I have a question about Harry Potter/England

[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.

Comments

[marveen.livejournal.com]

I thought the whole point of it being between 11 and 13 was that it was magically hidden and on the "wrong" side of the road besides.

[conuly]

But wouldn't that mean there's another, NONmagical number 12 on the other side?

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Precisely! Now you're getting the hang of it!

Visualized dialogue:

Dumbledore: Sirius, I hope you don't mind moving your house--
Black: Not at all. Burn it down if you like.
Dumbledore: I don't think that will be required. But I am going to put it on the wrong side of the road, opposite another number 12, and THEN I'm going to go to work with the Fidelius Charm.
Black: Sounds good. Let's see any of the Death Eaters figure this out, eh?

[conuly]

*laughs*