Our county recently decided to jump into the 1980's and adopt a 911 style addressing system for rural residents. This was initially a great idea becuase the old Rural Route system wasn't implemented properly and was a confusing mess. My business makes quite a few rural deliveries every day and I can attest to the benefits of the change. The county I live in has a low population, so change was slow in coming and I doubt their are many people besides myself that welcomed it.
Today I got a letter in the mail informing me of my new address, greatly confusing me since I live in a developed sub-division with proper street names. Adding to the confusion is the fact that they are replacing my house number and street name with ANOTHER number and street name, NOT a 911 style address. WTF is the point of that? The new address is no more precise than the old! They are forcing everyone outside of city limits to change thier permanant address even though it was only the RR customers that needed updated.
I know it's not a life changing event or even that big of a deal, but it seems completely unecessary. We have waste time notifying our banks, utility providers, CCs ect. There are several of us out here, including myself, that have address plaques built into our brick that are going to be costly to change. If the USPS uses it's standard forwarding service, our incoming mail will be delayed by 1-2 days for the next year since forwarded mail goes through another facility 60 miles away.
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Examples of address differences
Current Address
42 Leisure Acres
Smalltown IL 90210
Proposed New Adress
1144 Country Club Rd
Smalltown IL 90210
Rural Route Address
RR 1 Box 222F
Smalltown IL 90210
911 Style Address
955 E County Rd 1550 S
Smalltown IL 90210
Today I got a letter in the mail informing me of my new address, greatly confusing me since I live in a developed sub-division with proper street names. Adding to the confusion is the fact that they are replacing my house number and street name with ANOTHER number and street name, NOT a 911 style address. WTF is the point of that? The new address is no more precise than the old! They are forcing everyone outside of city limits to change thier permanant address even though it was only the RR customers that needed updated.
I know it's not a life changing event or even that big of a deal, but it seems completely unecessary. We have waste time notifying our banks, utility providers, CCs ect. There are several of us out here, including myself, that have address plaques built into our brick that are going to be costly to change. If the USPS uses it's standard forwarding service, our incoming mail will be delayed by 1-2 days for the next year since forwarded mail goes through another facility 60 miles away.
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Examples of address differences
Current Address
42 Leisure Acres
Smalltown IL 90210
Proposed New Adress
1144 Country Club Rd
Smalltown IL 90210
Rural Route Address
RR 1 Box 222F
Smalltown IL 90210
911 Style Address
955 E County Rd 1550 S
Smalltown IL 90210