I saw some stats years ago that the most common street name in America was "Third". I always wondered what happened to "First" and "Second".

The nice thing about living where I do is that the Mormon pioneers laid everything in each town out in a grid. They picked a starting point, often the corner of Center and Main, and numbered each street from there. Main street typically runs north-south, Center is east-west. One block north is "100 North". A block east is "100 East", two blocks is "200 East" and so on. So an address like "245 South 300 East" is on "300 East Street" between "200 South" and "300 South". Once you learn where the numbering starts, it's easy to find your way around. There are some exceptions, and new development doesn't always follow this, but it's still pretty easy to get around.

>I am not surprised by that. Every small town seems to have its North, South, East, and West, its Main Street. Its Washington, Lincoln, Madison, or Jefferson. Its neighborhood of tree named streets -- Oak, Cherry, Maple, Poplar, Elm. We have lost something in the transition. There is an ancient thread that binds us all generations later.