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New York Times Op-Ed, "Where the Streets Have No Names, the People Have No Vote"
Käyttäjä apm-wa kirjoitti tämän 21. lokakuuta 2018 kielellä English.Interesting op-ed on the role of street names in promoting democracy in the ‘‘New York Times’’:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/opinion/sunday/north-dakota-addresses-voting-id.html
It also shed some light on how house numbering came into use in historical times.
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Kommentti käyttäjältä alexkemp 21. lokakuuta 2018 klo 18.31
Damn interesting article. However…
Typical of a USA newspaper to miss out the home of house-naming & -numbering, which is Britain, of course. The first record of a house number in London dates to 1708. There is full research within House Numbers & Street Names.
The obvious reason for how it came into use begins with a country’s Education Act. Originally, the mass of the public were innumerate & illiterate. Therefore, few could either recognise a house number nor read a street name. Only when that changed could street names & numbers become useful.
Kommentti käyttäjältä philippec 22. lokakuuta 2018 klo 12.59
In short = “To make the world a better prison”
Kommentti käyttäjältä apm-wa 22. lokakuuta 2018 klo 14.10
Or to be able to deliver the tax bills more efficiently.