There are still some areas, like my neighborhood where the mailman (or mailwoman) delivers the mail on foot, door to door to each of the mail boxes on my street. However I've noticed a trend in some of the newer building projects where they have all of the Residential Mailboxes in one area, so that the mail is not actually delivered to the home, but is within walking distance to the homes on the street.
It's very similar to what we used to see when it came to Commercial Mailboxes in apartment units. Gone is the relationship that used to exist with your postal person, what is also gone with that appears to be some of the care with delivering mail. Which may not be purposeful, it's much easier to make a mistake while standing at a unit full of many mailboxes than it is going house to house. Many times there is no longer even any personal service when it comes to package delivery, there is a special mailbox placed with the mass of boxes and the key is placed in your mailbox.
Certified mail is still in theory delivered, but I've found what happens all too often even in my neighborhood where there is a walking route, is the slip for the certified mail is left in the box with no attempt to even see if the person is home. Nor is there any attempt to re-deliver...This leads me to think that perhaps the solution is to drop two days a week of delivery, that way the four days a week there is service? Perhaps a bit better service could occur...
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