They go by physical address as the crow flies if outside of the 25 mile you get the cultivation approval. We've already had one city/town close down a dispensary and all that live there are now legal to grow. Just have to figure where you want to live and see what's around before settling in.many grey areas come with that? like if say was 30miles and not 25? I wounder how they would really try to screw ya. I just know not everything as black n White as they make it seem, many grey areas(the unspoken)