But in the US the administrative municipality for an address may be different than the city that is used for mailing to that address, which is regulated by the US Post Office (and I think tied to zip code). For example, residences in villages or towns may have a larger city/town nearby as their "mail city". Also, residences that are near the border of two cities may live within the boundaries of one, but have their mailing address be the other, due to where their post office is.
> In Virginia (US State), towns are governed by larger administrative > bodies, namely counties. Cities, on the other hand, are independent of > counties and on the same level in the administrative hierarchy as counties, > even though they may be completely surrounded by a particular county. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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