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The main street's modest cousin, where rent is lower and nobody's filming a car commercial.
means A smaller, quieter road branching off a main street, usually lined with houses or small shops rather than heavy traffic.
from Straightforward compound of 'side' (from Old English 'side,' meaning the lateral surface of something, away from the front or main line) plus 'street' (from Old English 'stræt,' borrowed from Latin 'strata,' a paved road — the Romans built the originals). Put together, the phrase simply describes a street positioned off to the side of a more important one; no hidden twist, just literal geography that stuck as a fixed term.
- parking odds
- actually nonzero
- naming pattern
- often numbered, rarely remembered
- best use
- avoiding the main street's traffic lights
- local secret
- hides the better restaurants