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TazeTSchnitzel
on May 5, 2013
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I don't understand. Why are you mentioning the trade-offs of doing this in Germany when I'm talking about the UK?
Even so, postcodes in the UK aren't town-specific, they're more like street-specific, roughly.
claudius
on May 5, 2013
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I am comparing very specific postcodes (as in the UK) to very broad postcodes (as in Germany). While the former allow for very simple addresses (street number + post code), they come with the trade-off I mentioned.
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Even so, postcodes in the UK aren't town-specific, they're more like street-specific, roughly.