
I'm a simple emigrant and I like how people are addressed in Germany
In Germany, usually at each entrance door (Petersburgers, for you specifically: the main entrance) there is its own unique address: street and number. When I had just moved here, it was so surprising and funny to me. The feeling was something like “how could this be possible?” Then I somehow just got used to it and didn’t pay much attention. And then I went home. Naturally, first I ordered everything from Ozon and Wildberries, and the quest began. The pickup point is five minutes away, BUT in those buildings there are a hundred thousand pickup points. And the addresses for EVERYONE look like this: Street Street, house 358, building 28, block 19, structure 10, construction 6, cardinal direction North, entrance 6, driveway 3, approach 1. And all, absolutely all the houses in the microdistrict are like twins. And, don’t forget, they’re all stuffed with pickup points. Explain to me, urbanists, is it really that hard, just give each entrance door its own address? I understand that in the Russian Federation the population is almost twice as large as in Germany, but there too there are thirty-story buildings, whereas here most are five stories at most. So the number of entrance doors must be roughly comparable. And even if there are a lot more doors, why not simplify life and give a specific door a specific address? At a minimum, taxi drivers would surely thank you for such a gift. If anything, about the residents’ surnames on the mailboxes in Germany I haven’t forgotten: I’m leaving these complaints for you! 🤭