I've had to pick up mail at a box for most of my life. The last 6 years I've had home delivery and it's not really any better. Anything that doesn't fit in my mailbox sits at my door, instead of safely in a parcel compartment in the community box. I've had plenty of mail ruined by the weather since a door mailbox isn't anything like the community boxes, and I have stuff always hanging out of it.
I'm glad we got our boxes installed just before this was suspended. I'm not dreading the extra 120 seconds of my day spent walking to and from the mailbox.
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Originally Posted by Joborule
I'm actually bothered that they've poured the concrete base near my house, but haven't put up the mailbox yet. What a waste of money to delay it at this point. It's gonna happen because it's smart economically.
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If it makes you feel any better, the concrete is precast and dropped into place and not poured. Much cheaper that way.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
For example, a newer subdivision in Markham would have had post office boxes planned from the beginning, where a community in Toronto that was developed 200 years ago would not have this in the plans.
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These boxes take up roughly 1 meter x 3 meters for a 3 box setup. I really doubt these old streets you mention have so little green space on the side of the road that they couldn't fit these every couple blocks.