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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by 7952 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:43AM (#24929875)
I have sent something to "{name} Somewhere near the brewery {town}" and it reached the destination. They will often try and deliver these kind of incomplete addresses.
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by howlgarnish on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:40AM (#24930330)
Many postal systems have a "difficult cases" department whose job is to try to decipher otherwise undeliverable addresses.
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