House numbers

Some things are more stupid and complicated here in Brazil than what they need to be (e.g. after being here about a month I still don't have access to my bank account with my salary). But there are other things that are very smart. The numbering of houses is a good example. The houses are numbered in a slightly different way compared to all other places I've ever been. The difference between two adjacent houses is sometimes 4, sometimes 10 and sometimes something much higher. At first this might seem confusing, but it is actually extremely logical; the increment is the amount of metres between the entrances. Consequently, if you are on number 100 and want to go to number 200, you know that it is 100 metres away. Such a simple solution can sometimes be very helpful.

In contrast to some places I've been, they don't change the name of the street every few metres either. The house in the picture below, for example, is on a fairly long road...

The image on the right is zoomed in from the image on the left.