Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>John Cowan wrote:
>
>>[...] House numbers in North America (and in France
>>also, it seems) have a few bits of meaning: the least-significant
>>(numeric) bit tells you which side of the street the house is on,
>>[...]
>>
>
>It is the same in Italy. I was quite surprised to know that also in other
>countries even and odd numbers are on the opposite sides of the road.
>
>I am curious whether another "rule" valid in Italy also applies in other
>countries: here the numbering always starts on the end of the road which is
>nearer to the center. When visiting Italian cities, I know whether I am
>walking towards the suburbs or towards the center by the looking whether
>house numbers increase or decrease.
>
This is the same in Belgium.
Patrick Andries
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