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: Tue, 12 Dec 95 10:23:08 EST
: "Iain Taylor" <[log in to unmask]>
Re: In Search of 'border cases'
You might wish to check out the Quebec-Vermont & BC-Washington, border towns
(Stanstead/Derby Line and Point Roberts come to mind) featured in the coffee
table book 'Between Friends'. In the former the international boundary runs
through the middle of the Town Library!
Also within Canada there is the example of Lloyminster (Alberta/Saskatchewan)
one of whose claims to fame is that the two separate halves voted CCF and
Social Credit, that might mean something surprising if you are familiar with
Canadian Prairie populism in the 1940s. The Alberta part is about three times
larger than the Sask. part which could be explained by the lack of provincial
sales taxes in Alberta.
We could also count Ottawa-Hull metro. area/ National Capital Region (Ontario-
Quebec) though both communities were separately established at different times.
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: 12 Dec 1995 15:50:02 +0000 (GMT)
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: Re: In Search of 'border cases'
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Justin the Blue wrote:
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> Hello:
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> I am an avid collector of city maps.
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> I have always been fascinated with what I like to call 'border cases';
> that is to say, cities that function as a discrete economic unit
> but have one or more major political divisions running through them,
> most typically state lines.
Just to remind y'all that "border cases" occur in other parts of the world
as well :-) There are many border towns straddling the frontiers between
various European states on the continent. Quite how they function as discrete
economic units obviously varies. I'm afraid I don't have details of this
aspect.
In particular Geneva (Switzerland/France) and Basle (at the three-way junction
of Switzerland, France and Germany) seem particularly interesting, at least
from a cartographic perspective. Especially the latter - I had a fun day a
few years ago, comparing the 1:50,000 maps of Basle as seen through the French,
German and Swiss State Cartographers' eyes...
In fact I had forgotten about this until your reminder: it would make a great
student exercise! Must get hold of current copies of the three sheets
concerned!
Darius Bartlett
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: 12 Dec 95 23:43:18 EST
: "Sean D. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
: Re: border cases
You may want to look across the big border and take a peek at Lloydminster
Alta/Sask. This little town lies right smack dab on the provincial border, and a
main north-south boulevard forms the border, a set of six or eight fifty foot
tall red steel posts are visible reminders of the borderline nature of this
town. Some interesting aspects which have resulted from this include the
preference of living in Saskatchewan since the driver's license and registration
is cheaper there, but shopping in Alberta since there is no provincial sales tax
there.
Cheers,
Sean D. Smith
Cartographer-At-Large
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: "KEN ROCKWELL" <[log in to unmask]>
: U of U Marriott Library Staff Net
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:03:23 MDT
: Re. border towns
Regarding maps of Bristol, VA-TN, we have in our collection a map
published by Champion back in 1984 -- OCLC #11304053. Don't know if
it's still available since Champion got swallowed up.
And Gousha had a Texarkana map (our collection's copy is from
1985).
Here in Utah we have a couple of border cases in the news.
Wendover, UT, and Wendover, NV, had a longstanding arrangement of
sharing school responsibilities. But since the Nevada side came into
big money with gambling, they're building new schools and saying the
Utahns must fend for themselves -- which is a problem in the side of
town where no such revenues will ever be available. And the city of
Draper in Salt Lake County annexed a chunk of neighboring Utah County
a decade ago in anticipation of a ridgeline subdivision. Now that
Micron Corp. is moving to Utah County, the adjacent city of Lehi
wants to take over the Draper annex. -- Ken Rockwell
Map cataloger
Marriott Library
Univ. of Utah
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