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Does the property in the photograph accompanying this letter look like 12160 345th Avenue?
Not in my opinion.
My family and I have owned 33 acres of what used to be our grandparents' farm in the idyllic area of Otter Tail County for more than 27 years.
We visit often and each time we pass the 345th Avenue sign as we turn down the gravel road to our little piece of heaven, I feel a slight annoyance ("Long rural addresses help point the way," Curious Minnesota, June 19).
While I understand the useful idea behind the change, I lament the need to call our address by a number vs. something like Perfect View Road or something more descriptive.
I suppose it's my age — I'll be 77 on 7/7. Still, I long for the descriptive address of days gone by.