# What happens if I live on a town/county/state/international border?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 25, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-i-live-on-a-town-county-state-international-border/420479 "2007-09-25T20:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-i-live-on-a-town-county-state-international-border/420479/61 "2007-10-01T20:33:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Terminus Est]  
From the above NY Times article:

What kind of border dispute could **Hawaii** have been involved in?  
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Whether an island is part of the state or under direct federal control? 😕

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**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-i-live-on-a-town-county-state-international-border/420479/62 "2007-10-01T23:39:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Derleth]  
Because Lincoln is nowhere near Alberta or any international borders at all, is why not. It’s a very nice little town in a very nice-looking region, which is how you know: Most of the parts of Montana near Alberta are pretty flat.  
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Yeah, I noticed the mistake after the edit window expired. But since I clearly said “Lincoln County” both in that same post and in my next post, I figured anyone familiar with Montana would know what I meant (Lincoln County, not town of Lincoln), and it seemed unlikely anyone else would care. I apologize for the confusion. And the part of Alberta that borders Lincoln County is not flat, it’s pretty much as mountainous as Montana gets, outside of Glacier Park.

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