Transportfan
Senior Member
The Ten Restaurant at 10 and 2 didn't get its name by accident.
You just called it Highway 2 there.
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The Ten Restaurant at 10 and 2 didn't get its name by accident.
I don't think it's like Rogers Centre at all.
I was born in 1982. I lived in Mineola West growing up (anyone who knows Mississauga knows that Hurontario divides Mineola East from Mineola West), and as long as I've been able to form memories of such things, it has always been Hurontario. The signs say Hurontario. My parents said Hurontario. There may be some old signs here and there, but I can't say I've seen a Highway 10 sign anywhere along Hurontario recently.
If you had used the term Highway 5 with me 5 years ago, I would have had no idea what you're talking about. I've seen old Highway 10 signs on Hurontario Street in the past. I have never seen an old Highway 5 sign on Dundas Street, ever.
That may have been your experience, but I also grew up in Mississauga, and Highway 10 was always the exit we used to get home, or to hop onto the highway until Mavis Road was extended north of the 401. Highway 10 was the street we told people to get off at when giving directions to our place, and Highway 10 is what we took to get to Square One, and my aunts condo which was also on Highway 10. My family still uses the name Highway 10 when referring to Hurontario, and we have yet to meet anyone who doesn't know that Hurontario Street is Highway 10. Even our neighbours refer to it as Highway 10.
I also remember Perly's maps used to have Hurontario labelled as Highway 10 too... so it wasn't as uncommon as you think.
.I also remember Perly's maps used to have Hurontario labelled as Highway 10 too... so it wasn't as uncommon as you think.
it seems like some people are still living inside a bubble and when i say living inside a bubble think that just because they moved to mississauga 5-10 years ago, they think that what they hear = what the rest of the world should go by. I hope you know, Highway 10 is a HUGE highway, it goes all the way up to Owen Sound, if you had actually travelled this great province and not lived inside your so called bubble, you will see the REST of the province calls it highway 10, even the stub south of caledon that goes into brampton and mississauga, yes they call that number 10 or highway 10 as well. They also call the lakeshore as Highway 2, they go by highway 2 in pretty much almost every other town it passes through, its pretty stupid not to call it. guess what my Garmin GPS calls the lake shore? yes it still calls it highway 2
Enough of that discussion, and if you had no idea hurontario was called highway 10, then i feel sorry for you. I guess if someone tells u to go to hiway 10 pharmacy (http://www.canpages.ca/page/ON/mississauga/hiway-10-pharmacy/3404420.html) to pick up your medication you will have zero idea where it is?
Until I hear real people in real situations (rather than on UT or on traffic reports) call it anything other than Hurontario, no it's not proven. I've lived in Mississauga my whole life. It's Hurontario.
I think it's cool when streets and other places have colloquial names given to them by residents, something more than just the official label.
it seems like some people are still living inside a bubble and when i say living inside a bubble think that just because they moved to mississauga 5-10 years ago, they think that what they hear = what the rest of the world should go by. I hope you know, Highway 10 is a HUGE highway, it goes all the way up to Owen Sound, if you had actually travelled this great province and not lived inside your so called bubble, you will see the REST of the province calls it highway 10, even the stub south of caledon that goes into brampton and mississauga, yes they call that number 10 or highway 10 as well. They also call the lakeshore as Highway 2, they go by highway 2 in pretty much almost every other town it passes through, its pretty stupid not to call it. guess what my Garmin GPS calls the lake shore? yes it still calls it highway 2
Enough of that discussion, and if you had no idea hurontario was called highway 10, then i feel sorry for you. I guess if someone tells u to go to hiway 10 pharmacy (http://www.canpages.ca/page/ON/mississauga/hiway-10-pharmacy/3404420.html) to pick up your medication you will have zero idea where it is?
Star Trek 3 -- I hate Roman numerals!Star Trek 111 for example is just wrong. It's Star Trek III.