That's what the European sequential method is. We have that in Australia, odd numbers are on the left, even on the right.
...Although sometimes it's the opposite, from before it was standardised.
...Although sometimes it's the opposite, from before it was standardised.
However every development is different. The rules might be set by the city, but they change often enough that we can call this per development, others is really is the developer decides. Even where the city sets the rules, a "small fee" lets you choose your street name and address - which is why for most large companies their headquarters is "1 [company name] drive". Still the observation that in the US address are distance to corner with and even and odd size applies to the vast majority.
(I kid, I know what you mean ;))