[netsharc]

Sigh, bot-generated content litters the whole internet. I was doing some address completion stuff and learned about virtual ZIP codes in my country, i.e. ZIP codes that are just for routing and don't have a geographical area, but if you look them up on the Internet of course there are sites that say "$ZIP is a city in the state of $STATE".

Hey Elon, can you pay $15 billion to get rid of bots on the Internet?

[mellavora]

to be pendantic, all (US) ZIP codes are just for routing. Any correspondence to a geographical area is an artifact of this, and subject to change. Also, it is possible for two ZIP codes to overlap geographically.

[cestith]

In particular some numbered zones are entirely contained geographically within others. In some places in the US, there's a ZIP for delivery to private homes and businesses but another for delivery within the Postal Service network, including delivery to post office boxes. The one I remember most readily is Quincy, Illinois. The city is 62301 and the surrounding county 62305, but PO boxes are 62306, located within the post offices that sit within the 62301 zone.

[bombcar]

Almost every single post office has a separate zip code (usually one higher than the city/area it is sitting in).

Some individual buildings have their own zip code, or 12345 for GE, or 20252 for Smokey Bear.

[jasomill]

My post office box has its own ZIP+4.

[bombcar]

+4 is cheating! Especially for post offices with less than 10000 boxes.