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I had the same thought, but then what about people who have more than one house? Where would you bring the mail for a homeless person? Do they even get a number

by javaru 12y ago

I had the same thought, but then what about people who have more than one house? Where would you bring the mail for a homeless person? Do they even get a number? What about mailing to a business vs. a person at that business?

ceejayoz 12y ago
No reason businesses couldn't receive a code when they incorporate, and you'd presumably allow homeless people to set their location as their local post office for pickup (just like they have to do currently, I'd imagine).
- dalke 12y ago
  Many businesses have multiple offices, each of which might receive deliveries.
  - ceejayoz 12y ago
    Gee, then maybe they could apply for more than one. This is hardly an insurmountable issue.
    - dalke 12y ago
      The problems with the existing system are not insurmountable either. This proposal, which isn't going to replace the geographical based system, ends up greatly increasing the number of issues, for seemingly little gain. Each objection, and proposed solution, is an example of why there are issues.
ghaff 12y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure how that would work for physical mail. Ultimately physical mail is delivered to a location, not a person. Often it's a clean mapping between the two but also frequently not.
Someone1234 12y ago
Aren't these all issues with the current system also? I mean if someone has two addresses which one do you deliver to? Right now they manually decide, in this "system" they would just set up their default person routing to either one. Homeless people would likely get a code, but realistically delivering to them might be difficult with no fixed address. But that is also true today. In both systems they could get a PO Box. I guess, it won't solve either scenario any better than the current system, but it doesn't make the situation worse either... As for businesses, there's no reason a business entity couldn't get a code and set the routing however they wished. Just treat them like "individuals."

by javaru 12y ago

ceejayoz 12y ago

No reason businesses couldn't receive a code when they incorporate, and you'd presumably allow homeless people to set their location as their local post office for pickup (just like they have to do currently, I'd imagine).

dalke 12y ago
Many businesses have multiple offices, each of which might receive deliveries.
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  Gee, then maybe they could apply for more than one. This is hardly an insurmountable issue.
  - dalke 12y ago
    The problems with the existing system are not insurmountable either. This proposal, which isn't going to replace the geographical based system, ends up greatly increasing the number of issues, for seemingly little gain. Each objection, and proposed solution, is an example of why there are issues.

ghaff 12y ago

Yeah, I'm not sure how that would work for physical mail. Ultimately physical mail is delivered to a location, not a person. Often it's a clean mapping between the two but also frequently not.

Someone1234 12y ago

Aren't these all issues with the current system also? I mean if someone has two addresses which one do you deliver to? Right now they manually decide, in this "system" they would just set up their default person routing to either one. Homeless people would likely get a code, but realistically delivering to them might be difficult with no fixed address. But that is also true today. In both systems they could get a PO Box. I guess, it won't solve either scenario any better than the current system, but it doesn't make the situation worse either... As for businesses, there's no reason a business entity couldn't get a code and set the routing however they wished. Just treat them like "individuals."