Why are american house numbers always so large in movies?

Often in movies and on TV American house numbers are like 4252 of some other huge number. Surely one street can't have 4000 houses on it so how does it work?Why are american house numbers always so large in movies?It is common to see house numbers like that. That doesn't mean there are that many houses. Often times it goes by blocks. So the first block would be the 1000's then the next block 2000's and so on. Not all places are like that, and it varies by neighborhood, but yes large street numbers are common in the U.S. Why are american house numbers always so large in movies?my address number is 11246. And I live on an itty bitty street.



It's just an easy way of dividing up the blocks. Really, it makes sense once you get used to it.Why are american house numbers always so large in movies?I'm at 4032, but I also live on a street that runs through the entire state.

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