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Western Street Addresses
I got into a London black cab last night. The drivers are of course famously good at navigating London, sometimes using the vaguest information from the people they drive about.
I was reminded that we (Westerners) think about an address in the reverse that you’d think about getting there. For example, a favourite restaurant of mine is at 447 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London, England. If you wanted to get there, you’d first go to England, then find London, take the tube to Brixton and then walk around to Coldharbour Lane and then number 447.
In other words, if you want to help out your cabbie, tell ‘em your address in reverse ;-)
(The real point of this post was to illustrate that sometimes things we are used to, and take for granted, aren’t necessarily the ‘optimum’ way of doing things)