COPPERHILL, Tenn. (AP) -- If Georgia officials who want to push the border with Tennessee northward succeed, it would put Copperhill, Tenn., in Georgia's dry Fannin County.
Not only would drought-stricken Atlanta's attempt to lay claim
to the Tennessee River stop beer sales in Copperhill, it would also
economically hurt McCaysville, Ga.
Neighboring Copperhill and McCaysville share a popular stop on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad, largely because of the unusual state boundary marked in blue stripes right across their downtowns.
Even 14-year-old Tennessean Michelle Martinez, asked about the prospect of a suddenly living in Georgia, frowned and said: "If I wanted to live in Georgia, I'd move down there."

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