Oh, I forgot. We're not in the city anyway; we're out in the county, in an
uincorporated area.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
>
> But it's not; it's about 10 miles from the center of town. And on this
> street,
> the lowest numbers, like mine, are the furthest from the center of the city,
> and
> the closer you get, the higher the numbers. Of course, this street is less
> than
> a mile long and takes a 90 degree turn about halfway down. The numbering
> system
> here makes no sense to me, but I don't really care.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > > From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I've never understood how murkins have such huge address numbers.
> > > Is there some numbering protocol that I don't understand?
> >
> > It's called the "grid system."
> >
> > Numbers increase steadily out from the center. This way, it's easy to
> > approximate where something is by its number. One might expect (for
> > example) "2965 Wendy Lane" to be some 30 blocks from city centre.
> >
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