[readme] Moving paragraph

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@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ in terms of n-gram set overlap. In non-Latin scripts, say a Russian address and
its transliterated equivalent, it's conceivable that two addresses referring to
the same place may not match even a single character.
libpostal aims to create normalized geographic strings, parsed into components,
such that we can more effectively reason about how well two addresses
actually match.
As a motivating example, consider the following two equivalent ways to write a
particular Manhattan street address with varying conventions and degrees
of verbosity:
@@ -69,6 +65,10 @@ Obviously '30 W 26th St Fl #7 != '30 West Twenty-sixth Street Floor Number 7'
in a string comparison sense, but a human can grok that these two addresses
refer to the same physical location.
libpostal aims to create normalized geographic strings, parsed into components,
such that we can more effectively reason about how well two addresses
actually match and make automated server-side decisions about dupes.
Isn't that geocoding?
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