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Subject: Re: ZIP code -> city name blues
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Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 13:14:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 13 13:14:11 1984
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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.
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