Still sort of how it works in some parts of the world. My partner lived in Kathmandu and basically had to provide the same type of detailed description to point to a mailing address. "Go down that street, to the end of the street, until you see X, take a right, find the big red school building, ..." etc.
When she lived in rural Nepal she simply did not get mail at all.
She also often reflects on the technological steps that were simply skipped. Rural Nepal never got landlines and never will! No point.
Still sort of how it works in some parts of the world. My partner lived in Kathmandu and basically had to provide the same type of detailed description to point to a mailing address. "Go down that street, to the end of the street, until you see X, take a right, find the big red school building, ..." etc.
When she lived in rural Nepal she simply did not get mail at all.
She also often reflects on the technological steps that were simply skipped. Rural Nepal never got landlines and never will! No point.