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  • July 20, 2012 at 7:56 pm #604059

    Robert2715
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    Zip code 98126 is oddly long and stringy. Anyone know the history behind the decision to make it that way? Just curious.

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    July 20, 2012 at 8:36 pm #764463

    marianne
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    I wondered about that also. Houses that are only a few blocks from post office on California Avenue have the 98126 zip code and I think that mail is processed through the Westwood Village post office. Seems odd.

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    July 20, 2012 at 11:49 pm #764464

    WorldCitizen
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    It’s a conspiracy.

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    July 21, 2012 at 12:16 am #764465

    trickycoolj
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    Mail routing maybe? Mailman only has to drive up and down 35h and it’s cross streets and not negotiate the hills on either side?

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    July 21, 2012 at 12:41 am #764466

    anonyme
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    The zip codes are a mystery to me. I live in Arbor Heights in zip 98146. Because I share a zipcode with Burien and Highline, I get swamped with official mail and advertising that has nothing whatever to do with where I live or vote. I’ve tried asking some of the senders to edit their mail lists to be less wasteful, but they got downright snotty.

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    July 21, 2012 at 3:03 am #764467

    Genesee Hill
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    If you don’t live in 98116 (the good part of West Seattle) or 98039 (Medina) you are essentially nobody. And nobody cares if you whine about living in the bad zips.

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