I've been wondering lately what the difference is between an AVENUE like Taft and a BOULEVARD like Aurora when they basically look the same: buildings on either side, a few trees here and there, two-way lanes, and with elevated rail systems each.
We have very few BOULEVARDs, but Shaw doesn't even look like that more famous BOULEVARD by the bay — Roxas.
Curiously, Boni AVENUE is not as large and as long as EDSA. Neither is it as short as Doña Julia Vargas AVENUE.
And while we're at it, busy Pioneer STREET is not as small as the quiet STREETs of gated communities.
And why is Kamias ROAD not called a STREET, an AVENUE, or a BOULEVARD?
Ayala AVENUE is of course longer and wider than Amorsolo STREET. But why is it that 32nd STREET in BGC is longer and wider than Emerald AVENUE? 
I really don't understand what made people categorize Balete and Eugenio López as DRIVEs instead of STREETs, AVENUEs, etc. Weirder still, when you reach the western end of Ortigas AVENUE (where it crosses paths with Bonny Serrano AVENUE), it becomes Granada STREET. 
Several years ago, South SUPERHIGHWAY was not found to be super anymore, so it was renamed to South Luzón EXPRESSWAY.
And what's up with PASEO de Roxas? It sounds so out of time when you look at the AVENUEs, STREETs, and ROADs surrounding it. 
The only thing we got consistent are the CIRCLEs (Maysilo, Quezon Memorial, etc.).
Truly, our thoroughfares are weird af.
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