What is the “best” way to store international addresses in a database?

Question

What is the \"best\" way to store international addresses in a database? Answer in the form of a schema and an explanation of the reasons why you chose to normalize

Answer 1

I think adding country/city and address text will be fine. country and city should be separate for reporting. Managers always ask for these kind of reports which you do not expect and I dont prefer running a LIKE query through a large database.