Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: ZIP code -> city name blues Message-ID: <221@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 13:14:11 EST Article-I.D.: opus.221 Posted: Tue Mar 13 13:14:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 19:45:59 EST References: <1248@sdccs6.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 12 <> Here in Boulder, we had a different variant of the problem. Even though Boulder is ~100,000 population and has 7 ZIP codes assigned to it, our mail got a Denver postmark. (I don't know if it still does; I haven't sent myself a letter via USnail lately.) Talk about a loss of local identity! The "logic" (government-style, that is) was that Denver had this fancy high-speed mail handling equipment. Somehow that made it worthwhile to load all of our mail (including Boulder-to-Boulder mail) onto trucks, send it 40 miles to Denver for marking and sorting, and bring most of it 40 miles back to Boulder for distribution. -- {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd