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The DC area, in and around Maryland, dominates the US wealthiest districts rankings, I wonder what giving them more power will do...


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The "DC area" that is already in Maryland... will be unaffected. The "DC area" residents who reside in DC proper will have Congressional representation and the freedom to spend their own local tax dollars as they please.

Is there something about wealth that is disqualifying from full participation in American democracy? Do we apply that standard elsewhere? Like any other city, there are both rich and very poor neighborhoods. Something like 1 in 5 DC residents lives in poverty.


They should be both simultaneously the capital and a city of Maryland. That is the simplest solution.

The simplest solution that nobody wants.

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