Hah, I tried to use this stuff and it kept asking me to review places along the tracks when I was traveling by train. I could have reviewed many gyms, but also Krusty Burgers and the likes. Never did, but I might in the future. Could be fun to leave amazon-like reviews.
“We live underground. We talk with our hands…”
Wait, have you read an advance copy of Patrick Rothfuss’ 3rd book?
I’m with Jasper Fforde on this; it should be ‘mispeling’.
Happens all the time, all over the world. Place names change, street names change or disappear, particularly if the town or city is old, London being a good example; Grope Lane is more socially acceptable these days than its original name of Grope Cunt Lane! And I don’t imagine I have to explane how it got it’s name.
Similar names exists elsewhere, like Tolpuddle and Affpuddle and Puddletownin Dorset, while not far away are Piddletrenthide and Piddlehinton, all are on the River Piddle, but piddle got changed to puddle to avoid offending delicate Victorian sensibilities, as far as I can tell. Even in my home town several streets have vanished after redevelopment over the last twenty to forty years.
Again (see my other reply) it’s not that places are renamed, it’s that once a cartographer like Google steps in, it’s “official”. This is dangerous since it’s essentially being recast by a single developer and not by the people in the area. We already have places in the Twin Cities that were historically ethnic and renamed by whites. After several decades, a few of them were able to get their names (or one of their choosing) back. But many communities likely don’t have the political power–or even the awareness–that they’re being stamped out by a developer or real estate company.
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