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Note that South San Francisco is actually in a different county.

Exactly why I cherry-picked that example; it's consistent with the parent's Ohio example in that most transients flying to SF via SFO don't even realize that they're technically in a different city/county.

Similar situation with Julington Creek Plantation and Fruit Cove; both are technically in the same county (St. Johns County) and literally butt up against each other, and yet the former pays Jacksonville (Duval County) sales tax.

Wow, thank you, I had no idea it was that bad. I live in one of those magical 9 states where it's fixed at state-level and thought that was standard.

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