Lloydminster, USA. Possible?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloydminster

Lloydminster is a Canadian city which happens to be in two provinces at once, Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is almost unique in North America for that reason. (Technically, Flin Flon is in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan, however the two sides aren't nearly as integrated as they are in Lloydminster.)

Some fun facts about Lloydminster: Both sides are considered to be in Alberta for purposes of time zones, Daylight Saving Time, and sales tax; and in Saskatchewan for purposes of health care and education.

Some fun facts about Flin Flon: Both sides are considered to be in Manitoba for postal and electrical power purposes, and residents of both sides can choose either Saskatchewan or Manitoba cell phone and internet service.

While there are cities in the United States which may appear to straddle state lines, they don't do so in the legal sense: Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri are legally seperate municipalities - as are Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas; whereas Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan is legally one municipality as it Flin Flon, Manitoba/Saskatchewan.

I am guessing there are two possible reasons why the US has no bi-state cities: One is that the states are theoretically sovereign whereas Canadian provinces are not. (Though ISTM the provinces have more freedom from federal control as a practical matter.) The other is that the creation of a bi-state city would be considered an interstate compact or treaty, which would require the consent of Congress. However, bi-state governmental agencies have been consented to by Congress, especially in the public transportation field.

Is there a plausible POD which could have resulted in one city being in two US states?
 
Is there a plausible POD which could have resulted in one city being in two US states?
Probably impossible because the states grant incorporation to cities. The only possible exception might be Washington, D.C., but it took a constitutional amendment to let them vote for president.
 
Probably impossible because the states grant incorporation to cities. The only possible exception might be Washington, D.C., but it took a constitutional amendment to let them vote for president.

Provinces also grant incorporation to cities, but somehow Alberta and Saskatchewan were able to jointly incorporate Lloydminster.
 
Probably impossible because the states grant incorporation to cities. The only possible exception might be Washington, D.C., but it took a constitutional amendment to let them vote for president.

This is merely trivia (but then we're all already here, so...) but the Pentagon is in a weird DC/Virginia limbo. The address is DC, I believe all of the phone lines use the DC area code, and it's possible there's even DC claim to the land it's on (since DC claims both sides of the river bank and the Pentagon's built at least partially on infill).

But back to the point at hand, I can imagine if the retrocession had never happened, you might've eventually seen a voting rights compromise where Washingtonians west of the river vote in Virginia and east of the river vote in Maryland.
 

Nick P

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I know a girl from Kansas City who made it clear she was from Kansas, not Missouri. The state border runs right down the centre of town.
 
Most of Malheur County in Eastern Oregon observes Mountain Time, rather than Pacific like the rest of the state, because the county is much more economically and geographically linked to the Boise metro area than it is to any substantial settlement in Oregon. You could imagine other examples of cities or counties doing the same - adopting practices and laws that bring them into unofficial sync with the other half of their community across the state line.
 
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