Bordertown
Community straddling boundaries
A bordertown is a town situated near or at the boundary between two countries or regions, often characterized by cultural mixing, cross-border commerce, and the tensions or opportunities that arise from proximity to another jurisdiction: The bordertown had restaurants serving food from both sides.
Such places frequently appear in westerns and crime fiction as lawless frontier settings.
Edge of settlement
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- checkpointInspection station on route
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
demarcation · outpost · gateway · threshold · no-man's-land · divide · edge · periphery
Industrial production facility
- tradeExchange of commodities
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
duty-free · labor · export · import · manufacturing · employment · wage gap · remittances
One who resettles abroad
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- coyoteWild North American canid
detention · deportation · undocumented · visa · papers · passage · journey · diaspora
Thing of mixed parentage
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- fusionJoining into unity
blended · bicultural · identity · belonging · neither-nor · in-between · dual · mixed
frontier
Edge of settlement
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- checkpointInspection station on route
customs · demarcation · outpost · gateway · threshold · no-man's-land · divide · edge · periphery · limit
factory
Industrial production facility
contraband · duty-free · labor · export · import · manufacturing · employment · wage gap · remittances · currency exchange
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
coyote · detention · deportation · undocumented · visa · papers · passage · journey · diaspora · separation
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
fusion · blended · bicultural · identity · belonging · neither-nor · in-between · dual · mixed · Spanglish
crime
Punishable illegal act
gritty · violence · corruption · drugs · thriller · mystery · detective · fugitive · seedy · underworld
dusty
Coated with fine particles
desolate · makeshift · shanty · transient · hardscrabble · rugged · desert · arid · ramshackle · roadside
- Adult CartoonsSouth Park, Family Guy, Rick and Morty, Futurama, Bob's Burgers
- Nordic noirNordic noir, Scandi noir, Beck, The Snowman, Occupied
- Seth MacFarlaneFamily Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, Ted, Peter Griffin
- South AustraliaAdelaide, Clare, Riverland, Maitland, Brighton
- Nordic TVOccupied, Ragnarok, Norsemen, Nobel, Beck
- Fantasy AnthologiesRogues
Bordertowncapital city
Primary governmental center
capital · national capital · seat of government · power center · political center
border, town, borders, bordered, bordering, borderless, borderline, towns, township