Subject: Re: octopoint? Translation<br/>
Date: Feb 12, 2003 @ 17:06<br/>
Author: anorak222 &lt;listen@wschwanke.de&gt; (&quot;anorak222 &lt;listen@...&gt;&quot; &lt;listen@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1717500369">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Arif Samad &lt;fHoiberg@y...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; First of all, muncipalities are rarely very rigid as<br/>
&gt; an order of division in most parts of the world.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I think this differs, but in Germany they are.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; For<br/>
&gt; example, in United States, in general cities are<br/>
&gt; smaller than counties, but in New York City, the city<br/>
&gt; is bigger.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>This is something that couldn&#39;t happen here.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I have my doubts that in any country, there is a<br/>
&gt; strict system that goes six deep.  Even my<br/>
&gt; neighborhood is four deep, I think.<br/>
&gt; Secondly, even if six orders exist, it would be stupid<br/>
&gt; to have all six orders to be functional.  Can you<br/>
&gt; think what would happen if all six orders charged<br/>
&gt; taxes?  Nightmare.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>They don&#39;t necessarily all have to tax. Again example Germany, <br/>
with &quot;loose&quot; translations or equivalents in the English speaking <br/>
world:<br/>
<br/>
0. Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany)<br/>
  1. Bundesland (&quot;state&quot;)<br/>
   (1.5 Region (&quot;region&quot;))<br/>
     2. Regierungsbezirk (&quot;district&quot;)<br/>
      3. Kreis (&quot;county&quot;)<br/>
       (3.5 Amt (hmm .. &quot;council&quot;?)<br/>
         4. Gemeinde (&quot;municipality&quot;)<br/>
          5. Bezirk (&quot;borough&quot;)<br/>
           6. Ortsteil (&quot;neighbourhood&quot;?)<br/>
<br/>
Not all levels exist everywhere. For example there are cases where 1 <br/>
through 4 are identical (cities which are also a state which happens <br/>
to have no districts, and who fulfil the functions of a county as <br/>
well). Likewhise, levels 5. and 6. only exist in large cities. Some <br/>
levels, e.g. 6. &quot;Orsteile&quot; or 1.5 &quot;Regionen&quot;, have no authorities of <br/>
their own, but they are statistical and planning units which other <br/>
levels of goverment may refer to in publications, place names etc., <br/>
which makes them official in the sense that they have borders drawn <br/>
on maps. Levels 1.5 and 3.5 are special, as they exist only in a few <br/>
of states.<br/>
<br/>
All levels nest perfectly, e.g. it&#39;s not possible that a county is <br/>
smaller than a municipality, as with your New York example.<br/>
<br/>
And only level 0 may tax. :)<br/>
<br/>
Regards</div>