Welcome to Alabama! Many many towns and cities use the 1.5 mile jurisdiction [1] to rake in extra revenue from neighboring unincorporated areas. https://www.an

Welcome to Alabama! Many many towns and cities use the 1.5 mile jurisdiction [1] to rake in extra revenue from neighboring unincorporated areas. https://www.annistonstar.com/the_daily_home/state-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-cale-over-lincoln/article_5853b694-87ba-11e8-b09f-ab1400b8bf51.html https://www.annistonstar.com/the_daily_home/state-supreme-co... Basically for the cost of a city attorney whose job literally rests on loose interpretations of state statutes, you can collect monies from all sorts of people outside of your official city limits. Think safety codes and enforcement and then make the easy jump to Dollar General business licenses which are a percentage of turnover. Policing I22 in Brookside is the tip of the iceberg