For example. You don't see houses numbered 12345, 12346, 12347, 12348... Why?
Well first off, the odd numbers and even numbers are on alternate sides of the street. Just in case you weren't aware. That should help you find houses if you have no clue where you are going. But then why not go from 12345 to 12347 to 12349?
Well, not that construction... people are constantly trying to squeeze a house in between two others, but if an issue ever arises where a house needs to get knocked down and rebuilt, or a cul-de-sac gets added, or anything along those lines, then that's why there is a sort of cushion in address numbers. Instead of going up by two every house (odd and even on different sides), whoever is in charge of giving a house its address doesn't have to redo the entire block, they can just use one of the skipped numbers.
JT Surge
Bibliography (Don't judge my sources):
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090921143621AAqp2Av
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