The Palin Interview – Part One: Foreign Policy Flubs » McCarthy Revisited mad about messaging Neighborhood Nicknames 09.17.08 | Comment? I have a message for my city: no more cutesy abbreviations for all of the new neighborhoods popping up around town. Listen, this isn’t New York. They can give their city’s cool, hip areas nicknames like SoHo and TriBeCa, because, well, they’re cool and hip. But I don’t live in NYC. I live quite far from it, actually. My city has been undergoing a construction boom in the last few years and now the people who live in these new downtown enclaves think it’s the bees knees to give their locales clever names. For example, visiting friends who live north of Lovejoy? Welcome to NoLo! Buying a condo on the south waterfront? SoWa’s your home now! Heading out to eat in North Portland? See you in NoPo! As Barack Obama would say, “Enough!” I’m not just against these silly names because they’re annoying, but they imply a hipness factor that simply doesn’t exist. It’s fine for SoHo, because there actually is cool stuff south of Houston. Works for TriBeCa because the triangle below Canal street really does have interesting things to offer. But let me tell you, the south waterfront here is little more than half empty highrises, and North Portland has been “up and coming” for ten years. So, please Portland, no more neighborhood nicknames. At least until SoWa is no longer “So Wha?” have your say Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. Subscribe to these comments. You can use these tags:<a href=”" title=”"> <abbr title=”"> <acronym title=”"> <b> <blockquote cite=”"> <cite> <code> <del datetime=”"> <em> <i> <q cite=”"> <strike> <strong> Name (required): Email (required): (Won’t be displayed) Website: « The Palin Interview – Part One: Foreign Policy Flubs » McCarthy Revisited Makes me so mad about During the course of a day, many things simply make me angry, but angryblog.com was aready taken (see initial post). So now, those things make me mad, so mad. Makes me so mad is a running collection of them. Generally, I’m not a mad person; these things are mostly fleeting. But fleeting.com was already taken. That makes me so mad! Conferences I’ll be hosting a talk at SXSW 2009 entitled “Your Personal Blog is Dead”. Ironic, I know. If you’re going to the conference or you’re just in Austin in mid-March, stop by and say hi. T-Shirts Feeling a connection with one of the posts on makesmesomad? Just look for the symbol at the bottom of select posts, then you can wear your shared sentiment, and your anger, literally on your sleeve. search These guys don’t make me mad Mamalit Urban Bliss Design From Maternity to Madness recent People Who Use Cell Phones While Driving in the Snow Unclear Web Forms Slow Parking Garage Drivers McCarthy Revisited Neighborhood Nicknames inside.
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