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Dammit, I didn't even know that they could start with 0. Thanks!

• dublinben 10y ago
  New England, New Jersey and parts of New York start with a 0. http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/zipcodes/images/usa-zip-code-map.jpg http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/zipcodes/images/usa-zip-code-...
  • SnacksOnAPlane 10y ago
    TIL. Thanks, fixed it!
  • mgkimsal 10y ago
    In high school - BASIC class - we had to build a program to let a user input an address. I took the input for the ZIP code as a string, and the teacher 'corrected' me because ZIP codes were numbers, not letters. I said "if I starts with 0, that would be lost". "ZIP codes don't start with 0," she replied. "Umm... yeah they do." I pull out a copy of my New Zork Times from Infocom, located in MA, and their ZIP started with 0. It was only years later I learned the ZIP code system didn't even start until the 60s, and she'd likely grown up without it even being a thing, so I (retroactively) cut her some slack. Really didn't think anyone in the US could not know that in 2017 but... I still run in to people who don't. And... it's probably less important today (what with email and ebills and whatnot), so I'll cut everyone else some slack too... :)
    • aanm1988 10y ago
      > Really didn't think anyone in the US could not know that in 2017 Well I guess you are just much much smarter than us. That goodness you cut us some slack. ;) I don't know if I have ever seen a zero prefixed zip code.
      • mgkimsal 10y ago
        yeah... was trying to be a bit tongue in cheek (my tongue, my cheek). I guess I just pay too much attention to addresses/formats, and have for years. You can have as much slack as you want, FYI :)