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RE: UK & USA counties
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Anne Greiner
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Oct 24, 2003 01:51 PDT
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Thanks for that explanation Patti - I was in Indianapolis recently for
several weeks and found the city within a city confusing when navigating
from one side to t'other.
Anne
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Anne Greiner
Australia
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From: Patti Ordower [mailto:POrd-@libertyfund.org]
Sent: Friday, 24 October 2003 12:21 AM
Here in Indianapolis, the city government decided to annex the rest of
the county to itself, thereby gaining population and land. I suppose it
was for political advantage (and I think that's how Indy became one of
the top 10 cities in the US), and several of the smaller towns fought it
and won. So within the borders of the city of Indianapolis, we have the
cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, and Speedway (home of the Indpls 500)
with their own mayors and government. I don't think the state
governments have any say-so--the entities battle it out amongst
themselves.
Patti
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