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56 points jxmorris12 | 2 comments | 24 Jun 25 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source

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This has been here before, but nice to see it again.

If only this answered the great puzzle of San Francisco street names - why are the state-named streets in Potrero Hill and the Mission in that order?

1. derwiki ◴[25 Jun 25 02:51 UTC] No.44373252[source]▶

I presume it was the order the respective ships were built/launched.

NB: the streets are named after ships that are named after states

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2. madcaptenor ◴[25 Jun 25 13:07 UTC] No.44376877[source]▶

I've seen people say that, but I've also seen that the timing doesn't work out (the streets came before the ships), so I don't know what to believe.

SFStreets: History of San Francisco place names