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> >> > Most states have counties, but Lousiana calls them "parishes" and=20
> >> > Alaska has "boroughs". Other county-equivalents include the District= =20
> >> > of Columbia, and Virginia's "independent cities".=20
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> >> There are other independent cities in the U.S.A. St. Louis, Mo., is a= =20
> >> notable example. The tension between the residents of the city and of= =20
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> >> There are surely many other such examples.=20
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> > It seems not. According to Wikipedia=20
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> > the only other independent cities are Baltimore, MD and Carson City, NV= .=20
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> The very reference you cite above includes St. Louis, Missouri.=20
Herb, please re-read the preceding exchange. I mentioned the Virginia citi= es (though I never claimed that they were the ONLY other county-equivalents, merely that the set of county-equivalents INCLUDES Virginia=E2=80=99s indep= endent cities). Wes added St. Louis to the list and speculated that there were =E2=80=9Cmany other=E2=80=9D examples of independent cities besides the one= s discussed so far. I then followed up by noting that, no, we=E2=80=99ve apparently co= vered
40 of the 42 independent cities already (39 in VA, plus St. Louis), leaving only Baltimore and Carson City un-cited.Bob Goudreau Cary, NC