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In some Latin countries, road names are given after "important" people (for a vague definition of important). On the cultural side, having a standard for naming
by gtirloni 7y ago
In some Latin countries, road names are given after "important" people (for a vague definition of important). On the cultural side, having a standard for naming like this removes that and I think it could be a roadblock for adoption. Politicians' names are specially used for naming roads/squares and they are always after promoting their names in every new opportunity.
On the other side, I really like that the code can be shortened with the addition of a location. One concern I have is that most people are very local, they exchange addresses for local places all the time... so easily speaking those addresses is nice thing. A short code helps with that.
And finally, I may have missed it but I didn't see landmark references mentioned. Could it be that people would have to say "I live at XZY123 in New York. Near that ABC456 building, you know?" That would be awkward.
- tannhaeuser 7y agoIt's not just latin countries. In Germany, and most east-European countries and Russia as well I believe, newly build roads get generic names (named after flowers, for example), then later get renamed after persons, though not living ones, which helps with politicians promoting their names I guess.
- contravariant 7y agoOf all the possible examples where purely alphanumeric addresses would be awkward to use you chose New York?