Off backroads between Berlin and Middletown, CT, a subdivision consisting of large, vinyl-sided, single family homes.
Possible explanations:
The road was named after "Lamentation Smith," a famous evangelist and/or historical figure from Puritan days.
The road name was changed after the subprime crisis.
The road was named by a city planner/authority who hates McDonaldization in all its forms, especially cookie-cutter subdivisions.
The road was named by the subdivision house owners, who hoped to keep out riffraff -- like the sorts of people who know what "lamentation" means.
The road was built on a Native American burial ground, resulting in mass hauntings and mysterious wailing sounds in the night.
The road was named by stupid people.
Other possible explanations welcomed.
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Okay, I don't have an explanation, but I do have some fun road names for you (given all the driving that I do):
"Kilkenny Circle" (BA Co)
"Cold Saturday Drive" (HO Co)
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