[OT beyond any repair] House numbers (was RE: ISO 3166 (country c odes) Maintenance Agency Web pages move))

Fri, 01 Mar 2002 08:39:26 -0500

--------------020705060602090001010804
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Marco Cimarosti wrote:

>John Cowan wrote:
>
>>[...]  House numbers in North America (and in France
>>also, it seems) have a few bits of meaning: the least-significant
>>(numeric) bit tells you which side of the street the house is on,
>>[...]
>>
>
>It is the same in Italy. I was quite surprised to know that also in other
>countries even and odd numbers are on the opposite sides of the road.
>
>I am curious whether another "rule" valid in Italy also applies in other
>countries: here the numbering always starts on the end of the road which is
>nearer to the center. When visiting Italian cities, I know whether I am
>walking towards the suburbs or towards the center by the looking whether
>house numbers increase or decrease.
>
This is the same in Belgium.

Patrick Andries

--------------020705060602090001010804
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<br>
<br>
Marco Cimarosti wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:27E7FB58F42CD5119C0D0002557C0CCA16B4C8@XCHANGE">
  <pre wrap="">John Cowan wrote:<br></pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">[...]  House numbers in North America (and in France<br>also, it seems) have a few bits of meaning: the least-significant<br>(numeric) bit tells you which side of the street the house is on,<br>[...]<br></pre>
    </blockquote>
    <pre wrap=""><!----><br>It is the same in Italy. I was quite surprised to know that also in other<br>countries even and odd numbers are on the opposite sides of the road.<br><br>I am curious whether another "rule" valid in Italy also applies in other<br>countries: here the numbering always starts on the end of the road which is<br>nearer to the center. When visiting Italian cities, I know whether I am<br>walking towards the suburbs or towards the center by the looking whether<br>house numbers increase or decrease.<br></pre>
    </blockquote>
This is the same in Belgium.<br>
    <br>
Patrick Andries<br>
    <br>
    </body>
    </html>

--------------020705060602090001010804--