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From: presley@mhuxj.UUCP (Joe Presley)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: ZIP code -> city name blues
Message-ID: <1229@mhuxj.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 16:33:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  8 16:33:42 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 07:07:34 EST
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Any of you been bitten by companies which ignore the city/town name that you
live in but use the USPS' ZIP code to city name data base?

ample, I placed an order with Penney's and gave my mailing address as
Warren, NJ 07060.  Since Warren and Watchung are considered by the USPS to be
"too small" to have their own ZIPs, we share a ZIP code with North
Plainfield.  (Warren's "branch" office is larger than many "main" post
to find the street in North Plainfield.

Another problem I can see with having the same ZIPs is that if ZIP codes are
used to determine risks, the rates can be affected by higher crime and auto
accident statistics in the larger city. 
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   Joe Presley (mhuxj!presley, ihnp4!j.presley)