Post office

[Botamon]

Depends a lot on the area of the country as to package deliveries. In my area of rural Nevada USPS does not deliver to individual homes. Instead, every few miles there is a "bank" of mailboxes. But those "mailboxes" are not much more than slits about 2" high so no packages will fit. Each "bank" has a few larger boxes that are about 1 square foot in size. Most times when a package is shipped to me via USPS I get a slip in my mailbox telling me I need to drive to the main post office in town and pick up the package - takes half a day! Needless to say, if I'm ordering on line and the company tells me they ship USPS, I find someone who will ship UPS instead. UPS will deliver to my door.

This is what our mailboxes look like. I'm lucky - this bank where I pick up my mail is about a half mile from me. Other people have to drive a couple miles or more. NO home deliveries!

 

[D2Cat]

Depends a lot on the area of the country as to package deliveries. In my area of rural Nevada USPS does not deliver to individual homes. Instead, every few miles there is a "bank" of mailboxes. But those "mailboxes" are not much more than slits about 2" high so no packages will fit. Each "bank" has a few larger boxes that are about 1 square foot in size. Most times when a package is shipped to me via USPS I get a slip in my mailbox telling me I need to drive to the main post office in town and pick up the package - takes half a day! Needless to say, if I'm ordering on line and the company tells me they ship USPS, I find someone who will ship UPS instead. UPS will deliver to my door.

This is what our mailboxes look like. I'm lucky - this bank where I pick up my mail is about a half mile from me. Other people have to drive a couple miles or more. NO home deliveries!
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I'd say that "bank" of mail boxes is a benefit of being in the country! If that was in any major city it would be removed and in the scrap yard in a week.

 

[Lil Foot]

I'd say that "bank" of mail boxes is a benefit of being in the country! If that was in any major city it would be removed and in the scrap yard in a week.

Virtually identical to what we have in the Phoenix area.

 

[jyoutz]

I'd say that "bank" of mail boxes is a benefit of being in the country! If that was in any major city it would be removed and in the scrap yard in a week.

We have the same boxes where I live. But there is also a bank of larger package boxes so only the largest packages have to be picked up at the PO. UPS will deliver to our place, but they charge more than USPS, so there’s that.