Growing up in London, I remember reading at a young and impressionable age the sage advice to never buy property built on streets called Marsh Lane, and similar

Growing up in London, I remember reading at a young and impressionable age the sage advice to never buy property built on streets called Marsh Lane, and similar, so it's not a new problem. Geography would be a lot more interesting as a school subject if they taught this kind of stuff - although I rather fear for the results when the kids got home to explain it all to their parents.