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Originally Posted by MMM
It's not like there are NO street names in Japan. I noticed Kobe had quite a few street names, and Midosuji goes right down the middle of Osaka N-S. My apartment in Amagasaki, Hyogo was on "Community-dori".
Portland, not Seattle. But yeah, it is interesting. Mr. Burns is named after Burnside Ave.
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Hahaha, what an embarassing mistake. For some reason when I read Portland I thought "Seattle".
But yea, as for street names, I was being a little sarcastic in saying that because there are streets that have... kind of dumb names, if you will.
Since we seem to be on the subject of roads, I'd like to point out a pet peeve of mine. In Japan, apparently stop signs aren't first come first go... if you want to turn, you usually wait for someone who is going straight (even if they've come after you). I absolutely hate dealing with this! I'm not even sure if that is the official rule, but that seems to be how people roll here and that is what people have told me. I can deal with not being able to turn on red lights (especially considering how intersections/streets are deisgned here...) but dealing with stop signs the Japanese way just doesn't seem fair in certain situations. Considering that a lot of roads are too narrow for two cars (or too narrow to have a car turning next to a stopped car), I find myself in many situations where this "rule" gets broken on a daily basis. Does this bug anyone else? Is this an actual rule? Am I just going crazy over nothing?