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awoke_in_2003

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11. I am against the use of such words or symbols
Fri Dec 18, 2015, 02:59 PM
Dec 2015

regardless of their geographical location

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Wow! Kind of amazed to hear this. I've driven that highway a hundred times & misterhighwasted Dec 2015 #1
Me too... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #2
I'm visiting Singer Island in Jan. I hope they have it changed by then. I'll drive on it just to be misterhighwasted Dec 2015 #3
They changed it yesterday!! RockaFowler Dec 2015 #12
Lovely sight. Thanks for the pic! I'll be taking a drive on President Barack Obama Highway. misterhighwasted Dec 2015 #13
Normally, I'm against using the names of living persons for that, BUT DFW Dec 2015 #4
The "Dixie Highway" was named by a real estate developer from the North csziggy Dec 2015 #5
The word Dixie awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #9
I don't object to the name being changed - but it is part of the history of the route csziggy Dec 2015 #10
I am against the use of such words or symbols awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #11
So "Dixie Highway" as a symbol of Northern real estate speculation is also offensive? csziggy Dec 2015 #14
I lived in various northern States all but 6 yrs of my long .. misterhighwasted Dec 2015 #15
Just google "Dixie Highway" with the state's names csziggy Dec 2015 #17
It is still called Dixie Highway throughout parts of Michigan Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #19
I'd love for them to do the same thing here in Michigan. nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #6
Excellent! AwakeAtLast Dec 2015 #7
That's pretty stupid. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #8
As a Southerner I agree with the fact that "Dixie" has negative connotations csziggy Dec 2015 #16
Lincoln might disagree with this Jim Lane Dec 2015 #18
We called it the Dixie Die-way, owing to the numerous car crashes on it. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #20
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