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Re:Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird by chrisseaton on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:17AM (#26475289)
> requirements ... obligatory ... needs ...

Yet other countries' mail services manage without all these things just fine?

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Re:Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird by jonfw on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:17AM (#26476967)
The US is unique in it's low population density and enormous scale of it's postal service.
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Re:Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird by dangerbird2 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:38PM (#26484664)
Yep. There are very few countries that have a huge land area with extremely remote population and a postal service with a universal service mandate for all its citizens (going so far as to run daily mule trains down the Grand Canyon to service to the Havasupi nation[1])

[1] https://historydaily.org/havasupai-post-office-grand-canyon

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