A question : how many cities in the world do use the metric numbering,
that is the door number is not prograssive, but reprensent a rounded (ever
rigth, odd left) measure of the distance in meter from the beginning of
the road.
I have seen on some very long road in Roma and Lucca , so one can gnow at
glance where the place is, but i would like if there are other town around
the
world that have this use, possibly more generalized to all roads.
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Gregory Peterson wrote:
> In the city most people use "blocks" (one intersetion to the next), "doors" (one
>building to the next) and usually in reference to a landmark (eg. "Go three blocks
>down, and it's the second door on the right just past the playground"). I tell people
>that my house is 150 m from the corner on the north side of the road and I usually
>get a blank look in return. I then say "Half way down on the right, with the green
>door." and then I see the glimmer of understanding. Nobody uses their odometer or
>trip-odometer to measure distances in the city.
