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Originally Posted by stewie
Never put any thought in to this until this morning. When it comes to zip codes are they shared by the block, individual house, street segment, or other?
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Zip codes or postal codes?
Zip codes are used in the US, whereas Postal Codes are used in Canada.
Zip codes are 5 digits (some have plus 4).
Postal Codes are Alphanumeric - Letter, Number, Letter, Number, Letter.
So when you send a letter to Santa Claus, the address is Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada H0H0H0, not HOHOHO, G0L0L0. Actually, it is H0H 0H0.
To answer your question, there is only one place that has its own postal code, and that is Santa Claus' hangout. Everyone else shares their postal code with houses in their area. The first three digits represents the forward sortation area. The last three are for local delivery.
On a side note, since we're mentioning Santa Claus.................
Anytime you want to find out more about Santa Claus, go to the Willingdon Costco and speak to Leon. He's probably the best looking Santa Claus out there. His real name is Leon, but spell it backwards, and it's Noel.
Freaky, eh?