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by JumpCrisscross 984 days ago
> Taxes don't change every street

Ha. Oh boy. I remember when an engineer at a POS system start-up said something similar. It's like when someone decides they're going to roll their own time zone calculation.

In case you're curious, yes, two people in the same city can be in different counties, different school districts, different water boards, et cetera. Each of those typically has taxing authority. And this is before we get into crap like urban enterprise zones [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Jersey_Urban_Ente...

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Part of Valley Fair Mall in San Jose is actually in a different city (Santa Clara). Which I believe currently has a different minimum wage, and the stores in the rest of the mall don't price match it.

Also, Apple Park is in Cupertino the city but not the school district.