4 messages.--------Johnnie -------------------------------------------- : 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. 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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --------------------------------------------------------------------- : 12 Dec 1995 15:50:02 +0000 (GMT) : [log in to unmask] : Re: In Search of 'border cases' On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Justin the Blue wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > > Hello: > > I am an avid collector of city maps. > > 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 [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------- : "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