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...as in Europe (but I am certain there are exceptions and am looking forward to the replies pointing out where that is not the case)
by hobo_mark 4y ago
...as in Europe (but I am certain there are exceptions and am looking forward to the replies pointing out where that is not the case)
- ajay-d 4y agorelated maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belphegor%27s_prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belphegor%27s_prime
- kuschku 4y agohttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_numbers_clockwise.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_numbers_clockw...
- contravariant 4y agoI don't know of any country that uses an entirely different system, but I'm willing to bet each country has a couple of exceptions somewhere.
- etamponi 4y agoIIRC, Japan uses (or used?) to number buildings in chronological order.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoObligatory: https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/ https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...
- stardenburden 4y agoBerlin uses a different system in the older parts of the city https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-berlin-house-numbers-map.html?m=1 https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-berlin-hous...
- bloak 4y agoWikipedia describes two systems in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering#United_Kingdom According to both those systems, if you look down the street from the end where number 1 is (which is always the open end of a cul-de-sac), then number 1 is the first house on your left. I'd be interested to hear about any exceptional cases in which number one is on your right.