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ProfessorGAC

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13. Actually, In The City Where I Grew Up ...

Reply to Igel (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:40 PM

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...if an address had a letter it meant the house was behind the other one. Duplexes have 2 separate numbered addresses in every time around here.
Apartments have one address, then the apartment #.
Apparently, the way addresses are assigned differs by locality.

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