Moving from one state to another without packing up

jtbell

North and South Carolina are re-surveying their boundary line for the first time in 200 years. As a result, some people near Charlotte are going to have to "move" from one state to another. A convenience store which is now in SC will have to charge $0.30 more per gallon for gasoline in NC, won't be able to sell fireworks any more, and will have to deal with a completely different set of state regulatory agencies.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/201...-sc-state.html

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/24/...ates-for-some/

I wonder if South of the Border will end up north of the border?

Hopefully this won't come to blows like the ones between Ohio and Michigan in 1835: http://www.toledowar.com/

256bits

Here is a town right smack dab on the US/Canada border. Quebec and Vermont or NewYork state,
The international border goes right through the library (Bibliothèque).

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mag...order-town.asp

Have fun Charlotte.

jtbell

Oh, good! Pedro is safe.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1373478.html

Useless trivia note: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke worked during the summer at South of the Border while he was growing up in nearby Dillon, SC.

Antiphon

What happens if you pick up a book from the US shelf that is banned in Canada and walk across the room? Are you then subject to arrest?

For example "The Naked and the Dead" or "Droll Stories".

256bits

For sure I imagine it could get complicated real quick in certain situations.

and7barton

Each time you moved from the higher to the lower state, you'd have to remember to emit a photon.

256bits

That is just plain hilariious. five star ***** rating.

jtbell

So that's why I always feel a little bit depleted after I cross the border into NC.