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Old 11-25-2022, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
I've been in most every major city in the USA and I've never seen a system like that. Street #'s may increase in that way, not house numbers. Every city/town adopts it's own numbering system, based on convenience and safety. If a house/building number consist of more than 3 or 4 numbers, the preceding numbers are likely a "grid #" of one sort or another.
So the WalMart at 7818 W. Colonial (west of I-4) and the Dairy Queen at 7825 E. Colonial (east of I-4) are something like 10 miles apart in Orlando, but in the same grid?