When should a community consider a name change?

I am an admitted history loving person. I do not profess to know it as well as I should however.

I have had the priveledge of being born and having lived in Quincy Massachusetts for almost all of my life. We have a wonderful history to be proud of.

My thought for today is how we managed to name the various sections of our city. Some like compass points ( i.e. North or West Quincy) lack a certain amount of imagination to say the least. Merrymount for instance captures the image of its not so puritan past as the spot where a Maypole was raised and certain rights of spring were practiced. This is a story for another day though.

Today I question the naming of the Germantown section. This pennisular was originally named Shed's Neck after settler Daniel Shed of England settled it around 1643. This would appear to be an appropriate name. In fact it lasted until Joseph Palmer and Richard Cranch came up with the idea of a planned manufacturing town in the 1750's. Germantown was born when they started this endeavor by installing a glass factory with imported German Labor. The glass made there was of such an inferior product that the factory was gone by 1760. Certainly we can come up with a better name than one which remembers a failed attempt at P.U.D (planned Urban Development).

The area was later a major shipbuilding area. Two other names this spot held were Gull Point and Sailor's Snug Harbor. Both superior names in my humble opinion.

Maybe we could get the local politicians to change the name to reflect some better aspects of this historicaly proud residential neighborhood. Please let me know what you think. Also if you have any ideas or knowledge of how to start the process.