Neighborhoods due for a rebrand

I live in Skinker-Debaliviere, but I despise our neighborhood’s name. Are we really stuck with it?

Problem 1 - Skinker

Skinker/McCausland is an awful road/street. That’s just the objective truth, and anyone who experiences this thoroughfare regularly understands what I mean. And for those of us unfortunate enough to live near Skinker, we don’t need yet another reminder of its omnipresence in our lives, baiting us into false hope of left turns that will never, ever, ever materialize.

Problem 2 - Debaliviere

Mispronounced French words are always a fail. No I do not like correcting the well-meaning transplants whose only crime was attempting to say a French word using a pronunciation consistent with the world’s French speakers. We are setting up our visitors and new residents for failure, and this needs to stop. No more mispronounced French words in neighborhood names.

How to fix it - Forest Park North

How is this not already the name? We can even nix another crappy neighborhood name (Debaliviere Place) at the same time. That’s clearly an apartment building name, not a neighborhood. All of it’s Forest Park North.

Can we make this happen? I will in turn support any parallel efforts to rename Creve Coeur or any other of our terribly named places.

Edit:

To the pearl-clutchers interpreting this very-tongue-in-cheek ribbing of American pseudo-French naming as a broader ignorance about dialects and history, just stop it. Yes, I’ve been to NOLA and know they have bastardized French names, too. I’m from the south where mispronouncing European cities is endemic to the entire region (vie-EEN-a? CAY-roe? New MAD-rid?). It’s not the mark of pride you think it is.

I get that there are overly defensive residents who think these names are awesome. I just disagree with you.