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bigjaydub t1_jbyn8op wrote

Reply to comment by iamthemosin in [OC] Bank Failures by US State since 2000 by pm_me_jupiter_photos

The story I’ve heard is that back in the olden days, they wanted the court house to be a day’s ride away from wherever you lived. Thus many smaller counties and court houses.

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GoblinCaptain t1_jbz8z1q wrote

I'd believe it, my county courthouse is a little more than 15 minutes away from me and around 30 from the furthest point in the county, not terrible honestly. Used to work in the jail that was connected to it so it was nice leaving only about 30 mins before my shift started

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Mehhish t1_jbzhccs wrote

TIL the largest Hindu Temple in the US, is in Georgia, and honestly, it looks pretty cool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAPS_Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir_Atlanta

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bigjaydub t1_jbziqxd wrote

Haven’t been, but would love to go myself.

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Lemon_bird t1_jc0bgcd wrote

wow that’s beautiful. I’m learning way more fun facts here than usual

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vapidusername t1_jc0b17k wrote

That’s part of it. The other part, like a lot of things in Georgia, is politics.

https://cviog.uga.edu/news/061319-counties.html

From the article, “Until 1962, Georgia used the County Unit System to choose many elected officials. The system gave more political muscle to urban counties, so it benefited rural Georgia to create more counties and therefore more muscle.

“Another rural county, that’s two more rural votes there, off-set those interests in Atlanta,” Charles Bullock, Political Science Professor at the University of Georgia explained.

In 1945, the Georgia Constitution capped the number of counties at 159.”

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