Here in Omaha, the major roads that run north/south are numeric and the east/west are letters/names. The numeric are strictly based on blocks, with 12 blocks per mile. The numbering starts from the river-front on the Eastern border and increases as you move West. So if you are on 132nd and need to get to 180th, your drive is exactly 4 miles West. You always know what direction, East or West, you’re driving or need to drive. Simple enough. If you live on an east/west named street, the first 1 - 3 numbers of your address are the numeric. If you see an address of “7915 Oak St”, you know that the house is on the 79th block, so if you see 84th street, you know you’re 5 blocks too far West.
Where things get weird is if you live on a numeric street. The lettered streets have a pattern; A is 12 blocks North of B which is 12 blocks North of C, etc. Problem is, the lettered streets are the exception. We have Dodge, Pacific, Blondo, Maple and so on for the major streets. The “block” number for the named streets are based on whether you are North or South of Dodge, which is considered the center of town (not Center, believe it or not). Maple, for example, is the 40 - 49 North block. Fort is 50 - 59, etc. If your address is 4915 N 170th street, it means you live on 170th street, 49 blocks North of Dodge.
Since most of our neighborhoods are not in strict blocks, you end up with your house number being 4915 while the person on the corner is 21141 because they face more North than West.
The number-to-name block associations are very well known by anyone here, so if you live on a numeric street you will almost always been asked a question like “what is the closest cross street?” meaning is that near Maple or Blondo?
Then there are cities like Papillion which, because of an ego problem, rename most of the streets while you’re in town. You are on 84th street until you cross the city line which transforms in to Washington until you hit the other side of the city where it turns back in to 84th street. 1st street runs east/west in Papillion, totally against the grain of the other 98% of the Omaha metro. When I used to live in Papillion, I had to talk in landmarks when giving directions most of the time.