i'm finally reading the history of my hometown, so prepare yourself for some new jersey facts
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i grew up in one of nj's 22 'donut towns,' in which on town is a ring around the other. in my town's case, the center seceded in 1930 because they didn't want to pay for municipal water. this is really dumb and nj keeps trying to merge the centers nj.com/news/2011/11/princeto…

Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one

After three failed attempts in nearly 60 years, voters will decide whether to merge Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. This time, the consolidation effort has the muscle of Gov. Christie...

nj.com
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not only do some of the pairs stupidly duplicate basic services, i've heard it breaks some gis workflows because the centroid of the township is in the borough :) better do your label placement right!
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Replying to @tmcw
underrated tweet. most people will not know what this means or why it's significant.

Jun 13, 2020 · 5:27 AM UTC

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