House Address “Twins” Proximity (2017)
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House Address “Twins” Proximity (2017)
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#4The last map seems to show several houses on that street with same numbers, because it looks like on the west side of that border the numbers go up to 443 from west to east, and on the east side of it, the numbers go up towards 443 from east to west.
Google Maps[1] seems to confirm it, there are two 441's several houses away from each other separated by the two 443's (actually just separated by 1 house because they're semi-detached houses), and then two 439's, two 437's, and it goes on..
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#5The last map seems to show several houses on that street with same numbers, because it looks like on the west side of that border the numbers go up to 443 from west to east, and on the east side of it, the numbers go up towards 443 from east to west. Google Maps[1] seems to confirm it, there are two 441's several houses away from each other separated by the two 443's (actually just separated by 1 house because they'r…
Why don't the councils let the people on each half of the street vote for a new name for their half? The two votes could take place years apart, so it doesn't strictly need the councils to be closely cooperating.
I suppose the failure mode would be that one side refuses to propose a new name, and it's unfair to reward that side by letting them keep the existing name. Also, the two sides might both vote for the same new name, but maybe that could be resolved with a coin toss.
Another alternative would be some sort of Dutch auction, where the two sides try to under-bid each other for some cash reward for having their side renamed. Actually running that auction in a democratically legitimate way might be a bit complicated, though, and obviously the money would have to come from somewhere.
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#6I grew up in a 149 High Street. About 300m away was another 149 High Street. They both originally belonged to different villages but London's growth had filled in the gaps between the villages.
We knew who lived there as it wasn't too infrequent that their post arrived at ours or vice versa.
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#7> I spoke to a chap who lived on the other side of the road (who, quite rightly, wanted to know why I was taking photos of people’s houses). Apparently they’ve been trying for ages to get the two councils to put up signage to clarify the situation.
Can't they put up their own signs?
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#8The last map seems to show several houses on that street with same numbers, because it looks like on the west side of that border the numbers go up to 443 from west to east, and on the east side of it, the numbers go up towards 443 from east to west. Google Maps[1] seems to confirm it, there are two 441's several houses away from each other separated by the two 443's (actually just separated by 1 house because they'r…
> The last map seems to show several houses on that street with same numbers, because it looks like on the west side of that border the numbers go up to 443 from west to east, and on the east side of it, the numbers go up towards 443 from east to west.
It's weirder than that. On the odd side, Bolton counts up to 443 and then, as you cross into Manchester, Manchester counts down from 443. But at least the progression of numbers makes sense.
On the even side, it looks like Bolton counts up to 538 (which is directly across from 443) and then, once you cross the border, Manchester counts down from 408 (also directly across from 443).
Why are the even numbers so disconnected from the odd numbers?
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#9I lived at a 600 Carver St for a while. It was technically 600 West Carver. We would get mail for people in 600 East Carver (which was too far away to end up in a list of closest same addresses, and should have been a different address anyway) but the names of the people at the addresses and the presence or absence of east or west in the addresses never seemed to disambiguate the addresses reliably for the post office.
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#10Where we live, you can get the same house number on, e.g. "North 8th St." and "North 8th Rd." (and possibly "North 8th Dr." and maybe "North 8th Pl.") a block or two apart. It's fairly common to have at least two of those.
And it's maddening. I'd be curious to know if this situation is similarly common.