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> I don't have any idea how a city or country can do any kind of property taxation without formal addresses In most of the US, property identification is entir
by Kon-Peki 4y ago
> I don't have any idea how a city or country can do any kind of property taxation without formal addresses
In most of the US, property identification is entirely independent from a mailing address: your property identification is a completely unique description deriving from a series of land subdivision based on the Land Ordinance of 1785
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Land_Survey_System
- tonyarkles 4y agoWestern Canada has something similar to that too. Southern Saskatchewan (where most people live) is divided into a 1-mile grid. One of the things that still amazes me is that this mapping was started in 1871 using chains, compasses, and a couple other instruments... and as it turns out it was exceptionally accurate!
- Kon-Peki 4y ago> Southern Saskatchewan (where most people live) is divided into a 1-mile grid. 1 square mile is 640 acres. That’s exactly the same size as a “section” in the US survey system. If I remember correctly, the smallest unit you could buy directly from the government was 1/8th of a section - a 40 acre square.
- tonyarkles 4y agoOh nice, yeah we call them sections as well. I think quarters were the smallest you could get around here.