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> Because of Google, our address wasn’t even present for the USPS How does the author know this bit? I've lived on streets that definitely existed in Google m

by dmoy 2y ago

> Because of Google, our address wasn’t even present for the USPS How does the author know this bit? I've lived on streets that definitely existed in Google maps, but where the exact address definitely didn't exist in USPS address system for like 6 months until they finally updated it, which caused... a very similar same set of issues described in this article. This has happened to me twice. In my experience at least, USPS doesn't give a shit what Google says or not. Maybe it's changed since then? I would require some serious convincing though.

sonofhans 2y ago
> How does the author know this bit? They cannot know it, strictly speaking, because it is false. The USPS is legally required to deliver to every address. They certainly don’t depends on Google maps for compliance, or use it as a source of truth.
- CyLith 2y ago
  I don’t think this is true. I live in the middle of nowhere, but there are homes an hour out further in nowhereness with addresses that I cannot imagine could ever receive mail. Those people all have PO boxes in town.
- dataflow 2y ago
  > The USPS is legally required to deliver to every address. https://www.reddit.com/r/BigIsland/comments/12nbw4i/til_that_usps_must_deliver_to_every_address_in/jgdu939/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BigIsland/comments/12nbw4i/til_that...
- jjav 2y ago
  > The USPS is legally required to deliver to every address. What if there is no address? The house where I grew up was very rural, it had no address and USPS definitely did not deliver anything there. The only address we had until my 20s was my father's work office, that's where we received all mail.
  - yencabulator 2y ago
    You can file a form with your local county/postmaster/something (probably varies by state) to request an address to be assigned. (That doesn't mean you'll be able to receive mail at that address.)
I_AM_A_SMURF 2y ago
Yeah it's likely the other way around. USPS didn't know about the address and therefore Google didn't either. I don't buy that USPS uses anyone else's databases for addresses.

by dmoy 2y ago

sonofhans 2y ago

> How does the author know this bit? They cannot know it, strictly speaking, because it is false. The USPS is legally required to deliver to every address. They certainly don’t depends on Google maps for compliance, or use it as a source of truth.

CyLith 2y ago
I don’t think this is true. I live in the middle of nowhere, but there are homes an hour out further in nowhereness with addresses that I cannot imagine could ever receive mail. Those people all have PO boxes in town.
dataflow 2y ago
> The USPS is legally required to deliver to every address. https://www.reddit.com/r/BigIsland/comments/12nbw4i/til_that_usps_must_deliver_to_every_address_in/jgdu939/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BigIsland/comments/12nbw4i/til_that...
jjav 2y ago
> The USPS is legally required to deliver to every address. What if there is no address? The house where I grew up was very rural, it had no address and USPS definitely did not deliver anything there. The only address we had until my 20s was my father's work office, that's where we received all mail.
- yencabulator 2y ago
  You can file a form with your local county/postmaster/something (probably varies by state) to request an address to be assigned. (That doesn't mean you'll be able to receive mail at that address.)

I_AM_A_SMURF 2y ago

Yeah it's likely the other way around. USPS didn't know about the address and therefore Google didn't either. I don't buy that USPS uses anyone else's databases for addresses.