In most of the city the roads apparently go where the cows went. In newer subdivisions I think they used drunk cows.
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PS. Not only do we have three roads named "Anderson Lane" in the same part of town, all three used to meet at one intersection.
No one from Atlanta speaking up yet?
When I left in the late 80's there were 27 streets with Peachtree in their name. West Peachtree is parallel to and one block west of Peachtree Street, until they merge in Midtown. And you can drive on the same road and have both the numbering re-set and the road name change several times. Though my dad claims that they fixed that on Peachtree Industrial Ave.
The major roads were laid out by the afore-mentioned drunken cows (Upper and Lower Roswell in Cobb County).
The story goes that the roads are so confusing on purpose, so that if Sherman ever comes back he will get lost.
That West Peachtree thing nailed my wife and I when we went house hunting in a 'logically' laid out city (Rochester MN). We could find Center Street... could not find West Center.
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