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Old 09-08-2010, 06:40 AM
 
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Better that "ranch" is used as a cachet extension here. You could be in Atlanta, where... "plantation" is used as a cachet extension. Shudder.
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Old 09-08-2010, 07:38 AM
 
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The name of the subdivision where we eventually moved was secondary...no wait....had absolutely nothing to do with whether or not we moved here.

Having said that, if it were called the ranch from hell I may have given it a second thought.
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Old 09-08-2010, 07:56 AM
 
Location: 78747
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Better that "ranch" is used as a cachet extension here. You could be in Atlanta, where... "plantation" is used as a cachet extension. Shudder.

We also use that for highways here. We have one in particular (Mopac) that goes nowhere, but we call it "Loop" 1 to promote a false sense of mobility.

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Old 09-09-2010, 11:06 AM
 
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"plantation" is used as a cachet extension. Shudder.
There is term for this, it's known as "Plantation Shudders"
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Old 09-09-2010, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Don't cha know, all REAL men have cowboy fantasies. A few cowgirls too.
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Old 09-09-2010, 12:14 PM
 
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Don't cha know, all REAL men have cowboy fantasies. A few cowgirls too.

Did I miss something?
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Old 09-09-2010, 12:23 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Did I miss something?
Did you miss the question in the name of this thread?
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Old 09-09-2010, 12:57 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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There is term for this, it's known as "Plantation Shudders"

jo-boo made a funny!!!
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Old 09-09-2010, 01:09 PM
 
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The question was: "Does adding ~Ranch~ to the end of a neighborhood's name increase it's perceived value?"


I'm still not gettin it. Is "plantation shudders" some sexual term I've never heard of? Hence, Cptn's fantasy?
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Old 09-09-2010, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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Better that "ranch" is used as a cachet extension here. You could be in Atlanta, where... "plantation" is used as a cachet extension. Shudder.
Yep...long ago metro Atlanta ran out of names for subdivisions and streets. Hard to believe the number of 'mews', 'chase', 'trace', '-wyck', 'manor', 'wylde', etc. add-ons that have been used to create an air of cachet surrounding a development. The worst is the use of 'preserve' as a descriptive for a development that didn't preserve anything as they mowed down every tree in sight .
Of course, they have been known to tack on a 'forest' or 'farm' in order to denote a bucolic, pastoral or natural image for their neighborhoods. Couple of ranches as you got farther north of the metro; but, now that I think about it, most of the horse 'farms' were call just that, rather than being referred to as 'ranches'. DANG! Life is complicated !!!
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