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Originally Posted by MrChip72
In most Villages they seem to be 4 digits. It seems there must be a reason why my address is 30xx even though my street only has 10 homes on it. Would seem more intuitive if my address was a single digit.
Does the first two digits have some special meaning like what village you're in or something like that?
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Where I live in Mass house numbers correspond to the number of houses on a street. If Elm street have 45 houses they will be numbered 1 through 45. If there happens to be empty lots the numbers would jump by one for each lot. So the above Elm street if it had 45 houses and 2 empty lots the numbers would be 1 through 47 to allow for houses to be built on the 2 lots. Every other street in all the towns surrounding us use this same system. Every town I've ever lived in- and we've moved a lot also use this same system, so The Villages system seems strange to me. "It is for emergency services"- Why? If a First Responder needs to find 22 Elm street- they simply drive to 22 Elm St.