Whichever end is closest to the main post office which is often used as the ‘location’ of a city. Ex….

Washington, DC actually has a very deliberate plan to street numbering. The Capitol building is the “center” and all numbers…

I grew up in a neighborhood that was shaped like a P – one road that you can follow all…

The answer is that it does nothing to the offensive odor itself, only masks it with a stronger odor, that…

Here in Brazil, all street numbers are how far from the start of the street the house is. Left side…

The roads where I live (I live kind of rurally in Sweden) use a system called *Metertalsadress* (it probably has…

Matches smell strongly, particularly when put out, so I guess they mask bad smells. I don’t buy that they ‘burn…

Because poop releases methane the theory is the match or candle burns up your methane without exploding it thus eliminating…

Fun fact: In Stockholm, Sweden, the streets are numbered starting at the end closest to the royal castle.

I work on subdivision plans as a civil engineer. In our town, there is a GIS coordinator who works for…