We wrote Sunday about the difference between Avenues and Courts and Drives and Boulevards, and discovered that there is no rhyme nor reason.

There really isn’t.

An urban planner can do only so much. There is a plan going in, but it all goes up in a cloud of asphalt once the bullets start flying. Read more here:

http://www.designatedwriters.com/classic/the-road-or-avenue-lane-street-less-traveled/

Or just go to DesignatedWriters.com and click on the cleanup hole. And there she is. (The Road — Or Avenue?, Or Street — Less Traveled.)

My favorite letter in response to the effort was this, from my ol’ pen pal Susan, who once received her mail in Tulsa, a place I’ve been but without realizing it was a mailman’s nightmare and a mix of nonsensical Terraces and Streets:

“Tulsa would drive you crazy,” she wrote.

‘“Oh, I live at 4926 B 25th Street South West…..’

“Being a mailman in Tulsa would be a Herculean task.

“My husband once told me that streets ran east and west…

“Avenues run north and south.

“I think he made that up.

“Southfield, Pierremont and Hollywood…….

“Oh well.

“My son lives at XXXX 31st Street Court East.

“And I live at 6121 Fern Avenue # X…….in Pierremont Place. (there are over 80 houses in

Pierremont Place and everyone is 6121)

“When I grew up, quite some time ago, zip codes were just coming into vogue…..

“I grew up in Broadmoor and our zip code was ‘4.’

“And stamps were 3 cents.

“Is this really progress?

“I still have a flip phone.

“Hope all is well with you no matter where you live.”

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