"Homework" is not the assignment from my school.
It is a new project for me to record all the questions Hsuan and I have in our daily lives and the answers we find. It is also a challenge of perseverance for me.
I hope that through this new project I can continuously record all the interesting thoughts and doubts in out lives.
2010-08-03
2010-08-02
[HW-1] What is the most common street name in US?
There is a street with a familiar name, "Remington", near Hsuan's home. "Remington" is the name of the avenue where I lived in Syracuse, NY. Hsuan and I began to think what the most common street name in the US is. So to satisfy our curiousness, we decided to make this question be today's homework.
Before doing research, Hsuan and I tried to guess the answer. Hsuan thought the answer should be "Main," and I though the answer should be "First." However, neither of us was correct. According to the result of the census done by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census in 1993, the most common street name in the US is "Second." That's really weird, because I thought that "Second" should always follow after "First." The reason is that in some places, they used "Main" instead of "First."
The following is the top 20 ranking:
Top 20 Street Names
Second (10,866)
Third (10,131)
First (9,898)
Fourth (9,190)
Park (8,926)
Fifth (8,186)
Main (7,644)
Sixth (7,283)
Oak (6,946)
Seventh (6,377)
Pine (6,170)
Maple (6,103)
Cedar (5,644)
Eighth (5,524)
Elm (5,233)
View (5,202)
Washington (4,974)
Ninth (4,908)
Lake (4,901)
Hill (4,877)
Before doing research, Hsuan and I tried to guess the answer. Hsuan thought the answer should be "Main," and I though the answer should be "First." However, neither of us was correct. According to the result of the census done by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census in 1993, the most common street name in the US is "Second." That's really weird, because I thought that "Second" should always follow after "First." The reason is that in some places, they used "Main" instead of "First."
The following is the top 20 ranking:
Top 20 Street Names
Second (10,866)
Third (10,131)
First (9,898)
Fourth (9,190)
Park (8,926)
Fifth (8,186)
Main (7,644)
Sixth (7,283)
Oak (6,946)
Seventh (6,377)
Pine (6,170)
Maple (6,103)
Cedar (5,644)
Eighth (5,524)
Elm (5,233)
View (5,202)
Washington (4,974)
Ninth (4,908)
Lake (4,901)
Hill (4,877)
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