The size is also much smaller. (Reply #45)

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #41)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 08:25 PM

Thor_MN (11,843 posts)

45. The size is also much smaller.

France has about one fifth the population of the US, all in an area smaller than Texas. The US has to transport mail to Alaska and Hawaii... France pays more per volume of fuel, but uses MUCH less fuel. The higher density also supports the ability to deliver more mail by walking routes than in the US. France also has a much better rail system, allowing more mail long haul mail transportation by much cheaper rail compared to the US, which moves a higher percentage by truck and air. Rates in France are also higher, with 3 to 5 day delivery of a letter costing about 75 cents and next day about 84 cents.

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
Most Approve of Ending Saturday Mail Delivery [View all]	alp227	Feb 2013	OP
get rid of door delivery	KatyMan	Feb 2013	#1
reduced days and service should mean a lower fee/stamp cost...right? or how dems just fix the	msongs	Feb 2013	#4
Very hard on the handicapped, however.	dgibby	Feb 2013	#5
I don't know where you live, but if you live in a house	Light House	Feb 2013	#6
Thanks!	dgibby	Feb 2013	#9
You're right, no piece of mail is worth a broken hip.	Light House	Feb 2013	#10
I'm a Senior and I put a mail box slot	goclark	Feb 2013	#37
The mail slot in the door is a helluva good idea.	Light House	Feb 2013	#38
America Home Of Stupid Asses	TheMastersNemesis	Feb 2013	#2
Canada eliminated Saturday mail delivery in 1969. So is Canada home of the even more stupid asses?	Nye Bevan	Feb 2013	#22
People may understand, but it is so unnecessary.	earthside	Feb 2013	#3
I could support that move, but only if the post offices were kept open on Saturday	bluestateguy	Feb 2013	#7
Last I heard, they were going to keep the POs open on Saturday	Maeve	Feb 2013	#40
I'd wager most don't know why the Post Office is having to do this.	Hong Kong Cavalier	Feb 2013	#8
+1	Blue_Tires	Feb 2013	#25
Were they even able to communicate with those who will be most hurt by this?	sketchy	Feb 2013	#11
One more way in which we fall behind the rest of the western world	mainer	Feb 2013	#12
When I spent a year in France in 1999, they delivered twice a day	aint_no_life_nowhere	Feb 2013	#13
It use to be that way here many years ago.	LiberalFighter	Feb 2013	#30
France is smaller and more densely populated than the US	Thor_MN	Feb 2013	#39
But the cost of transportation is much higher	aint_no_life_nowhere	Feb 2013	#41
The size is also much smaller.	Thor_MN	Feb 2013	#45
The size is not that small	aint_no_life_nowhere	Feb 2013	#46
And US first class postage is good for Guam... France is still smaller and almost twice the price.	Thor_MN	Feb 2013	#55
The problem is the service is not able to adapt to the changing economy	davidn3600	Feb 2013	#47
OMFG - POOR PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INTERNET	bread_and_roses	Feb 2013	#52
I am continually amazed at the stupidity of USAmericans.	Proletariatprincess	Feb 2013	#14
Who are these "most?" All the young with smartphones sprouting from their ears?	question everything	Feb 2013	#15
I really want to learn more about Pew's methodology	sketchy	Feb 2013	#19
"For many, this is a major daily contact with the outside world"	snooper2	Feb 2013	#27
Yet it was okay to pick up the mail on Sunday many years ago.	LiberalFighter	Feb 2013	#31
Why do you need to mock many with whose lifestyle	question everything	Feb 2013	#48
my sister is a mail carrier and this is going to be devastating to rural workers	backtoblue	Feb 2013	#16
She is an RCA, a Rural Letter Associate. She will have a better chance at a fulltime job	mikekohr	Feb 2013	#50
The next step	sulphurdunn	Feb 2013	#17
I'd tacitly support it (knowing the reasons), but I know a few Saturday delivery contractors..	Alamuti Lotus	Feb 2013	#18
Austerity for the Post Office.	blkmusclmachine	Feb 2013	#20
It was coming to an end eventually	customerserviceguy	Feb 2013	#28
Most are ok with the the increasingly rapid slide of civilization into the abyss	deutsey	Feb 2013	#21
So who watches the tube anymore? n/t	Psephos	Feb 2013	#23
If a TV is on and no one is there to watch it	deutsey	Feb 2013	#24
:) good question...I think the answer is no	Psephos	Feb 2013	#34
You're right	deutsey	Feb 2013	#42
Sort of like a computer, huh? nt	Llewlladdwr	Feb 2013	#67
Exactly	deutsey	Feb 2013	#68
And I bet some think	Politicalboi	Feb 2013	#26
I'm sure the ones that support eliminating Saturday mail think they won't.	LiberalFighter	Feb 2013	#33
What about my Netflix!!	Trascoli	Feb 2013	#29
End Saturday mail deliveries and who'll deliver the mail? Nobody will!	rachel1	Feb 2013	#32
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This message was self-deleted by its author	alp227	Feb 2013	#36
I want mail delivered on a Sunday too	Rosa Luxemburg	Feb 2013	#43
Hate Radio & cable "news" could get "most Americans" to approve	Doctor_J	Feb 2013	#44
I do too, so what?...	OneMoreDemocrat	Feb 2013	#49
Bingo. nt	mikekohr	Feb 2013	#51
A different perspective	TM99	Feb 2013	#53
Perspective is not reality	mikekohr	Feb 2013	#54
Wrong perspective, different reality	TM99	Feb 2013	#57
Let me repeat this, we lost +200,000 employees from approx 1996 to 2006	mikekohr	Feb 2013	#62
I think we are just going to have to agree	TM99	Feb 2013	#63
One reason other countries Post Offices Are Not in the news	mikekohr	Feb 2013	#64
I suspect we are just going to go around in circles from here.	TM99	Feb 2013	#65
K nt	mikekohr	Feb 2013	#66
My sentiments exactly.	Hugin	Feb 2013	#59
Agreed	TM99	Feb 2013	#60
I'm one that approves -	lynne	Feb 2013	#56
All mail should arrive between Monday and Wednesday.	truthisfreedom	Feb 2013	#58
All I know is I want to keep the Post Office open	madokie	Feb 2013	#61

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