[technothrasher]

I simply took my mailbox down a few years ago, and have everything sent to my work address, since USPS doesn't deliver a lot of the paper spam to business addresses. It works pretty well at reducing the crap I get in the mail, as well as protects my privacy, but holy heck do you break the system without a residential mailbox. From having the USPS tell HUD that my house lot was abandoned, to people accusing me of being a Ted Kaczynski, to not being able to get the free Covid tests the feds sent out, it's crazy how much people just can't handle you not having a residential mailbox.

[joveian]

There are also various businesses that sell mailboxes (with a regular address, unlike P.O. boxes that are more limited) and these are business addresses. I hadn't thought of that advantage before. I also have a residential addresss where I live but having moved a number times without forwarding and not using it for anything but a few heavier packages I only get the large weekly circular and maybe one other ad from a local business per week.