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I think No. 1, London might be close? IIRC it's Clarence House/What was or is King Charles' residence.

tenpies 4y ago
Not sure about London, but I've always gotten a kick out of Neil Oliver's mail, which manages to arrive despite some of the oddest addresses: Without even a name: https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1628434030919049221 https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1628434030919049221 With name, but only the city as far as usable address information: https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1631313939198877696 https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1631313939198877696 Now granted, he is a TV presenter and Stirling is a small town (sub 100,000 people), but there is some romanticism behind a letter only arriving because some person in the mail sorting facility has some faint idea of who you are.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  If you pay your postal workers well enough that they care about their job, you don't need any formal addressing beyond getting the letter to the right person. A postal code can be enough in some cases! Back in the day, the mailman knew how to find every house in his area. With larger cities you'll probably need more mailpeople, but there's no reason why it this system can't work today. It is working in Costa Rica, at least. Automated systems and digital catalogues are expensive to set up and a pain to maintain. If you live in a remote village of 1000 people, a place name and a last name are often all you need to get your mail delivered. In your example, a Stirling is a town of 38k people. Names may not be enough for everyone, but house names and descriptions will certainly do the job. All the sorting facility needs to do is make sure the mail ends up in Stirling and let the mail handle itself from there!
- schoen 4y ago
  I met Cleto Pavanetto, who was the head of the Vatican's Latinitas Foundation, around 2008. (Our only common language was Latin!) https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto_Pavanetto https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto_Pavanetto He told me that he could receive mail addressed only to Cletus Vatican That's the shortest address (?) Of anyone I've met, I think!
- thrill 4y ago
  Long ago, I lived in Alamogordo, NM. My wife and I got a Christmas card from my mother, never one for details, addressed simply to "my last name, Alamo, Mexico" - no zip, nothing. Somehow, it got to us. I always guessed it was a small enough place at the time that the newest person with that last name was known to the postal employees.

Not sure about London, but I've always gotten a kick out of Neil Oliver's mail, which manages to arrive despite some of the oddest addresses: Without even a name: https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1628434030919049221 https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1628434030919049221 With name, but only the city as far as usable address information: https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1631313939198877696 https://twitter.com/thecoastguy/status/1631313939198877696 Now granted, he is a TV presenter and Stirling is a small town (sub 100,000 people), but there is some romanticism behind a letter only arriving because some person in the mail sorting facility has some faint idea of who you are.

jeroenhd 4y ago
If you pay your postal workers well enough that they care about their job, you don't need any formal addressing beyond getting the letter to the right person. A postal code can be enough in some cases! Back in the day, the mailman knew how to find every house in his area. With larger cities you'll probably need more mailpeople, but there's no reason why it this system can't work today. It is working in Costa Rica, at least. Automated systems and digital catalogues are expensive to set up and a pain to maintain. If you live in a remote village of 1000 people, a place name and a last name are often all you need to get your mail delivered. In your example, a Stirling is a town of 38k people. Names may not be enough for everyone, but house names and descriptions will certainly do the job. All the sorting facility needs to do is make sure the mail ends up in Stirling and let the mail handle itself from there!
schoen 4y ago
I met Cleto Pavanetto, who was the head of the Vatican's Latinitas Foundation, around 2008. (Our only common language was Latin!) https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto_Pavanetto https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto_Pavanetto He told me that he could receive mail addressed only to Cletus Vatican That's the shortest address (?) Of anyone I've met, I think!
thrill 4y ago
Long ago, I lived in Alamogordo, NM. My wife and I got a Christmas card from my mother, never one for details, addressed simply to "my last name, Alamo, Mexico" - no zip, nothing. Somehow, it got to us. I always guessed it was a small enough place at the time that the newest person with that last name was known to the postal employees.