[Talk-GB] UK suburbs

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I tend to avoid trying to add suburb & city address tags.

Firstly the Royal Mail's usage is rather arbitrary: they aren't used in
Nottingham AFAIK even though there are several duplicate street names
(Vernon Roads in Basford & Wilford).

Secondly, I find that people's perceptions of boundaries of suburbs are
very variable.

Thirdly, and at least in places where I've looked postcode sectors are
often closely aligned to former suburb names in addresses.

Fourthly, there are some places which it's impossible to decide anymore:
Alan Silitoe's grandparents lived in a place called Radford Woodhouse
(i.e., an outlying hamlet in the parish of Radford; even then it was
colliers' terraced housing: now no-one would describe it as Radford.

So mainly I let the postcode do most of the work. Ultimately I think we
want addresses which are more than just postal addresses, so I am reluctant
to slavishly copy the Royal Mail.

Jerry

On 6 October 2016 at 17:48, Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was just looking at the address for Lloyds Pharmacy in Rottingdean
> whilst adding the fhrs:id. It is technically "2-4 West St, Brighton, BN2 7HP".
> There is a West Street in the centre of Brighton, so residents would
> probably put "2-4 West St, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HP"
>
> Seems like a silly question, but which tag do we commonly use in the UK
> for suburbs? addr:place?
>
> Regards,
>               Jez
>
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