How do counties vary across the country?

Some counties have been merged meaning you have a city with a municipality and a county that acts as an extension of the state that characteristics of both which called consolidated city counties.  Then you have the county equivalents where there are no counties but there are city type governments that exist  or independent cities with no counties while some are outside the jurisdiction of counties.

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it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.