@xssfox areas may also have several postcodes; e.g....

@xssfox areas may also have several postcodes; e.g. ryde’s p.o. box postcode is 1680, but regular addresses in ryde use 2112

Like 4 Oct 2023 at 6:00 | Wall-to-wall | Open on chaos.social

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artemist

@jacqueline @xssfox My PO box can be referenced as:
PO Box 8003 New York NY 10116-8003
or
421 8th Ave #8003 New York NY 10001-7800
or
421 8th Ave Unit 8003 New York NY 10116-9013

Same box, and the post office is physically in 10001 but they invented 10116 just for PO boxes in this one post office.

4 Oct 2023 at 6:28 | Open on social.mildlyfunctional.gay

jacqueline

@artemist @xssfox the phrasing “can be referenced as” is making me think of a kind of post code descriptivism.

a post code is valid iff it gets me my package

4 Oct 2023 at 7:16 | Open on chaos.social

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