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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It can also be percentage of the block…The corner house is 100, the one in the middle is 150, the one at the end is 198. When you build another house later you will have a number that fits.

Similarly, it could be distance in absolute numbers (e.g. yards). That gives you numbers in the ten thousands.

With both of these you know exactly where a number is.

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