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County Mounts Legal Challenge to "Suburb" Designation

Not urban or rural either, Marin petitions to be considered special fourth thing

Often described as a suburb, Marin has long bridled at its inclusion in the category associated with America’s least interesting people. Now, the county is declaring its intentions to formally shed the denomination, arguing in a brief that the region is simply not a good fit for a group that is probably “planning a gender reveal party” over a platter of “chicken wonton tacos” at an Applebees in the Dallas-Fort Worth area "as we speak."

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