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Delivering to Bangalore might be easier though. In a lot of places in Rural India, house numbers simply do not exist, and addresses are of the form Mr. ABCD S/
by enitihas 7y ago
Delivering to Bangalore might be easier though. In a lot of places in Rural India, house numbers simply do not exist, and addresses are of the form
Mr. ABCD S/O Mr, XYZ, Village <Village_Name>, postal code, city, state
The Village_Name part encompasses a very large area. The good thing is people in rural areas know a lot of people by name, so asking a small number of people for Mr. ABCD S/O Mr, XYZ turns out to be sufficient. But I often wonder how challenging it is to deliver stuff with so much ambiguity.
- Someone 7y agohttps://www.worldpress.org/Americas/592.cfm https://www.worldpress.org/Americas/592.cfm claims “From where the Chinese restaurant used to be, two blocks down, half a block toward the lake, next door to the house where the yellow car is parked, Managua, Nicaragua.” was a valid address at some time, and claims that works, in Nicaragua. Looking at Apple or Google Maps, it seems at least the major streets do have names (¿nowadays?), though. (Via https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/ https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...)