Main Street Parallels Main Street

One of the shortcomings of the design of Boston’s Greater Metropolitan Area is the overfrequent use of street names. In the picture above, there are two Main Streets. I understand that Saugus and Wakefield both think that they are very important places, and their most important street is their “Main Street.” But this causes great confusion to non-natives of the area. There are also multiple Tremont Streets, multiple Prospect Streets – the list goes on and on.

At some point the city councils of Boston should just get together and duke it out. One Main Street per 50 mile radius, not one per town. Other names, such as Prospect and Tremont, should be limited to one per 100 mile radius. And this is why I will never become an elected official.