Up until 15 years ago IIRC, we could mail a letter from our local post office (eastern Ohio) and it would make it's destination as far away as California in three days, you could bank on it. Then the government decided to build a new post office in Steubenville (county seat, Dean Martin's hometown) and make it the are distribution center. Really nice post office, even had a food vendor. That lasted less than 5 years IIRC. Now it's just another post office, and all our stuff heads to Pittsburgh. Now we are lucky to have a letter make it in a week. locally let alone cross country.
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