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Oh and can someone explain to me why the new thing with developers is to have a mail station in the neighborhood and not put in mailboxes at houses?

Posted by sycor Feb 6 '23, 08:33

It's dumb and I hate it. I went through 3-4 new neighborhoods this weekend and they are all built this way. Even the high-end neighborhoods with 700K+ houses.

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I’d be thinking “So what, it’s just snail mail” but I just sorted through way more mailed tax stuff than I thought I was going to get -- nm - mara Feb 6, 08:55 5
- it's kind of ableist to use "snail mail" as a slur for the USPS' inefficiencies - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:10 4
  - also it costs under a buck to mail something across an entire country. Let's see Fedex do that -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 09:15 1
    - I remember when it only costs 15 cents!!! - Spawn Feb 6, 09:17
  - can we start calling it sloth mail? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 09:14 1
    - no but you can call it Sloth Mail - hollywood big shot Feb 6, 09:34
I'm not sure it's really a new thing. Daughter's neighborhood in Kansas has had them for years. -- nm - Meg Feb 6, 08:53
USPS has pretty much dictated that for all new builds. -- nm - Ender Feb 6, 08:44 2
- This. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 6, 10:24
- yup -- (link) - Spawn Feb 6, 08:44 [Backboard]
Our new neighborhood has it. It is moderately annoying -- nm - oblique Feb 6, 08:38 1
- Yet another reason (for me) to avoid new (or recent) construction. :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 6, 08:45
is it developers? here it was Canada Post; lowers the turnaround for mailmen so can do the same mail with less employees - Beaker Feb 6, 08:37 8
- I remember this being a point of discussion a few years back to increase USPS efficiency, maybe they’ve implemented it as a rule for new developments? -- nm* - znufrii Feb 6, 08:43
- Yes. Plus, it is an aesthetics thing for neighborhoods. Street parking, as well. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:39
- of course it is also a buffet for thieves as ours has been busted into 3 times now in the past year, including in broad daylight one weekend - Beaker Feb 6, 08:39 5
  - Yup, ours in the condo was moved back by the pool gate where it's not visible from the street. And the new one has a package locker and - Meg Feb 6, 08:52 4
    - One of the main reasons I have had the same post office box for 25 years is packages. If I moved into a community with these I might drop it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:53 3
      - they're not secure, fwiw. - Reagen Feb 6, 08:57 2
        
        true -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 09:01
        
        we are getting a new one in the Spring, supposed to take longer and be much more difficult for thieves to get into -- nm - Beaker Feb 6, 09:01
are there no non new houses that tickle your fancy? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 6, 08:35
Big Mail is ruining everything. -- nm - Spawn Feb 6, 08:34

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