I just hope the house numbers aren’t similar!

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    9 months ago

    Isn’t the problem here just that whoever is speaking in OP’s title has failed to say Road, Drive, Avenue, etc? As long as they do that there shouldn’t be any problem with the streets having similar first parts of their names.

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      9 months ago

      Yes, but I can see situations where someone who isn’t aware that there are a dozen Fallingbrooks might see the first one and assume the person gave them the wrong street type.

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          9 months ago

          I buy a lot stuff on buy and sell websites, so I’m picking up at people’s homes quite often.

          You’d be surprised how many people give out the wrong address. Like saying road instead of street, or not saying that their home is the north section of that street.

          In an area where all streets are named similarly, it causes confusion. Even delivery drivers, a.k.a professional address finders, can get messed up.

          Even when someone says “123 john street” and you don’t realize there’s a john street in every municipality around you, you’re basically guessing unless you caught this missing detail. 😂

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      9 months ago

      No problem as long as everyone’s memory is perfect. If I lived there I’m sure people would get it wrong or get confused very frequently. I definitely have people I know whose street name I remember, but can’t recall for certain if it is “st” or “rd” or “dr”