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

If you want the exact answer given to you contact your city engineer.

They could have laid out the lots based on a certain square footage and if a home was built across 3 plots then it can go with a certain number.

It could be that they were just going up by tens.

And as far as going numerical odds are on one side and evens are on the other. They do that for continuity. I.e. 100 block of main street.

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