Mismatched Place Names

North Avenue is south of Central Ave In Milwaukee, WI. Both are on the north side of town (defining Wisconsin Ave as the midline).

re Mississippi river. My son applied to an odd number of grad schools- half east, half west of the Mississippi river. That’s because the U of Minn straddles that river, including a pedestrian bridge across it. All bets are off describing things relative to the M river in the Twin Cities!