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Yeah I had more packages stolen when I lived in Cupertino than NYC. But I've had quite a few packages delivered to the wrong address and our lobby constantly h

Yeah I had more packages stolen when I lived in Cupertino than NYC. But I've had quite a few packages delivered to the wrong address and our lobby constantly has wrong deliveries of both USPS mail and packages. Usually the Ave/Street are mixed up or off-by-one or a digit in the street number is different from ours. We once had a huge box of pet food from China mostly blocking our main egress for a week until we found the person it was supposed to go to. It's a nuisance that the city should fix.

magduf 7y ago
>Usually the Ave/Street are mixed up There should be a federal law against this kind of stupidity. It's unbelievable that many towns and cities actually thought it'd be a good idea to have two different streets with the exact same name, but one is an "Avenue" and one is a "street". I have a relative who lives on a "Second Ave" and has had all kinds of problems with mail because there's another address in that same small town with the same house number, but on "Second Street", and the person there is not cooperative when mis-addressed mail goes there.
- rtkwe 7y ago
  Ok how do you solve the problem of annexing where two towns might have both been maintaining unique street names within their own systems but have overlap when they merge. Towns grow like that all the time.
  - bradstewart 7y ago
    Keep the towns' original names in the addresses.
  - magduf 7y ago
    Solution 1: keep the town names separate (this means separate post offices and zip codes). Solution 2: change the street names.
- nkrisc 7y ago
  On the South side of Chicago, the majority of the East/West streets are numbered, and most have a corresponding 'place': 53rd Street and 53rd Place. And they're a block apart.
- jcranmer 7y ago
  Don't move to Atlanta, where Peachtree St, West Peachtree St, Peachtree Rd, Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Avenue, Peachtree Way, Peachtree Drive, Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Walk, and Peachtree Plaza all exist and are distinct roads.

magduf 7y ago

>Usually the Ave/Street are mixed up There should be a federal law against this kind of stupidity. It's unbelievable that many towns and cities actually thought it'd be a good idea to have two different streets with the exact same name, but one is an "Avenue" and one is a "street". I have a relative who lives on a "Second Ave" and has had all kinds of problems with mail because there's another address in that same small town with the same house number, but on "Second Street", and the person there is not cooperative when mis-addressed mail goes there.

rtkwe 7y ago
Ok how do you solve the problem of annexing where two towns might have both been maintaining unique street names within their own systems but have overlap when they merge. Towns grow like that all the time.
- bradstewart 7y ago
  Keep the towns' original names in the addresses.
- magduf 7y ago
  Solution 1: keep the town names separate (this means separate post offices and zip codes). Solution 2: change the street names.
nkrisc 7y ago
On the South side of Chicago, the majority of the East/West streets are numbered, and most have a corresponding 'place': 53rd Street and 53rd Place. And they're a block apart.
jcranmer 7y ago
Don't move to Atlanta, where Peachtree St, West Peachtree St, Peachtree Rd, Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Avenue, Peachtree Way, Peachtree Drive, Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Walk, and Peachtree Plaza all exist and are distinct roads.