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>> Only people who live in older, more affluent areas built before community mailboxes receive home mail delivery. I lived in the 'hood' - Malvern - in a house
by slantyyz 13y ago
>> Only people who live in older, more affluent areas built before community mailboxes receive home mail delivery.
I lived in the 'hood' - Malvern - in a house that was built in 2001 and I got door-to-door delivery even though houses built at the same time in Markham (just north of Toronto) were on community mailboxes.
- danielweber 13y agoLooking at the (American) houses of me and my siblings, there is an inverse relationship between price and convenience of home delivery. One of us lives in a 100K house and gets mail put right to their front door. Another lives in a 800K house and has to drive to their mailbox. How much of a say does the local Post Office have in how much service it will provide new developments?
- semiquaver 13y agoIn general the USPS pushes for rules that mandate the use of community boxes for new developments, for example: http://www.cnweekly.com/articles/2013/07/30/news/doc51f7da7c4961c546217734.txt http://www.cnweekly.com/articles/2013/07/30/news/doc51f7da7c... Where I live, the primary determinant of whether you get home delivery is the age of your community.
- tsotha 13y agoI bought and older house, and the USPS puts my mail right through a slot in the door. It's great - super convenient and I don't have to worry about stopping delivery when I'm out of town. Personally, I'd rather see delivery cut on Saturday than have a community mailbox.