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A ZIP Code is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Introduced on July 1, 1963, the basic format consisted of five digits. screw a private island -- i want my own zip code then people could just write nothing but a five-digit number on an envelope -- no name, no address -- slap a stamp on it, and it'd get to me |
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00069 Or 00666 Or 00000 Or 99999 |
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00000bvious choice but probably impossible because it will break computer systems trained to accept this as invalid famous story: some gentleman got the custom license plate "NULL" and promptly received 50 traffic tickets that the system had lost track of that, steve wozniak, apple co-founder, aka woz, right? he was never all there after he crashed his private plane. he was over as an engineer. but he remained his charming self and moved on to things like, the only ID he carries is a made-up card that says "Laser Safety Technician" and there's a photo of him wearing an eyepatch on it. he always carries around lots of $2 bills and enjoys paying for things with them [look this shit up if you don't believe me]. the other steve, the less clever one, he would buy a new mercedes every month or something because state law said you didn't have to have a license plate for the first 30 days on a new car, and you knew it was him because he would then reliably park in the handicap space [again, look this shit up if you don't believe me] and this is just my version of being a jerk -- i want my own zip code |
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that i think this is, like, unarguably possible if you're croesus mode; that you count your bank balance in the tens of millions. look up "city of industry, california" which i discovered as an oddity when my job required me to get into zip codes like that |
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the gist is you'd need to buy up millions of land. at that point... oh, bureaucracy, it'd take years. but you'd just unarguably walk to your own personal zipcode with the right property basis and a few years. |
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with tens of millions i'd be far worse. it would be beautiful |
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i was going postal to see if it suits me for a brief time and learned a lot about the city and its inhabitants. the mailman knew it all (or at least thought he did)... whos a criminal, whos cashing in the welfare twice, why there is no names on that certain house (high ranking police officer). that by law mail is only valid in court if you have the right name and surname written on your box. do you want to go incognito? im sure there is ways to do that in a mailing way. many firms just go by a number. like a p.o. nr. |
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123456! |
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i simply love esoteric things. that a brief stab making money off flipping stuff on eBay, shipping is a serious cost and so i go all dweeb on the various types of boxes USPS offers -- many of which you can get for free upon request, importantly the types are like -- 1, 2, A1, VHS tape box, shoe box, small flat rate box, on and on, and i am already, like... delighted. this is insane. i love this A1, that's a paper size, i believe. VHS tape box, just lol, random. 1, 2, just sequential integers probably then there is one like "1080" or something, and it gets me to the point where i actually asked the clerk what this was next time i was in the post office and he says it's the volume in cubic centimeters. i didn't even think to ask why. because this just absolutely made my week already. literally gives me the giggles, this stuff so, yes, i understand that. if it weren't so out of the way i'd consider working for the post office for a year or two, just because... i want to see inside this gloriously esoteric machine the the city of industry thing came out of... oh, i won't even. but it's basically about legal stuff that depends on zipcode and i wander into city of industry, ca and it just turns everything i thought i knew into bizarro world. and then also, very quickly, realizing: yes, you could get your own zipcode. with enough dosh i guess i blame the desantis/disney thing for bringing that up. a special economic zone is not uncommon. iger's not making that up |
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maybe some of what's funny there is missing -- not only was the box just some incomprehensible number, but the number was based off the metric system. at the US post office nevermind. i'll be off in a corner being amused |
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that, oh, disney. hugely conservative company. also bizarro world that they're being hounded as woke central, because no fucking way are they, you know? but i also cop to feeling the side, it's an american icon. these are the people who cared enough to bring an elephant into the studio to make sure dumbo walks correctly. that same as i am vehemently against censoring agatha christie, closing splash mountain is like... fuck off, i know all sorts of shit and even i didn't know the obscure racist thing you're shutting this down for. and now you're doing the same shit you're yelling about; shutting them down for speech as you yell about them shutting people down for speech then city of industry: would you like to have a strange town with only 200 official residents but thousands of daily human presences, across a bizarre intense cluster of, like chinese outposts? and that since you have your own town, you can create all your town laws? someone did this, effectively, because they could, and it was good business. so perhaps something for that other thing. your thorn in the side economic outfit growing like a company, buying up small irritating patches of land in order to sue polluting companies further -- maybe you could do something if you created greta, california right next to city of industry, and now you're making your own laws, thanks, which percolate up to the state level and beyond? that, you know, simply because you're trying to save the planet doesn't mean you can't run it like a corporation. a gobsmackingly large corporation |
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they're five digits thanks |
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In the California State Legislature, the City of Industry is in the 22nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Susan Rubio, and in the 57th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Reggie Jones-Sawyer.[23] In the United States House of Representatives, the City of Industry is split between California's 32nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Brad Sherman and California's 39th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mark Takano.[24] The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pomona Health Center in Pomona, serving Industry.[25] The United States Postal Service City of Industry Post Office is located at 15559 Rausch Rd. - your own state representatives - your own post office - but we've outsourced health care as usual |
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wikipiedia citing like and they've obviously kept a low profile. even the wikipedia article itself feels like fabricated horseshit, like For convenience many Chinese entrepreneurs and staff live in nearby Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, West Covina, Diamond Bar and Walnut.[30] for convenience, right. it's because you need to pwn the whole population of the town to keep control and if you let other people start officially residing here you'd lose control of it. so, FOR CONVENIENCE -- everyone that works here lives somewhere else. for convenience. legal convenience absolutely mum on who actually owns the own, on wikipedia. i'm kind of curious now. but guarantee you it's someone; this is not democracy. |
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also they have ten zipcodes, actually. g'night |
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oh. i forgot The City of Industry also features a fake McDonald's restaurant that is used strictly for filming movies and commercials like i said. it's fucking bizarro world. population went down from ~800 in 2000 to like 200 now. no way someone doesn't own this whole thing. and it may not even be any sort of grand manipulation scheme, more just "it's good business to run a city for profit" and welcome to delta city etc etc |
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The city's zoning is primarily devoted to business: 92% is industrial, 8% is commercial.[27] The few residences in the city either existed before incorporation, are on properties adjacent to either Industry Hills Golf Club, Industry Hills Recreation Center or in the small neighborhood adjacent to City Hall. In addition, there are residents at the El Encanto Healthcare Center, a nursing home owned by the city.[28] i see, i see it clearly now: 1) handful of OG has been O'Grandfathered in 2) the people that actually own the city have vacation houses they never use next to the golf course 3) then they stash mum in a nursing home there because you know she'll do the right thing and vote for her #1 son then you gradually, inexplicably shunt it down from a mere 800 people, to 200, over 20 years, and yes, you have this quite in your pocket now. i have to admit a grudging admiration |
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