Is there something more appealing about 3 digit home address numbers?

Any Town Planners or Real Estate people here?

As an example....the street I live on is fairly short. Only 21 houses, give or take. Yet the house numbers start at 570 and go to 600.

They aren't planning on possibly expanding the street and needing more numbers because there's already housing beyond both ends.

So is there something in real estate data that says "Customer Like these house numbers?" or something similarly strange, but perhaps real? Any "Town Planning" reason for this? Some US Postal Service preference even?

And note that the cul de sac across the street is 500 to 530 - DIFFERENT street name, so it's not like they were just continuing the numbers; and even if they were, why start at 500?

Posted: 03/12/2018 at 09:27AM

Is there something more appealing about 3 digit home address numbers? -- Late 80s Hokie 03/12/2018 09:27AM

I live at 710 and work at 120...I must really be elite... ** -- ShortFatHokie 03/12/2018 3:41PM

YES, over 4 or 5s. -- Full-Set and Moonshine 03/12/2018 2:00PM

I have a single digit. most people think that is odd. ** -- vt_mughal 03/12/2018 11:55AM

Must have been hell to type that, too. ** -- Coach McGuirk 03/12/2018 1:34PM

Go to beautiful P'town and they have single digit addresses. -- Stork 03/12/2018 10:22AM

21 Jump Street? ** -- Brown Water 03/12/2018 09:49AM

Think of the overall area as a large grid. -- 48zip 03/12/2018 09:49AM

I remember going from 3 digits to 4 digits long before 911. It was -- IB4TECH 03/12/2018 11:40AM

Yeah, I misspoke a bit. he 911 systems reqd a lot more street name updates -- 48zip 03/12/2018 1:09PM

What is E-911? Emergency 911? Easier for someone to say and -- Late 80s Hokie 03/12/2018 09:52AM

It isn't about the verbal, it's about organizing the grid. -- 48zip 03/12/2018 09:59AM

OK, making some sense now. Thanks. As opposed to denser / older -- Late 80s Hokie 03/12/2018 10:01AM

Think of each block as 100. Then...starting from zero... -- 48zip 03/12/2018 10:25AM

911 ** -- Major Kong 03/12/2018 09:39AM

Is there something more appealing about 3 digit home address numbers?

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