Teeth on the Glencoe / Winnetka IL USA border

Just the other day I was exploring the
border of Glencoe and Winnetka IL USA.

“Ho hum,” I thought to myself. “What a boring border.”

Well, I decided to double check some official maps, at
https://communitymapviewer.gisconsortium.org/GlencoeIL
because, no offense, but what if it weren’t that boring afterall?

Indeed!
20230708T164258

What’s going on? Do residents living on the border get to choose what
community their property (even what half of it) belongs to?
OK, at least certainly such wackiness doesn’t affect their postal
address, but I suppose it needs to be reflected in the OSM boundary…

Oh,

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