What happens to people on a temporary assignment where the US Postal Service does not deliver mail? And where over 90% of residents are not occupying their property so will not get the census form?
There are nearly 100 townhomes where we live that are not being included in the 2010 census simply because the USPS does not count us as delivery-worthy. We have to buy a box at the local post office or a full-service mail center. A lot of the places out here, out West, are refused service by the USPS. Makes me think we should create and market our own stamps and send our own mail.
Ten years ago I worked to get out the census forms especially to African Americans and Latinos, because the 1980 census had our city building schools that were too small for the legal population the day they were conceived and little kids were going to school in temporary classrooms that took over their playgrounds.
What happens when entire swaths of people are ignored because the USPS refuses to acknowledge our home address? Yes, a week after we moved here a census worker came by and said we could expect a survey. I told her she shouldn’t expect to have anyone answer the door as few people live here year-round. She said she understood.
How can one expect government “services” for one’s taxes if you’re not counted and even your mail cannot be delivered to your home address? Dee
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