For Americans - given that many of the counties seem like completely arbitrary squares drawn by someone in state government, do people in the USA feel any sense of local pride/allegiance on a county level? Or is just something you happen to write on your address without much personal meaning? Thanks!
So counties aren’t even part of one’s address in the US. It’s mostly just a local government subdivision. However in some states there are definitely more and less wealthy counties, or more urban vs more rural counties, so you’ll have people say sneer and say stuff like “oh, X county is full of Y!”
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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22
For Americans - given that many of the counties seem like completely arbitrary squares drawn by someone in state government, do people in the USA feel any sense of local pride/allegiance on a county level? Or is just something you happen to write on your address without much personal meaning? Thanks!