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<p>On 2019-04-30 12:14, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:</p>
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<div>yes, having houses "outside" of the settlement is probably common everywhere, and they might feel part of the community (next hamlet / village / town), but it doesn't mean the house is part of the hamlet. </div>
<div>For cemeteries it is common to be at the border or outside of the settlement anyway.</div>
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<div>Be careful with these generalisations. This might be true for North America, but it is not true in the UK, for example, where cemeteries/burial grounds are historically attached to the village church, at the heart of the settlement.</div>
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<div>Beware also the quest for the universal solution. Postal addressing, administrative segmentation and people's affinities are separate dimensions. Any attempt to force them into a single model is doomed to failure, so why try?</div>
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