alt Hacker NewsThis 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?
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dang • yesterday at 6:05 PM
So it has! Macroexpanded:
Interactive map shows history of San Francisco place names - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16747029 - April 2018 (1 comment)
History of San Francisco Place Names - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5628182 - April 2013 (29 comments)
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I presume it was the order the respective ships were built/launched.
NB: the streets are named after ships that are named after states