Is It OK to Name a Moab Subdivision After Ed Abbey?

[Pivo]

Developers in Moab are building a subdivision named after Ed Abbey. They’re naming the cul-de-sacs Monkey Wrench Way and Hayduke Court. What a load of crap! Cactus Ed hated all real estate development in his beloved desert—and fought it his whole life. I’m sure he’s rolling in his grave, and I’m sure Hayduke would have blasted this place with dynamite. Wouldn’t it be right to at least go pull all the survey stakes and pour sugar in the bulldozer gas tanks?

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/o ... -ed-abbey/

[Jim]

Given the propensity for many developers to name a subdivision something like, "Cypress Preserve", when in fact no cypress were preserved and a small wetland was drained and filled in to construct the development, it seems in keeping with the spirit of how many are named. That said, it would be equally ironic if the construction equipment was vandalized in a manner fitting the Monkey Wrench Gang. After all, they did name it those things. Such names are practically an attractive nuisance.

[Pivo]

The new adjacent development will be named Mister Rodgers' Neighborhood.

[chumley]

Rodgers

By the spelling, I presume Aaron, playing off the alternate spelling belonging to Fred?

[Pivo]

@chumley
I would much prefer living in Fred Rodgers' Neighborhood.

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@chumley
I would much prefer living in Fred Rodgers' Neighborhood.

Well, Tucson has trolleys, so maybe you already are.

[Pivo]

Well, Tucson has trolleys, so maybe you already are.

I am no longer in Tucson; moved to Aztec, NM.

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Well, Tucson has trolleys, so maybe you already are.

I am no longer in Tucson; moved to Aztec, NM.

We visited Aztec last fall. Although it doesn't have trolley, I was glad it has a Blake's Lotaburger.

[Pivo]

glad it has a Blake's Lotaburger.

Unfortunately, fast food chains are the face of the area's restaurant scene here. Tucson is the first UNESCO City of Gastronomy in the US, Austin is the only other. My Nurse Practitioner is from Austin and we understand each other's pain. In spite of not hiking this winter, I have lost weight; probably due to not eating at restaurants.

[Alston_Neal]

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We do biz trips to Santa Fe twice a year and Blake's is our road food choice. We use to stop in Gallup, but now I just want to see that city in my rearview mirror. So we hit the one in Grants. As for Moab and Abbey, it truly is bizarrely ironic.

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@Pivo
@Alston_Neal

Yeah, that part of NM doesn't have many great choices. Santa Fe isn't bad, though. My favorite place there is Casa Chimayo, which I think is independent of the one in Chimayo (which is also pretty good).

Back on topic, I think Abbey would be spinning in his grave.