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In the US, each of the 50 states is divided into regions called 'counties'.
It is often desireable to find all the counties bordering a given county.
This code finds the bordering counties by finding counties with at least
1 x/y point in common with the 'center' county. To add a "fuzz factor",
I convert the numeric x/y coordinates to character, and only compare out
to a certain number of decimal places.
After finding the adjoining counties, I plot them on a US map, and then
just the counties-of-interest in a close-up map.
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