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Main Street and High Street are different names for the same thing. Both should be discussed together, with an appropriate section for distinctive cultural differences between Main/High Streets around the globe. The important question would be which name to use? SilkTork 18:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Although many German, Austrian, and Swiss cities do have a (often centrally located) Bahnhofstraße, there simply is no concept in German that compares to the American Main Street or British High Street. The section is baseless and should be deleted. -- 69.168.244.161 04:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
After not seeing any counter-arguments for over a week, I just removed the whole bullet point on German street names. Yes, many German towns with a railway station do have a Bahnhofstraße, and Hauptstraße is another common name for a main thoroughfare. However, none of this has anything to do with the American cultural concept of "Main Street." -- ThorstenNY 22:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Dear Reader,
How many of these main, fore... streets are there? Does every town have one? The answer is no. Why then? Maybe towns before a certain era earn the title. Certainly, the title referes to a central location (in some sence of the word central but I ponder...
Then...I say Tomayto Tomaato. We give significance to a certain avenue in signification of that place as a somewhere of importance. That at one time (or at present) such a location serves the community as a focal meeting place.
Why then argue what to call it? They are cultural gems! The remaining relics of a time when disscussion had nothing to do with fingers or buttons or computer screens. Communication happened on the street. The Main vein of life...
75.109.123.232 13:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I think it's all the same —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.175.75.181 ( talk) 07:23, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Both photos of American main streets are from Western states, and therefore show roads that were designed with automobiles in mind, thus lending a sense of Disney Land-esque artificiality that plagues recently built cities and suburbs of North America. To remedy this, might I suggest replacing one with a proper New England main street, such as Nantucket's http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/05/15/1242442680_3877/539w.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.26.248 ( talk) 02:34, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Both examples date from the 1830s-1850s, when there weren't a whole lot of automobiles around. I think the point is to show a typical example (which Nantucket, however beautiful it may be, is very much not), not one from every region. 70.36.134.11 ( talk) 04:31, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
and some sections of Canada, the usual term is Front Street
I disagree. The term "Front Street" usually refers to the street on whichever side of town is closest to the water, ie: "Water Street" or "River Street". In Ontario:
This is my experience too. The only Front Street I know is in New Westminster and it's right along the tracks by the water - it's sort of an industrial street, the road the trucks use. It's actually an alternative to the main shopping street, which is Columbia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.180.199.227 ( talk) 17:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I recall the New Democratic Party, a Canadian labour party, using an address on "Main Street, Toronto" at one point... this was marketed to signify "standing up for Main Street" (ie: working classes and small business) vs. "standing up for Bay Street" (Toronto corporate investors, like Wall Street in NYC). Admittedly, "a town where the main street is still called Main Street" as an expression refers to small towns (for instance Bath, Ontario) and in many large cities the "Main Street" name ends up on something that's just an ordinary street, or on the main street of a smaller entity which was lost to annexation to the city years ago. Municipalities where the town line has been bloated to encompass an entire county (like Ottawa) may have multiple streets ("Manotick Main", for instance) with the name in each village that has been forced into this huge amalgamation. 66.102.83.61 ( talk) 18:55, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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Main Street and High Street are different names for the same thing. Both should be discussed together, with an appropriate section for distinctive cultural differences between Main/High Streets around the globe. The important question would be which name to use? SilkTork 18:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Although many German, Austrian, and Swiss cities do have a (often centrally located) Bahnhofstraße, there simply is no concept in German that compares to the American Main Street or British High Street. The section is baseless and should be deleted. -- 69.168.244.161 04:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
After not seeing any counter-arguments for over a week, I just removed the whole bullet point on German street names. Yes, many German towns with a railway station do have a Bahnhofstraße, and Hauptstraße is another common name for a main thoroughfare. However, none of this has anything to do with the American cultural concept of "Main Street." -- ThorstenNY 22:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Dear Reader,
How many of these main, fore... streets are there? Does every town have one? The answer is no. Why then? Maybe towns before a certain era earn the title. Certainly, the title referes to a central location (in some sence of the word central but I ponder...
Then...I say Tomayto Tomaato. We give significance to a certain avenue in signification of that place as a somewhere of importance. That at one time (or at present) such a location serves the community as a focal meeting place.
Why then argue what to call it? They are cultural gems! The remaining relics of a time when disscussion had nothing to do with fingers or buttons or computer screens. Communication happened on the street. The Main vein of life...
75.109.123.232 13:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I think it's all the same —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.175.75.181 ( talk) 07:23, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Both photos of American main streets are from Western states, and therefore show roads that were designed with automobiles in mind, thus lending a sense of Disney Land-esque artificiality that plagues recently built cities and suburbs of North America. To remedy this, might I suggest replacing one with a proper New England main street, such as Nantucket's http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/05/15/1242442680_3877/539w.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.26.248 ( talk) 02:34, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Both examples date from the 1830s-1850s, when there weren't a whole lot of automobiles around. I think the point is to show a typical example (which Nantucket, however beautiful it may be, is very much not), not one from every region. 70.36.134.11 ( talk) 04:31, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
and some sections of Canada, the usual term is Front Street
I disagree. The term "Front Street" usually refers to the street on whichever side of town is closest to the water, ie: "Water Street" or "River Street". In Ontario:
This is my experience too. The only Front Street I know is in New Westminster and it's right along the tracks by the water - it's sort of an industrial street, the road the trucks use. It's actually an alternative to the main shopping street, which is Columbia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.180.199.227 ( talk) 17:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I recall the New Democratic Party, a Canadian labour party, using an address on "Main Street, Toronto" at one point... this was marketed to signify "standing up for Main Street" (ie: working classes and small business) vs. "standing up for Bay Street" (Toronto corporate investors, like Wall Street in NYC). Admittedly, "a town where the main street is still called Main Street" as an expression refers to small towns (for instance Bath, Ontario) and in many large cities the "Main Street" name ends up on something that's just an ordinary street, or on the main street of a smaller entity which was lost to annexation to the city years ago. Municipalities where the town line has been bloated to encompass an entire county (like Ottawa) may have multiple streets ("Manotick Main", for instance) with the name in each village that has been forced into this huge amalgamation. 66.102.83.61 ( talk) 18:55, 27 March 2012 (UTC)