On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 09:14:28 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 08:25:46 on
Sat, 29 Aug 2015, e27002 aurora remarked:
A brief look at the Metropolis of Atlanta is instructive. At first
sight, at a map of the Sovereign State of Georgia, Atlantis appears to
be a major metropolis to the middle north of the state.

However, a closer look shows a county line running north to south thru
the metropolis. Atlanta is in fact a City within the County of
Fulton. The Eastern half

The split is more like 90:10

of the Metropolis is primarily the City of
Decatur in the County of DeKalb. ( DeKalb County does have other
municipalities, and unincorporated areas).

But the City of Atlanta is separately governed, and has for example its
own sales tax which differs from other parts of Fulton/DeKalb.

Precisely, the setting of tax rates is part of the localized
competition to which I refer. Unfortunately not available to UK
municipalities.