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Until recently, 11 residents of Greenwich, Conn. have suffered in silence. For on their mailboxes, in fine rubber-plastic, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold glitter, appear the words, “Hooker Street.” Not Hooker as in Rev. Thomas Hooker, the esteemed colonial minister who helped create the model document for the U.S. Constitution. Hooker as in the family name of the wife of the guy who developed the strip in the late 1960s. Big difference, though not the biggest issue for embarrassed residents...
Crime rate will likely decrease as a result of the name change. The Hooker Street sign has been stolen countless times for its novelty value. In response to these annoying pranks, residents have moved the sign high enough so that potential crooks can’t read it. Effective, but more can be done. If the street name was changed to “Stonebrook Lane,” the only people who will want to steal it are senior citizens eager to decorate their backyard ponds...
Just think of the child developmental benefits of a totally benign street sign. Kids will no longer be mocked for living on Hooker Street, but rather for normal things like haircuts and clothing. There is, of course, the danger that they will be ridiculed for having previously lived on Hooker Street until their mommies altered its name on their behalf. Closer empirical analysis reveals, however, that homeowners are wealthy enough to buy their children stuff that will ease the short-term pain caused by such accusations...
Residents might still be concerned about losing their identities. After all, some have lived a satisfying life on Hooker Street since 1969. But they needn’t worry. Just as the Berlin Wall lives on in the minds of the Germans, the Hooker Street sign will forever have a special place in the hearts of Greenwich residents...
...says Randy, 53, "I don't believe that men should be together. I never will. But I love him as my son. And he and his partner are good boys." Randy says his first reaction to Bryan's teen homosexuality was, "I'm going to find him the best hooker I can." But he says he and his wife sent Bryan to Casa not because he was gay but because he was a "totally unruly kid" who was "just so mean ... To go get that scholarship, I understand he had to be the poor little victim. But for three years...