but it takes one to the major areas

that you describe.

[femmocrat]

64. Route 30 a.k.a Lincoln Highway.

Everyone calls it "30".

[undeterred]

66. Milwaukee St.

Doesn't every town have a Milwaukee St.?

[Blue_In_AK]

67. Northern Lights Boulevard. n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

69. Harper Ave.

[NewWaveChick1981]

Oddly enough, Main Street...

:rofl: :hi:

[China_cat]

70. Dorchester Road

[Shine]

72. Mt. Hermon Rd.

aren't you absolutely THRILLED?!

:hi:

[yvr girl]

73. The one where a Starbucks is...

:rofl:

There are 61 Starbucks within 2 miles of me.

I live near two major roads, one is Broadway and one is Granville. I also only live a mile or so away from Main Street.

[GOPisEvil]

75. Braker Lane.

I ain't sayin' the cross street, though. :D

[Quantess]

77. mine's cool.

Enchanted Parkway.

it's not actually as magical as it sounds. It doesn't live up to it's name.

[Roon]

78. Tennyson St.

eom

[blondeatlast]

79. Bell Road. nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

80. Harlem.

And it's not in New York.

[spindrifter]

81. N. 45th St.

[ironflange]

83. 162nd Avenue SW

This is a pretty boring thread.

[NYCGirl]

84. Broadway. Yes, THAT Broadway. NT

[Castilleja]

87. FM 624 or the more studly new name of

Northwest Boulevard?

[book lady]

88. Coolidge & 11 Mile

[hopein08]

89. Buffalo Road...many, many gas stations but no Starbucks or movie theater...

Lots and lots of fast food available though!

[hsher]

90. Menaul Blvd

[RebelOne]

93. Main Street, also known as Highway 5.

[wildhorses]

94. 127 South

[sinkingfeeling]

95. College Avenue.

[Saphire]

96. Perrin Beitel

[BarenakedLady]

97. Main St. aka Rt 96 (n/t)

[miss_american_pie]

98. We live on it

And there's no Starbucks, but a cute little indie coffee shop.

[KamaAina]

100. Kalakaua Avenue

not the fancy stretch in Waikiki but the fairly crummy stretch across the Ala Wai canal, home to a fabric shop, a pawn shop (er, "estate jewelry"), and yes, a massage parlor.

It is named for the last ruling King of Hawai'i, H.H.M. David Kalakaua:



first ruler to circumnavigate the globe, and had electricity installed in 'Iolani Palace years before a certain building at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW had it. His sister Lil'uokalani succeeded him; she was the one who was overthrown in 1893.

[EnviroBat]

101. Breakneck Road

[David Ippolito]

102. Broadway

Yeah... Broadway. New York City.

(Two doors down.)

[ceile]

103. Lamar Blvd. n/t

[Phillycat]

104. I live in the city.

:shrug:

[1gobluedem]

105. Washtenaw Ave

If you go right, it eventually turns into Huron St., if you go left, it becomes Stadium Blvd. The three encircle the town.