Re: WKTQ (was tv on radio)

["Eli Polonsky" <elipolo@earthlink.net>]

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 01:39:53 -0500
> From: "A. Joseph Ross" 
<lawyer@attorneyross.com>
> Subject: Re: WKTQ (was tv on radio)
> 
> On 23 Jan 2002 at 15:06, Dan Billings wrote:
> 
> > Zip codes have often ignored town lines in 
> >rural areas, ...
> 
> Not just in rural areas.  There are some parts of
> Brighton that have Brookline zip codes and 
> telephone numbers. Real Estate agents often 
> use that to try to make people think they are 
> getting an apartment in Brookline when it's 
> really in Brighton.

Judging by many of the calls that the taxi company 
I work for receives, a lot of them believe it! 
Especially students and others who are new to 
the area.

When we tell them that the reason we had 
difficulty finding their street listing (causing a late 
cab) is because it's in Brighton, not Brookline, the 
usual response is, "whatever..."


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