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| − | * [[US/NC/Durham/Everwood|Everwood subdivision]] (in [[Durham, NC] | + | * [[US/NC/Durham/Everwood|Everwood subdivision]] (in [[Durham, NC]]): |
** the site had indeed been "ever wooded" -- until the developer's [[clearcut]]ting to make room for houses and roads (currently mostly vacant due to the 2009 recession) | ** the site had indeed been "ever wooded" -- until the developer's [[clearcut]]ting to make room for houses and roads (currently mostly vacant due to the 2009 recession) | ||
** the web site name (everwoodatlast.com) is doubly ironic -- it implies that the area was unwooded until the developer ''finally arrived'' (at last!) to put trees there, now safe for all future generations to walk through and enjoy; this of course is the reverse of the truth. | ** the web site name (everwoodatlast.com) is doubly ironic -- it implies that the area was unwooded until the developer ''finally arrived'' (at last!) to put trees there, now safe for all future generations to walk through and enjoy; this of course is the reverse of the truth. | ||
| + | * [[The Forest at Duke]], a [[Durham, NC]] retirement community built in the 1990s | ||
| + | ** The naming here isn't as ''intensely'' ironic, as this community was built on a lot which had already been cleared by a different developer for a commercial project (something like "Chesterfield") which failed with a few houses built. By the time TFaD began construction, the lot was thickly covered with new growth (mostly pine) well on its way to foresthood. | ||
| − | ''need more examples'' | + | ''need more examples!'' |
Revision as of 15:09, 15 April 2010
About
Developers of new suburban subdivisions seem to have a habit of naming their developments after some feature (usually natural) which was removed in order to make way for the development. This probably unintentional, but certainly ironic.
Examples
- Everwood subdivision (in Durham, NC):
- the site had indeed been "ever wooded" -- until the developer's clearcutting to make room for houses and roads (currently mostly vacant due to the 2009 recession)
- the web site name (everwoodatlast.com) is doubly ironic -- it implies that the area was unwooded until the developer finally arrived (at last!) to put trees there, now safe for all future generations to walk through and enjoy; this of course is the reverse of the truth.
- The Forest at Duke, a Durham, NC retirement community built in the 1990s
- The naming here isn't as intensely ironic, as this community was built on a lot which had already been cleared by a different developer for a commercial project (something like "Chesterfield") which failed with a few houses built. By the time TFaD began construction, the lot was thickly covered with new growth (mostly pine) well on its way to foresthood.
need more examples!