Walter Greenspan wrote: > > > Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of > non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places > have a different community name in their mailing address than the community > where that place is actually located. Which, in turn, leads to problems with the Post Office when it refuses to recognize the town you live in as a real address. Here in New Jersey, we had to enlist Congressional assistance to persuade the USPS to recognize East Windsor as a valid address instead of Hightstown P.O. East Windsor was not in the zip code directory and the USPS professed a right not to deliver mail that was addressed to East Windsor. Another result was uncountable arguments with persons looking at their computer terminals which refused to accept East Windsor as a valid address for zip code 08520. Greenspan's solution for a revived (19th Century) custom of inserting the P.O. within parentheses after the name of the town you live in would do much to alleviate confusion and restore local identity.