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> I'm pretty sure you are mandated to have mail in the US, or rather the mails are mandated to deliver to you. IIRC it's constitutional. You'd be incorrect. As
by 0des 4y ago
> I'm pretty sure you are mandated to have mail in the US, or rather the mails are mandated to deliver to you. IIRC it's constitutional.
You'd be incorrect. Ask your postmaster.
- criddell 4y agoThey are correct. The USPS has a universal service obligation. If you send a letter or parcel to any address in the US, the post office must deliver it.
- 0des 4y agoI respectfully disagree. The postal service is held to a standard of service by a USO - Universal Service Obligation. [0] This means it is an org mandated to accept your request for service at a reasonable price regardless of your location of residence. There is an important distinction between that, and being mandated to receive mail service. That is not a stipulation of being alive in USA. [0] - https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/postal-service-and-its-obligation https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/postal-service-and-its-obligati...
- zdragnar 4y agoJust imagine, every drifter, nomad and homeless person were required to set up a mailbox. It's just silly.
- nobody9999 4y ago>Just imagine, every drifter, nomad and homeless person were required to set up a mailbox. It's just silly. They don't have to. Just have mail sent to: Joe/Jane Drifter General Delivery TownNearWhereYouSquat, <State> <ZipCode of post office> Or at least that's how it's been done for decades.
- philwelch 4y agoYeah but they never have to come in and pick it up and I doubt the post office retains that mail in perpetuity until it’s picked up.
- nobody9999 4y agohttps://www.usglobalmail.com/usps-general-delivery/ https://www.usglobalmail.com/usps-general-delivery/