The Map Room

Street names are becoming a source of confusion in rapidly growing Visalia, California: as the city expands, street suffixes change from rural “roads” to urban “streets,” “avenues” and “boulevards” in conformance with Visalia’s conventions. Which leads, as you might expect, to quite a bit of confusion, especially when maps can’t keep up with the changes — unsurprising in rapid-growth areas, as we’ve learned.