[OSM-talk] Non-nesting administrative borders (Was: National borders in the British Islands)

[Alex S.]

Stephen Gower wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:42:22AM +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>>> The 'nesting' rule does not exist. We have already had enough examples of
>>> where boundaries form different 'sets' of areas so there is no way to insist
>>> that the 'admin' boundaries are mutually exclusive :(
>> Do you have an example if such a jurisdictional anomoly?
> 
>   In Canada:
>   
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloydminster
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flin_Flon

In the US, a fair number of cities and towns straddle county borders - 
here are but a few:
   Bothell, WA
   Kansas City, MO
   Houston, TX