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Of Delaware's two main internal rivers, one has its source in Maryland and flows through Delaware to the sea, and the other starts in Delaware and flows through Maryland to the sea.
There technically are no cities within the District of Columbia, not even Washington. 'Washington' is the ultimately headfake since no City of Washington has existed since 1871. It's a Schrodinger's Cat city.... we're taught to view D.C. as both the coterminous city of Washington and the District of Columbia, when in reality, it's not a city in any way, shape, or form.
Because there is no City of Washington in the District of Columbia, when politicians and pundits alike whine about "Washington," they're whining about a non-existent place
(Hence also the locals' distinction between "Official Washington" and "local DC.")
The Census still reports for Washington city, DC, but really it should report for Washington CDP, DC. And I'd prefer it break DC up into several CDPs, so that we could have stable statistical comparisons for smaller areas.
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I am sure Clark wins that title on sheer numbers alone but of counties over 200k would think Georgia would have several counties that would vie for number one in percentage of residents in unincorporated areas.... Metro Atlanta residents are finally tiring of their counties acting like cities.
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Of the 50 most populous counties in the US, three contain no cities, towns, or unincorporated CDP's of 100,000 people or more: Oakland County, MI (1.2 m); Fairfax County, VA (1.1 m); and St. Louis County, MO (1 m). Of those three, St. Louis County has the smallest "largest city": Florissant, population 51,812.
Washington's non-existence truly makes the DC-Baltimore area the country's empire of unincorporated places. All told, even with the cities of Baltimore (609,032) and Alexandria (157,613), easily 80% of the CSA's ~10M residents live outside incorporated cities/towns/villages.
Zero incorporated cities/towns/villages whatsoever, with 2019 population estimate:
- Baltimore County MD, 827,370
- District of Columbia, 692,683
- Howard County MD, 325,690
- Arlington County VA, 233,464
Great majority of residents in unincorporated places:
- Fairfax County VA, 1,145,862 (96% in unincorporated county)
- Montgomery County MD, 1,050,688 (85%+ in unincorporated county)
- Prince George's County MD, 909,327 (75%+ in unincorporated county)
- Anne Arundel County MD, 579,234 (93% in unincorporated county)
- Loudoun County VA, 395,134 (85% in unincorporated county)
To avoid the problem of suburban fragmented government (which plagues most Northeast/Midwest cities and now Atlanta), Maryland requires county assent for incorporating towns or cities, and county charters in Arlington, Fairfax, etc. simply ban any new towns.
"Because there is no City of Washington in the District of Columbia"
Although there used to be before the District of Columbia of 1871 that consolidated the charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown into a single district-wide corporate chartered entity. Kind of like how the City of New York, NY, used to just be the lower half of the island Manhattan (the upper half was the town of New Harlem), but without the borough/county level.
I randomly just thought of this but the westernmost point of Virginia is actually further west than the entire state of West Virginia. West Virginia might as well be North Virginia.
Zero incorporated cities/towns/villages whatsoever, with 2019 population estimate:
- Baltimore County MD, 827,370
- District of Columbia, 692,683
- Howard County MD, 325,690
- Arlington County VA, 233,464
Great majority of residents in unincorporated places:
- Fairfax County VA, 1,145,862 (96% in unincorporated county)
- Montgomery County MD, 1,050,688 (85%+ in unincorporated county)
- Prince George's County MD, 909,327 (75%+ in unincorporated county)
- Anne Arundel County MD, 579,234 (93% in unincorporated county)
- Loudoun County VA, 395,134 (85% in unincorporated county)
To avoid the problem of suburban fragmented government (which plagues most Northeast/Midwest cities and now Atlanta), Maryland requires county assent for incorporating towns or cities, and county charters in Arlington, Fairfax, etc. simply ban any new towns.
Part of the problem was that DC and Baltimore never had out-of-the-city streetcar suburbs. Their 1950 metro populations were far more dominated by the central cities than elsewhere in the country. The metros only grew out of the cities well after WW2 and have a bland suburban look as a result. But the county-wide naming mess contributes to a lack of place in many spots around there. East of Conn Ave, hard to tell if you're in Aspen Hill, Rockville, Silver Spring, and then there are people in Gaithersburg who tell you they live in North Potomac. Meanwhile, across the river people in Sterling VA zip 20165 will bite your head off if you don't concede that they live in "Potomac Falls". Not to mention a huge mess between the Toll Road and 66 re: Herndon, Oak Hill, Oakton, unincorporated Vienna, unincorporated Falls Church etc.
When I moved from there to the Bay Area, noticed a huge difference in towns and suburban sense of place. Most here have small downtowns and are incorporated, you don't get the "it's considered" Walnut Creek, Danville, or San Mateo because you're typically within city limits.
You will often hear references to "east of the Mississippi or west of the Mississippi"... Growing up in Minnesota (notably the Twin Cities metro), crossing the Mighty Miss is a daily thing for many people. I guess I never thought of it... I know it probably happens a lot in other places, but for the most part it does not serve as a major boundary in MN
You will often hear references to "east of the Mississippi or west of the Mississippi"... Growing up in Minnesota (notably the Twin Cities metro), crossing the Mighty Miss is a daily thing for many people. I guess I never thought of it... I know it probably happens a lot in other places, but for the most part it does not serve as a major boundary in MN
Because it doesn't separate states.
Also, as you go south it serves as a rough boundary between prairie dominated landscape and forest dominated landscape.
Also, as you go south it serves as a rough boundary between prairie dominated landscape and forest dominated landscape.
All the parishes in Louisiana, from Baton Rouge on down, lie on both sides of the Mississippi.
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