How do you folks come up with names for your projects?
I do mostly residential development, some mixed use or commercial... The bane of my job is coming up with names for developments and roads. What's your strategy?
[{"id": "hjrhiyn", "text": "Local historical figures, points of interest in the site, themes like trees, presidents, etc. If you want me to name some stuff for you, I find it extremely entertaining.", "replies": [{"id": "hjuqdza", "text": "Agreed. hills, forest, trails, creek, terrace, Way. You could also think of a random appealing name and put \u201cThe\u201d in front of it, such as \u201cThe Way\u201d for single building properties. Think of names that a fancy neighborhood would be called.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjrj2ev", "text": "What size development?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjrqdvz", "text": "Named after figures and places of good books and Italian cities", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjrxuyp", "text": "West Coast:  Italian or Spanish cities and towns.  \n \nEast Coast:  Posh or trendy neighborhoods in London.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjs6euh", "text": "Family names of the seller.", "replies": [{"id": "hjso0hu", "text": "Nutzak Terrace has a nice ring to it.", "replies": [{"id": "hk36j7m", "text": "I like", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "hjswz8f", "text": "The Ms. Zilla", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "hjua45s", "text": "How common is this?", "replies": [{"id": "hjuakez", "text": "I see it regularly in my area. Not necessarily the go to method but one that I hadn\u2019t seen shared.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjsea1x", "text": "You should post them here one by one with a description. Whoever gives the best name gets a $50 Amazon gift card.", "replies": [{"id": "hjt7d5l", "text": "I gave away lunch on my fb page to anyone who gave me a naming suggestion we used on one.  I got some interesting responses", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjspa7c", "text": "Sudden Valley.  If you know, you know.", "replies": [{"id": "hjvoi8s", "text": "Salad dressing, but for some reason I don\u2019t want to eat it", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjtl9r0", "text": "Why not use the address of the property?   200 Elm Dallas. 1250 Washington Denver, etc. ?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hjx8o27", "text": "It\u2019s helpful to have some rhyme or reason. For example, where I live, the east-west streets are alphabetized and the north-south streets are numbered.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]