At the North Carolina-Virginia border, a family makes its home in both states - https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_738da14c-7322-11e8-... (I'd recommend using reader mode if your browser supports it)

(This is a good one) What if your home was in two different states? Changes to the North, South Carolina border leave residents frustrated - https://abc11.com/north-carolina-nc-south-sc/1896481/

> James Tanner, the Gaston County tax director, said the state will have to refer to old laws regarding residency for houses the border now divides.

> "What is going to be that main decision is they go back to the old voter guidelines or rules," Tanner said. "And that's where the head of household lays down to sleep. So basically where the master bedroom is located in that property, whichever side that's on is going be dependent on where the residence is."

> The border legislation passed in both states said that residents who moved from North Carolina to South Carolina will remain eligible for North Carolina in-state tuition for 10 years after the change, provided that they remain on the same property that was formerly in North Carolina. Residents whose homes moved from South Carolina to North Carolina are eligible for South Carolina in-state tuition for two years after the change.

> ...

> Dee and Glenn Martin, age 88 and 90, live just a few houses away from the Ingold family, and their property was moved entirely from South Carolina to North Carolina. Glenn has a number of significant health issues, including pulmonary fibrosis. He spends most days at home, seated in his favorite armchair and attached to a tank of oxygen while Dee serves as his primary caretaker.

> Under South Carolina's healthcare provisions, he was allowed at-home visits from a primary care physician. Although the Martins have found a North Carolina doctor to serve as Glenn's primary care physician, they remain unsure what kind of access they will have to at-home care.

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Apparently, these are known as Line houses... and there's a Wikipedia article on them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_house

Some Straight Dope from 2013 https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-spanning-two-stat...

(on the different states and their quarantine requirements in 2020) https://www.heraldnews.com/story/special/special-sections/20...

> People like Kemp need to take some time to describe precisely where they live. He walks in his front door in Rhode Island, but his kitchen is in Connecticut. He votes in Rhode Island, which is also where his car is registered, but he sleeps in Connecticut.

> Of course, he pays taxes to both towns.

> ...

> Several people approached for this story living on the border said they’d rather not be quoted in an article about how they were following the requirements because, generally speaking, they were not.

> ...

> Even before COVID, there were complications on state borders. What school do your kids go to? What cable service do you get? To whom do you pay taxes, and in what amount? Who plows your road? When you need to get your property fixed, do you need a contractor licensed in both states?

> For Father D. Timothy O’Mara, pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Blackstone, Massachusetts, and also North Smithfield, Rhode Island, there are also advantages: Because the border between Massachusetts and Rhode Island cuts right through church property, he can offer weddings in either state.

> “We definitely straddle the line,” O’Mara said.

> He’s never had to do that, but according to church folklore, it’s happened before. A couple arrived on their wedding day with a marriage license issued in Rhode Island. But the church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester. The astute priest took them to the back of the church, the part of it that is in Rhode Island, where they did the civil part of the ceremony, before heading back to Massachusetts for the ceremony and nuptial Mass.

> “Thus was the legality of the marriage ensured,” the church’s official history proclaims.