This morning, the Today programme on Radio 4 (now with its own website) reported an interesting story about the town of Carmel in California. Carmel is famous for being where Clint Eastwood lives, and Eastwood was once even mayor of the town. Anyway, Carmel is apparently divided by the issue of whether or not streets should be numbered to allow for home-delivery of post. Currently, residents have to collect their post from the town’s post office. The Carmel Residents Association mention the story in this issue of their newsletter.
It seems pretty weird that one might be fined $250 for putting up a mailbox of one’s own. Is this the Land of the Free or not? Are American mail-boxes really such an eye-sore? Perhaps residents should be allowed to put a number on their door, and put a mail slot in the door too. Or perhaps the Carmel residents object to the sight of agents of the state (posties) in their streets.
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