eli5 Why do house numbers skip digits?

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My brother lives at 35 Parson Lane, yet the next-door neighbor is at number 25. My last house was number 10, the next-door neighbor was at number 12. Why all the number skipping? Why not just go in numerical order starting with 1, then 2, etc.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Maybe you would prefer like they do in other places?

Numbers run around the entire block consecutively on one side only.

Blocks are named after letters.

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