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I was talking with my buddy Hoat recently about his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. He was telling me about the main drag of that town: U.S. 1, also known as Two Notch Road. From what he told me, Two Notch Road is where the prostitutes loiter.
“Man, I saw your mama standing on Two Notch Road!”
Anyone that has grown up in Bakersfield has heard something similar. Bakersfield’s version of Two Notch Road is Union Avenue.
“I saw your mama walking along Union Avenue.”
A while back, I was talking with Hoat about 3B. Again, those familiar with Bakersfield know that Kern Medical Center, Third Floor, Wing B, or 3B, is where mentally ill end up during acute episodes where they cannot care for themselves or are threatening harm. 3B is a psychiatric ward.
“Man, you crazy. You belong on 3B!”
Columbia has the same practice, except their crazy folks end up at the South Carolina Department of Mental Health located on Bull Street. So, Columbians say:
“Man, you crazy, You’re headed for Bull Street!”
Two Notch Road – Union Avenue
3B – Bull Street
I wonder how many other cities have similar lingo.
January 13th, 2007 at 10:50
tampa fl prostitutes hang out on nebraska ave.
crazy people go upstate to chatahoochie
June 25th, 2010 at 7:58
[…] I went and called my landlady. She told me that it would only take a couple of months to build. I told her that was ridiculous. She said that I knew the property was going to have ongoing projects and that I was the one who chose to work night shift. “No one else works them, only you.” How thoughtful. I might as well be hustling on Union Avenue. […]