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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by wlesieutre on Monday December 21, 2020 @10:26PM (#25502516)
New Haven’s https://downtowncrossingnewhaven.com/history/

It's that joke about how real estate developments are named things like "Shady Grove" after whatever they destroyed to build it, but taken one step further.

Cut down the trees and name the neighborhood after them, then cut down Oak Street and name a highway after it.

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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by wololo on Monday December 21, 2020 @11:14PM (#25502768)
"Wade" Ave... as in Wade Hampton III?
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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by js2 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @10:16AM (#25506987)
> The road is named after Stacy Wilson Wade. He was the North Carolina Secretary of State from 1933 to 1936. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees for North Carolina State University.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Avenue

Fun tidbit: there's a house along the road that is not what it appears to be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobxnFYhMos

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