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In the southwest suburbs of Chicago, it's possible to live at the corner of 85th and 85th. https://goo.gl/maps/bghkvYUNyLWP1rfV7 https://goo.gl/maps/bghkvYUNyL

In the southwest suburbs of Chicago, it's possible to live at the corner of 85th and 85th. https://goo.gl/maps/bghkvYUNyLWP1rfV7 https://goo.gl/maps/bghkvYUNyLWP1rfV7

tablespoon 4y ago
> In the southwest suburbs of Chicago, it's possible to live at the corner of 85th and 85th. What's so weird about that? Isn't that super common in any city with a grid of numbered streets?
- vidanay 4y ago
  Typically grids use numbers in one direction and names in the other direction.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > Typically grids use numbers in one direction and names in the other direction. Some might, but that's far from universal. It's also pretty common to have one axis be numbered "avenues" and the other be numbered "streets." E.g. New York 2nd St and 2nd Ave: https://goo.gl/maps/uyGSvTh9CAyG7Sf27 https://goo.gl/maps/uyGSvTh9CAyG7Sf27 3rd St and 3rd Ave: https://goo.gl/maps/j8AG9yWJFULWrS3z6 https://goo.gl/maps/j8AG9yWJFULWrS3z6 5th St and 5th Ave: https://goo.gl/maps/puBaXRHJNMQVfUSZA https://goo.gl/maps/puBaXRHJNMQVfUSZA Also true of my not-so-famous hometown.
    - retzkek 4y ago
      And then there's Minneapolis, which has four 2nd Sts and four 2nd Aves: N, S, NE, and SE. Although once you figure out it's a tilted quadrant system it's not too bad. While there's (up to) four "2nd and 2nd" intersections, both streets at the intersection have the same direction, telling you what quadrant it's in.
      - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        Oh god, I forgot about that system. D.C. does it too. For New Yorkers, who typically identify corners by their cardinals, “I’m on the NW corner of X and Y” in D.C. gets parsed as X and Y NW, which regularly prompts hilarity.
      - HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
        Don't forget the streets in Northeast (Nordeast?) named after Presidents, arranged in order of their presidency.
      - deleted 4y ago
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- watwut 4y ago
  I would find it more logical to use different numbers for the two directions. Odd vs even, names vs numbers, whatever number was free.
smelendez 4y ago
That’s not unusual in places with numbered streets. Seinfeld had a joke about 1st and 1st. Queens, New York, has a whole system for how roads are numbered as a result of merging dozens of onetime towns into one boroughwide system, with lots of exceptions and weird cases like the “Beach (nth) Streets” in the Rockaways. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/nyregion/meet-me-at-60th-and-60th-many-drivers-find-streets-of-queens-a-confusing-maze.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/nyregion/meet-me-at-60th-...
kasey_junk 4y ago
In Hyde Park, Chicago, you can live on the corner of Hyde Park Blvd and Hyde Park Blvd. https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jCGRN1HtB1JEPvE7?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jCGRN1HtB1JEPvE7?g_st=ic
ortusdux 4y ago
I had trouble getting mail at one house as 4200 NE/NW/SE/SW 15th were all valid addresses.

In the southwest suburbs of Chicago, it's possible to live at the corner of 85th and 85th. https://goo.gl/maps/bghkvYUNyLWP1rfV7 https://goo.gl/maps/bghkvYUNyLWP1rfV7

tablespoon 4y ago

> In the southwest suburbs of Chicago, it's possible to live at the corner of 85th and 85th. What's so weird about that? Isn't that super common in any city with a grid of numbered streets?

vidanay 4y ago
Typically grids use numbers in one direction and names in the other direction.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > Typically grids use numbers in one direction and names in the other direction. Some might, but that's far from universal. It's also pretty common to have one axis be numbered "avenues" and the other be numbered "streets." E.g. New York 2nd St and 2nd Ave: https://goo.gl/maps/uyGSvTh9CAyG7Sf27 https://goo.gl/maps/uyGSvTh9CAyG7Sf27 3rd St and 3rd Ave: https://goo.gl/maps/j8AG9yWJFULWrS3z6 https://goo.gl/maps/j8AG9yWJFULWrS3z6 5th St and 5th Ave: https://goo.gl/maps/puBaXRHJNMQVfUSZA https://goo.gl/maps/puBaXRHJNMQVfUSZA Also true of my not-so-famous hometown.
  - retzkek 4y ago
    And then there's Minneapolis, which has four 2nd Sts and four 2nd Aves: N, S, NE, and SE. Although once you figure out it's a tilted quadrant system it's not too bad. While there's (up to) four "2nd and 2nd" intersections, both streets at the intersection have the same direction, telling you what quadrant it's in.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      Oh god, I forgot about that system. D.C. does it too. For New Yorkers, who typically identify corners by their cardinals, “I’m on the NW corner of X and Y” in D.C. gets parsed as X and Y NW, which regularly prompts hilarity.
    - HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
      Don't forget the streets in Northeast (Nordeast?) named after Presidents, arranged in order of their presidency.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
watwut 4y ago
I would find it more logical to use different numbers for the two directions. Odd vs even, names vs numbers, whatever number was free.

smelendez 4y ago

That’s not unusual in places with numbered streets. Seinfeld had a joke about 1st and 1st. Queens, New York, has a whole system for how roads are numbered as a result of merging dozens of onetime towns into one boroughwide system, with lots of exceptions and weird cases like the “Beach (nth) Streets” in the Rockaways. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/nyregion/meet-me-at-60th-and-60th-many-drivers-find-streets-of-queens-a-confusing-maze.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/nyregion/meet-me-at-60th-...

kasey_junk 4y ago

In Hyde Park, Chicago, you can live on the corner of Hyde Park Blvd and Hyde Park Blvd. https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jCGRN1HtB1JEPvE7?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jCGRN1HtB1JEPvE7?g_st=ic

ortusdux 4y ago

I had trouble getting mail at one house as 4200 NE/NW/SE/SW 15th were all valid addresses.