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How do you refer to past residences (particularly to someone who's lived/visited them)? Looking back at mine, the breakdown is as follows:
  • Street name (e.g. "Theodore Avenue"): 5
  • Building/house name (e.g. "Basler Tor"): 4
  • Municipality/Neighbourhood (e.g. "Troy"): 2
  • Nickname (e.g. "the Roach Motel"): 2
  • Owner's name (e.g. "Grandma's"): 0
Overall, a pretty consistent pattern of street names for freestanding houses and building names for multiresidential buildings, particularly dormitories. Exceptions include my previous apartment (the building didn't have a distinctive name, so I refer to it by street) and my last family residence (I was the one who pioneered the use of a nickname, "Three Birches", to replace the street name/owner's name conventions in use). I haven't had much need to refer to my current apartment as anything besides "my place", but when I do, I'll probably use the building name, MDA.

What's the breakdown for y'all? What possibilities have I left out?
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