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Well, to receive USPS mail you need an address. Permanent travelers, the homeless, people in the process of moving, moving- these people are difficult or impos
by fishtoaster 15y ago
Well, to receive USPS mail you need an address. Permanent travelers, the homeless, people in the process of moving, moving- these people are difficult or impossible to reach by mail, but any time they pop into a library or internet cafe, they have an email address. I would say that /that/ is the great equalizer, more than remote people with mailboxes in this day and age.
- timbre 15y agoPermanent travelers, the homeless, etc. can receive mail at the post office by general delivery. (Letters addressed to J. Doe GENERAL DELIVERY Anytown, Anystate 12345 are held for pickup at the post office for 30 days.) This was once common knowledge, but seems to be less so these days.
- tsotha 15y agoWow. I didn't know they still did that.
- freehunter 15y agoSo just by writing GENERAL DELIVERY instead of a street address, it gets held? I suppose the kick here is that the person needs to know they're getting mail. Do they need an ID to pick it up?
- tricolon 15y agoMaybe going to the post office was a daily routine? I wouldn't know.