What are your favorite town line anomalies?

[tis]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

In NH, the official address on your license is the main means.
After that, the municipality uses several different formats that determine where you officially reside.

And how do you (or somebody) decide which town you live in if you're half n half?

[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by tis

And how do you (or somebody) decide which town you live in if you're half n half?

When you get your license, or non-driver's photo ID... they use the residency documents that you provide to determine that.

For people that use a Mail Box address, they use the E911 address assigned to the property to place on the ID.

I have seen it get complex in a corner lot when the house had two driveway permits going to two different roads, but the municipalities usually work out what that will be.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

When you get your license, or non-driver's photo ID... they use the residency documents that you provide to determine that.

For people that use a Mail Box address, they use the E911 address assigned to the property to place on the ID.

I have seen it get complex in a corner lot when the house had two driveway permits going to two different roads, but the municipalities usually work out what that will be.

My Real ID NHDL shows my POBOX mailing address on the front of my license and on the reverse shows my legal address (Street Address).

My late wife's DL showed the same thing, and I checked with my daughter's brand new license shows the same thing (Mail on one side, legal on the other).

Dave

[MeredithMan]

...in 2007, we relo'd to southwest CT for work, (the job was in NY, but being native New Englanders, there was no way we would live in NY, so we were just over the line in CT, but I digress...). We were in Ridgefield, CT, but the next town over, Wilton, CT, was literally a few hundred feet away. On move-in day, we had SNET, (Southern New England Telephone), out to hook up our land line, (remember those?). The SNET guy asked, "do you want a "761" number or a "438" number"? We thought "761" sounded more interesting, so that's what we chose. Little did we know that that choice would cause chaos with police, fire, ambulance, etc. The SNET guy never explained that "761" was the exchange for the town of Wilton, while "438" was the exchange for the town of Ridgefield.

Fast forward a couple months...we had given our new number out to everyone...family, friends, doctors, dentists, employers, credit card companies, etc etc. I finally got around to going to the Ridgefield police to register our alarm and the police said, "we can't take that...that's a Wilton number. If your alarm goes off or you dial 911, the call is going to go to Wilton". I then went to the Wilton police and they said, "you can't register your alarm with us...you live in Ridgefield...ask SNET to route your emergency calls to them"

It took several more months to get the bureaucracy of SNET to get our number routed to Ridgefield first responders. What a mess...

[Slickcraft]

There is one intersection point where Alton plus 4 other towns meet. And I have been there. Can you name the 4 other towns?

Alan

[Biggd]

I remember reading a story a few years ago about a house on the Vermont/Canadian border where the country line ran right though his living room.

[hilltopper]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

There is one intersection point where Alton plus 4 other towns meet. And I have been there. Can you name the 4 other towns?

Alan

Barnstead
Strafford
Farmington
New Durham

[longislander]

So much for Gemini AI.
Asked it:

There is one intersection point where Alton plus 4 other towns meet. And I have been there. Can you name the 4 other towns?


The intersection point where Alton meets four other towns is known as Alton Bay.
The four other towns are Barnstead, Gilmanton, Laconia, and Wolfeboro.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by hilltopper

Barnstead
Strafford
Farmington
New Durham

Bingo you are a winner!

Alan

[camp guy]

but, where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah all come together, you can put a hand or foot in each of the 4 states at the same time, but where Barnstead, Alton, Strafford, Farmington and New Durham all come together there aren't enough body limbs to go around!

[upthesaukee]

Maybe take off your shoe and sock, and just put your foot down.

Dave

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by camp guy

but, where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah all come together, you can put a hand or foot in each of the 4 states at the same time, but where Barnstead, Alton, Strafford, Farmington and New Durham all come together there aren't enough body limbs to go around!

depends on if you're male or female... :-)

[TheProfessor]

"The Republic of Indian Stream was no laughing matter—its less than 300 residents were committed enough to draft a constitution, print their own stamps, establish a 41-man militia, and elect a local government."

Live Free or Die.

[bobkatfly]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

depends on if you're male or female... :-)

...and how good you are at the game of Twister.

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by bobkatfly

...and how good you are at the game of Twister.

I'm pretty flexible for an old guy!

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[Biggd]

Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

I'm pretty flexible for an old guy!

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Can't get that vision out of my mind, thanks for that.

[steve-on-mark]

Originally Posted by Biggd

Can't get that vision out of my mind, thanks for that.

Anytime!

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[bellamaria]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

There is one intersection point where Alton plus 4 other towns meet. And I have been there. Can you name the 4 other towns?

Alan

Meaderboro and Cooke roads?