tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996788269843438717.post5165106200405358913..comments2022-01-22T03:07:24.768-05:00Comments on Two-Fifths Fudge: Shadow of Night and DinosaursAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129993137953082447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996788269843438717.post-73195505776954954152012-08-03T18:55:15.338-04:002012-08-03T18:55:15.338-04:00"X adjacent" isn't always code for &..."<i>X</i> adjacent" isn't always code for "we're selling proximity to your betters", though it often is. In the 1990's, sneaky developers in the Valley started weaseling the boundaries of the famous 90210 zip code over the hill. The USPS eventually caught on and told them they would refuse delivery on such letters. (It seems ironic, given the trends in first class mail and small package delivery, that the bulk of traffic directed by zip code is liable to be carried by UPS and FedEx in the future.) And then there are places like my own 90720, which mostly covers neighboring Los Alamitos, but also our own unincorporated habitat of Rossmoor. Once upon a time, we had our very own zip code of 90721, but that vanished with the post office that served it. So here we are, neither fish nor fowl. A similar sort of thing exists with the Torrance zip code 90501, which serves Old Town but also picks up some of what used to be called the Shoestring Strip connecting San Pedro to the rest of Los Angeles; now it goes by the name of Harbor Gateway, but everyone living there claims a Torrance address, even though few of them are eligible for its schools.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015219452269186971noreply@blogger.com