After 100-plus years without house numbers, this California town is finally getting street addresses

Source: New York Post

The famously quirky California town that long refused to put numbers on homes is finally giving in — and even some of its fiercest traditionalists are admitting it’s about time. After generations of resisting street addresses, residents of Carmel-by-the-Sea are embracing what was once considered unthinkable as the picturesque Central Coast enclave prepares to roll out its first standardized address system in the coming weeks. The change — expected within the first half of July — will end a century-old tradition dating back to the city’s incorporation in 1916, replacing home descriptions based on nearby intersections with conventional street numbers.