WandreCanada5h ago
John Overholt
The perfect neighborhood if you hate getting pizza delivered successfully.
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Show threadUrban Camera5h ago

@overholt

A village fairly local to me - as with several others throughout the country - has ten or twelve streets, but they all share the same name, the name of the village. House numbers are also not consecutive, making any delivery a nightmare for anyone but locals.

Houses were numbered in the order of construction.

Show threadWandreCanada5h ago

RE: https://glammr.us/@overholt/116244990350434679

@overholt No one in that area is getting their Amazon packages...

Show threadChristian Lawson-Perfect5h ago
@overholt I was about to send you a picture of the even more confusing street names we have here, but I can't because Google Maps literally can't cope with it and has just folded them all into one name.
Show threadSnoopJ5h ago
@overholt a friend pointed out to me recently that at one of the entrances to South Bay, there is a 4-way intersection where 3 of the directions are Boston St.
Show threadNaomi P5h ago
@overholt I don’t get why “Malvern Terrace” isn’t “Hancock Terrace”.
Show threadjimfl4h ago

@overholt both the SW and SE corners of Hancock and Hancock are unambiguous, but the NW and NE corners are not

I bet that neighbors have an informal coöperative where they make sure packages get the last last mile. The Hancock Handoff

Show threadKevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫4h ago
@overholt how are you package deliveries though
Show threadJohn Overholt4h ago
@Kevin This isn't my actual neighborhood, I've just seen this driving through. But bad, if I had to guess.
Show threadFarce Majeure3h ago
@Kevin @overholt my experience in the neighborhood where everything is named "garden" is that local delivery drivers sometimes go to the wrong street, but FedEx has more trouble not knowing that "4" and "5" are different numbers and are on opposite sides of the road.
Show threadKevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫3h ago
@vathpela @overholt numeracy really has taken a dive in this country
Show threadFarce Majeure3h ago
@Kevin @overholt tbh it might just as well be about not understanding how addresses are formatted... not a /lot/ better.
Show threadDemonHusky2h ago

@overholt I had friends that lived on a street where a block away was the town line. Addresses were duplicated and delivery had issues.

Also, there are a handful of streets that exist multiple times throughout Boston that are disconnected with duplicate addresses. You better know which neighborhood you are supposed to go to

Show threadEli the Bearded2h ago

@overholt

May I introduce you to Rego Park and nearby in Queens, NYC?

Show threadJohn Overholt2h ago
@elithebearded oh no
Show threadFalow, Master Surchid35m ago

@overholt @elithebearded
Oh yes. Queens is a nightmare.

My dad (now deceased) was born in Queens, and I've tried to find the house he lived in that was recorded in the 1940 census. It is impossible. Not only are the streets named like that, but his neighborhood went through a *renumbering* at some point since then that didn't make things any better.

It's like they tried to replicate Manhattan's numbered grid, but by writing numbers on the back of puzzle pieces and then dropping the box.

Show threadEli the Bearded23m ago

@ColesStreetPothole @overholt

There are old tax assessment photos for most properties in NYC and you can find them online. That's a way to at least visualize a house from decades ago

https://a860-collectionguides.nyc.gov/repositories/2/resources/64

Show threadCainmark Does Not Comply 🚲2h ago

@overholt

Almost as bad as Peachtree in Atlanta.

Show threadJon Hancock1h ago
@overholt Oh I don't know… I rather like the sound of the place.
Show threadAlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️27m ago
@overholt
Which street?
Show threadSteph  25m ago
@overholt is this Calgary? Every neighbourhood there has streets named like that