So now I see why they call it the Poncey Highlands and Virginia Highlands...

[aries4118]

Proper names for neighborhoods do matter.


When saying "The Highlands" it means referring to both neighborhoods together:

Poncey-Highland and Virginia-Highland



This can make sense when used appropriately considering that their commercial/entertainment corridors flow together along North Highland/Highland Avenue.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by sedimenjerry

To me, "Highlands" seems like a common area name so I can see some just filling in the blanks and calling it Virginia Highlands.

I think some S-adders may be subconsciously conflating it with Highlands, NC.

And some people may just think it sounds cool.

However, we have lived in Virginia-Highland and still own property there, and I have never heard the folks who live there refer to it as anything other than Virginia-Highland. Some of them are pretty persnickety about it.

And yes, both neighborhoods get their name by reason of the intersection with Highland Avenue, not the topography.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I think some S-adders may be subconsciously conflating it with Highlands, NC.

Nah, some people just add S to some words for no reason. Kroger is a good example. I've heard lots of people say they shop at Krogers, or even The Krogers.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by JPD

Nah, some people just add S to some words for no reason. Kroger is a good example. I've heard lots of people say they shop at Krogers, or even The Krogers.

The Gradys.

[sedimenjerry]

Originally Posted by JPD

Nah, some people just add S to some words for no reason. Kroger is a good example. I've heard lots of people say they shop at Krogers, or even The Krogers.

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[arjay57]

Originally Posted by JPD

Nah, some people just add S to some words for no reason. Kroger is a good example. I've heard lots of people say they shop at Krogers, or even The Krogers.

Ha! My mother used to do that exact thing.

Occasionally I'd try to correct her and say, "Mama, you mean Kroger, don't you?"

And she'd reply, "That's what I just said!"

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

The Gradys.

There's actually a reason for that. Grady was segregated until the early 1960s, so there was a black Grady and a white Grady.

At least that is what I have always been told.

[aries4118]

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[JoeTarheel]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Ha! My mother used to do that exact thing.

Occasionally I'd try to correct her and say, "Mama, you mean Kroger, don't you?"

And she'd reply, "That's what I just said!"

She probably meant Kroger's...with an apostrophe. Like it belonged to Mr. Kroger. I've heard that one before too, maybe because grocers used to sometimes be named after the owner.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by JoeTarheel

She probably meant Kroger's...with an apostrophe. Like it belonged to Mr. Kroger. I've heard that one before too, maybe because grocers used to sometimes be named after the owner.

True enough.