You're commenting from the perspective of someone who comes from a culture with addresses. Most of the world doesn't have addresses.
Try to go to a meeting in India. It typically involves three or four phone calls to find the place.
Try to go to a meeting in India. It typically involves three or four phone calls to find the place.
The only locations I'm aware of that that is true are: very poor parts of Asia, Africa, India, and maybe some of the favelas of Brazil.
With essentially all of North America, South America, Europe, and much of China, along with all of Japan, Australia, being covered by an addressing system.
I'd wager 2/3 of all people live in a location with normal addresses.
Try to go anywhere in India by using the address. You will find it challenging.
50 or 60 countries have postal code or address databases which are kept reasonably current...’ ... ‘In the least developed countries, [address verification] may only mean that the city or town exists in that country.’- UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
“Over 50 percent of the world’s urban dwellers do not have access to named streets.” Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic, World Bank
That's around 4 Billion people without an address.