Weirdest Street Names

**Sorcha Griannon** · 16th March 07, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Yaish

Zzyzx road in California. It leads to Zzyzx Springs, which has a pretty interesting story in itself.

Ok, I bite, having passed this road several times going to and from Vegas...What is the story?

Sorcha

**jordanjm** · 16th March 07, 10:37 PM

In Salt Lake City we have a bunch of North's South's East's and West's. Every address is a combination of a N. or S. and an E. or W.

**Yaish** · 16th March 07, 10:40 PM

A wiki link was posted earlier, but I'll summarize.

Basically, Zzyzx Springs was founded by an eccentric religious fundamentalist health nut. He squatted some government land and buildings, built more buildings, and charged his followers to come out and eat all natural foods, stay in spartan rooms, and undergo various 'treatments'. He eventually lost the land (he never owned it, he just sort of 'claimed' it) but the Springs are still there, and now the land is administered by the UC system I believe.

**mudd** · 17th March 07, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by The F-H.C.A.G.

Our next street over is Rucker. This is not that weird, except when you consider that we live near a high school. The first letter of that street name is constantly being painted over so it reads...*ucker

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Be well,

That reminded me of the street near where I grew up in East Meas, AZ. The streets name was Recker Rd.. I'll let you figure out what we, I MEAN THEY!.. turned it into.