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Borders are merely representations of governance
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And then there is this town, which lies in both Belgium and Netherlands, and whose border is so complicated they had to paint in on the ground so people know what country they’re in.
I think those markings are not because you need to know in which country you are, but because they want to show their borders for a few reasons:
It is cool.
It shows their heritage and identity as a border town.
It helps tourism.
On the contrary, you DO need to know which country you are in because of for instance a crime has been committed, it determines which country’s laws apply and which police department (they have two, a Belgian and a Dutch one) is responsible.
Also, they need to know which country each house is in because that’s who gets to collect their taxes. Not sure what they do with the one house that has both Dutch and Belgian front doors however, perhaps they get to pay taxes twice for that privilege?