NoNo!

Seems the brokers are now referring to a rapidly condoifyin' part of Brookline as SoBe (not to be confused with Sobro).

Only problem, aside from the general stupidity of it all: In the past, brokers came up with these MoNiKers to try to disguise an area's crime-ridden/desolate/poor-people past. And I'm just having trouble conjuring up any mean streets in Brookline these days - especially in SoBe, CoolCor, WaSqua, EaHa or WeHa, let alone BrookVill or PuttHam.

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By bostnkid | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 12:11pm

nobody best say nothing bout the SoBro unless they want to get messed up by my boyz.

p.s. robbie is innocent, just a good kid that made a bunch of mistakes yo.

Make up your mind

By Gareth | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 12:38pm

Bostonkid or SoBrovian? (Or Putzerhamish...)

But SoBe is a beverage company

By Ron Newman | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 12:13pm

Don't forget the horrific...

By Lewis (not verified) | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 12:58pm

EaBo for East Boston...

The letter?

By SwirlyGrrl | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:14pm

Sorry, I must have dreamed that during a REM stage.

SoBe it

By Gary McGath (not verified) | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:00pm

Maybe they could name all the neighborhoods after trendy drinks? Odwalla has possibilities. But which part of Boston would they name Naked?

Oh, that has to be

By adamg | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:08pm

The intersection of Washington and LaGrange.

Labels

By Some Assembly Required (not verified) | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:16pm

What was that one on How I Met Your Mother? DoWiSeTrePla, which turned out to mean "Downwind of the Sewage Treatment Plant."

I've made this joke before, but...

By Suldog | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:24pm

... here's another opportunity!

I used to live in Lower Mills, on the Dorchester-Mattapan border. MY WIFE called it DorMat. I preferred MataDor. Neither one seems to have caught on yet.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

Wal-Lex and Arlex and Arlmont

By Ron Newman | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:30pm

Wal-Lex used to be a bowling alley and skating rink in Waltham, near the Lexington line.

Arlex is an oil company in Lexington, near the Arlington line.

Arlmont is a section of Arlington near the Belmont line.

arlmont?

By bostnkid | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:33pm

ive always wondered, this is part of arlington?

The arlmonty

By SwirlyGrrl | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:12pm

Yep - the area on Route 2 on the west slope of Belmont Hill is "Arlmont".

Others that sound odd: Bra-wey (braintree/weymouth - make them rhyme, now!) and Quintree Plaza, too.

Oh yeah, Beware of Bearvers on Winford Way in Medchester.

WashMo

By Gareth | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:39pm

You mean they didn't call that WashMo because of the intersection of Washington and Morton?

No, but...

By Suldog | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 2:31pm

... where Morton crosses Blue Hill Avenue is definitely MoBlue.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

TwoBloFroCATS

By Suldog | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 2:44pm

Two Blocks From Central Avenue Trolley Stop. That was my precise neighborhood.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

heh.

By Lissa Harris (not verified) | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 4:35pm

Suldog, I am starting to think maybe I live in your house. Eerie.

Though I guess I'm three blocks, if you count the bridge.

Lissa, Where...?

By Suldog | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 5:05pm

What is your address? If you'd rather not give it out in public, e-mail me at . If you'd rather not give it out at all, that's cool, too, but now I'm curious.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

So wait...

By Spatch | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:32pm

Would this mean the stretch of land on either side (laterally, see) of Morrissey Boulevard be known as LaMo?

Did IQs drop sharply when I was away?

By OneMansOpinion | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:06pm

You know, sometimes people do this thing, called 'abbreviation' like...in real estate listings. You know, like... 2Bd means two bedrooms? AC means air conditioning, ShtzTwn is short for Roslindale or Somerville.

Ya get it?

yeah....

By Gareth | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 3:08pm

like A-Ho is short for OneMansOpinion... I get it..

Wow, that's clever!

By OneMansOpinion | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 7:10pm

and here, I thought you had no cobbles! Thank you for turning a nonsense post into a trolling event. You must be very pleased as you sip that chai latte, typing on your macbook in a starbucks some where!

boo hoo hoo hoo hoo.

DoReMeFaSoLaTeDo

By SwirlyGrrl | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 4:41pm

Perhaps that's where you catch the ski bus to the VonTrapp lodge?

Wasn't is Shakespeare who

By Bill (not verified) | Wed, 03/12/2008 - 6:50pm

Wasn't is Shakespeare who wrote "First thing we do, let's kill all the real estate weasels?"

Crowninshield Projects

By Humble Beginnings (not verified) | Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:15am

Anyone here hail from the Crowninshield Projects?

You know, Egmont, Veterans,

By HB (not verified) | Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:17am

You know, Egmont, Veterans, or St. Aidan's.

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