Constituent's "former" contact info

Hello All,

In the realm of "best practices," do you recommend making contact info (primarily postal address) INACTIVE when a constituent moves to a new address (presuming it's known that the former address is no longer applicable)?

We change the initial record to state that it's now the "former" address and we like having a history of address records. I just can't tell if having a bunch of former addresses still in the "active" mode makes a difference for reporting or if we need a "best practice" of making them inactive. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!