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conuly
In book 5, it says that Sirius' house (number 12) is in between numbers 11 and 13. Is this normal for England? In the US, streets are all even on one side, and all odd on the other, so number 12 would be in between 10 and 14, not 11 and 13.
conuly
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Date: 2004-10-02 07:20 pm (UTC)But then, that beats say Hong Kong, where number 12 might be next to number 327...
THat could happen in the US too. At least, in NY the numbers aren't completely sequential, they have something to do with lots. So if your house is on the space of TWO lots, there'll be a null between you and the next house (so 12 would be between 10 and 16, maybe), so that if the house is torn down later they can build two new houses there without having to turn to phrases like "12.5" or 12 B"