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No, they used this Improvement District to gain even more power over the land then even an incorporated city would have,

>There are big patches of unincorporated land in every state; they aren't lawless wastelands, but are instead managed and services by their parent counties and states.

Tangentially, this isn't true. NJ has no unincorporated land. Most states in the north eastern quadrant of the country have their unincorporated land organized as townships, which have elected boards of trustees or similar.




Huh. Neat. Didn't realize that about NJ and the NE. Thanks!


No problem :)




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