DC isn’t supposed to be a real place people actually live; it’s supposed to be the neutral seat of government only. DC residents don’t have their own Congressional rep because (the theory was) every Congressperson represents them, since they all live there a large part of the year. Giving them their own dedicated rep would be unfair in their favor.
Maybe. I think Virginia gave also part of it and I wouldn’t split the city in half. The people should maybe get to vote on it. Although I do not see the issue in making them a state, as there are states with a much smaller population
DC isn’t supposed to be a real place people actually live; it’s supposed to be the neutral seat of government only. DC residents don’t have their own Congressional rep because (the theory was) every Congressperson represents them, since they all live there a large part of the year. Giving them their own dedicated rep would be unfair in their favor.
But DC has become its own city, not only government center. People live there, and they shouldn’t have to move to be represented properly
Frankly, maybe they should carve the Federal district down to just the immediate area around the Federal buildings and give the rest back to Maryland.
Maybe. I think Virginia gave also part of it and I wouldn’t split the city in half. The people should maybe get to vote on it. Although I do not see the issue in making them a state, as there are states with a much smaller population
That already happened, back in 1847.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession