Signs

[debka_notion]

Sometimes I think that Boston makes up for the signs that it should have that it doesn't have with signs that it does have that it doesn't need: thickly settled (no area labelled "thickly settled" ever seems to look more densely inhabitted than regular suburbia), end of state road, etc.

Comments

[kamianya.livejournal.com]

That's why I'm glad I live in MD.

[belu.livejournal.com]

Oh, the "thickly settled" signs do represent thriftiness with signs: they only put them up where it's not obvious it's thickly settled.

[redlily.livejournal.com]

I love the "thickly settled" sign. It's my favorite sign ever, and a delightful Massachusetts eccentricity.

"End of state road" is fairly common around here, too; I know for here, it's just to indicate who you should call if there's a pothole or something (the state or the township).

Have you been getting my emails from my Gmail account?

[doctor-nine.livejournal.com]

"State Maintained Road" signs around Pittsburgh generally translate to "Expect potholes," especially on tiny segments of highway exit ramps which are neither interstate highway nor municipal road. So, in that case, it's a warning of "don't speed or you'll probably die." Amusing, though.

[jessebeller.livejournal.com]

you misinterpret the sign.

'thick' does not refer to an elevated number of individuals per square mile, but rather a depressed average iq of those individuals.

that is, 'thickly settled' ought to be construed as 'full of idiots who are likely to place their bodies directly in front of your car at any moment, so look out'