"I live a block from the mango tree"

We watched the fine movie "The 6 Triple 8", about a US Army battalion of Black women explicitly assembled to do something about 17 million pieces of mail to and from soldiers and their families.  Some discussions of the movie and its background emphasized that the handwriting in the address could be a problem as could the information in the so-called 'address'.  For instance, addressing a loving message to a soldier named "John Smith" needed more, accurate, clearly written, correct information.   The US Army in Europe included 7500 men named "John Smith".  

I am reading "The Address Book" by Dierdre Mask, about the address system in various places.  Many places have no address system but generally find life easier if they get one.  I just read about a form someone filled out that included an answer to "Where do you live?"   One written answer was "I live a block from the mango tree."