But if there is no town-- who plows the roads? And has the fire department?
very confusing!
Shh! I kinda wanna hear me talking right now!
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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Sophia Brooks - Apr 01, 2003 1:47:57 pm PST #2958 of 9843
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Nutty - Apr 01, 2003 1:51:34 pm PST #2959 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
That's done by the county, because there is no town.
I find it really irritating, in Virginia, e.g., because the restaurant tax varies from one county to another. So you're in Arlington Cty, and you get coffee from Starbucks, and it's $1.50 + 10% tax; but the same cup of coffee in Alexandria is $1.50 + 5% tax. Of course, all the good restaurants are in Arlington.
Whereas in Massachusetts every town has a budget and a government, although we still do county courthouses (and I think sheriffs? Maybe that's only Connecticut).
amych - Apr 01, 2003 2:00:41 pm PST #2960 of 9843
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(deleted because I was nitpicking something I misread in the first place)
flea - Apr 01, 2003 2:07:11 pm PST #2961 of 9843
information libertarian
In Fall 2000 elections CT abolished the county sherriff, due to redundancy. I voted to abolish! There are still county courts in CT though.
Consuela - Apr 01, 2003 2:17:02 pm PST #2962 of 9843
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Gar, no, I'm in SF now, but I lived in Portland for 4 years in the early 90s.
And yes, the counties pick up the slack in the West and South for functions the towns and cities do in the Northeast. I didn't even know what county I lived in when I was growing up, as the only function it serves in Massachusetts has to do with the court system. Bizarre.
Daisy Jane - Apr 01, 2003 2:20:48 pm PST #2963 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I didn't have counties growing up!
Cindy - Apr 01, 2003 2:32:46 pm PST #2964 of 9843
Nobody
Nutty, we still have county sherriffs.
All of the above is why the whole world should fit between Boston and New York. If you can't get to it in 4 hours and/or on an interconnected set of train and public transity systems, why bother??
It doesn't?
Betsy HP - Apr 01, 2003 3:47:19 pm PST #2965 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
We were too poor for counties. We just had rocks.
brenda m - Apr 01, 2003 3:48:59 pm PST #2966 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My best friend, who's Canadian, laughed and laughed when I happened to mention that we elect the County Sheriff in these parts. She thought it sounded like something straight out of the old west.
askye - Apr 01, 2003 3:49:34 pm PST #2967 of 9843
Thrive to spite them
Here there are counties, cities, towns, unincorporated areas, incorporated areas which aren't technically towns (it's weird). No snow so no worries about snow plows. Because of the unincoporated areas my city is the only town/city in the county. However lots of people live in unincoporated areas in the county, or just outside the city limits. Occasionally there's a push to incoporate more areas into the city but I think the las time that happened the area voted down joining the city.
I don't live in the city, I live in the county, but all my mail has the city's address on it. Plus in one direction I'm about a quarter of a mile from the city. In the other direction, I'm at least 5 miles. Well, if you are following the one road I live off of.
The city wasn't interested in a lot of the area between here and the city limit 6 or so miles up because it wasn't developed, but now it is so I'm sure in a few years there will be a push to expand the city limits.
Both the city police and county sheriffs offices are located in the city, in fact they used to be within walking distance of each other.