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Group Hopes to Rename Street After Douglas Adams

Posted by Zonk on from the will-go-well-with-the-simpsons-motif dept.

interstellar_donkey writes "Despite the recent brouhaha over the renaming of 4th Ave after César Chávez, a Portland group is pushing to rename a local street after the late writer Douglas Adams. The street? Why, 42nd Ave, of course. According to their website, the renaming will reflect Portlanders' commitment to the arts, respect for the environment, desire to provide technological access to all, their passion to further education to all people, and most importantly remind Portlanders DON'T PANIC. This appears to be a serious movement, with preliminary paperwork already in the works."

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  1. I Am Against This... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't even live in Portland and I am against this kind of tomfoolery. I can imagine that Portland is like my city, which is not unlike any American city in this regard...

    As my city was settled and grew, the consusion over street names grew as well... name conflicts with avenue, place, etc.. similar sounding names, etc. A number of comissions were formed, which worked very hard with the outlying suburbs to come to agreement on standard street names. To resolve all of the confusion and come up with a logical system.

    That has all since changed with the partial renaming of streets in the inner city to honor a plethoria of people. The problem is compounded when it goes from numbered streets (5th, 6th, 7th) to a name like César Chávez. It's not even whole streets but rather a few blocks here and there! Such tomfoolery adds confusion not only to those who live with it, but visitors as well.

    You might love Douglas Adams but your grandchildren will curse you.