I was going to point out the same thing. At least in the UK, it's a bit of an urban vs rural, or maybe urban vs village, divide. Small communities can rely on n

I was going to point out the same thing. At least in the UK, it's a bit of an urban vs rural, or maybe urban vs village, divide. Small communities can rely on names; larger polities need numbers. This was pointed out in TFA, but not that the practice continues in, well, practice right down to the present day. Anecdote: my then-partner and I very nearly bought a terraced house in a small-ish UK town. It had a number, but no name, and we fantasized about giving it one, and arrived at one that would have been perfect for the property. I'm sad that purchase fell through, for the practical reason that we were looking immediately after the financial crisis, so it would have been an incredible investment, but also because the house will never be called by what felt like an almost pre-destined moniker. Instead, we moved into a (rental) property that had born the same name since (at least) the late-17th century. History is thick in some parts of the world. And, yes: UK postcodes are marvelous. They almost make the rest of the address superfluous. Are they the most rational day-to-day "object" that country has ever developed? I can't think of anything else that might match them.