Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!ntt From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: ZIP code -> city name blues(repost) Message-ID: <782@dciem.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 12:45:34 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.782 Posted: Wed Mar 14 12:45:34 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 16:34:05 EST References: <1248@sdccs6.UUCP> Organization: NTT Systems Inc., Toronto, Canada Lines: 23 You think you have problems. Here, we have the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, sort of a federation of smaller municipalities. When it was formed (1954) there were 13 constituent municipalities: East York Mimico* Toronto Etobicoke New Toronto* Weston* Forest Hill* North York York Leaside* Scarborough Long Branch* Swansea* In 1966 there was a reorganization and the 7 smallest members (marked *) were absorbed into the larger ones, whose names did not change, and that is the way it is now. So what are our postal addresses? These: Don Mills Rexdale Weston Downsview Scarborough Willowdale Islington Toronto You will observe that 5 names refer to places that have not existed since 1954, and 1 other to a place that ceased existing in 1966. 2 out of 8 exist. Naturally, the boundaries of the postal address Toronto do not coincide with those of the real Toronto-- but at least the postal area includes the entire city. (And the post office does recognize some/all of the actual muncipality names, especially since most of them decided to become cities recently.) Mark Brader