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That's not why DC became the capital. Actually, Washington wanted Alexandria VA to be included in the capital boundaries but when Congress found out he had a home and family in the area, they created a provision that said no part of the capital could be located on the other side of the river, it had to all be on the Maryland side... so quite the opposite of "it's in his region."
Md, Va, VA, MD. They both share the Chesapeake bay and the Potomac river, plus Alexandria and Arlington used to be part of DC but Virginia decided to take the two areas back in the 1840s.
Many people are saying that NYC has all the power and influence, yes on the surface, but not even NYC is above the law so don't forget. Every so often, the feds in DC have to bring one or two big whigs in NYC back down to earth, when they break the law, to keep things in perspective.
Sorry for being semantic, but NYC does not run this country; Washington does. I doubt if NYC is involved with every single bureaucracy within the federal government.
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Lol pardon me I was just watching the State of the Union last night noticing how 100 billionaires in NY couldn't dream of coming close to the power that was in the Capitol building during that speech. They were probably listening to the speech hoping and praying to hear the government will consider more tax breaks for them etc.
I am going to change my original answer on this. The business class is too decentralized to be considered NYC centric. The Koch brothers are based down south as one example, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Houston's oil etc are all regional business powerhouses. For pure power, DC is number one as it's the HQ of representational politics in this country. Big business as a whole is more powerful than DC (because DC is currently in its pocket), but it's wrong to think of Wall Street as the de facto representative of Big Business.
Actually, Koch Industries is headquartered in Wichita - not the South. The brothers live in Manhattan, though.
Really...learn something new everyday...thought they were in the south because of Georgia Pacific...and I see they live in Manhattan...NYC comes close, really close...but DC's power advantage is built in...if NYC were the HQ of Big Business in the same way DC is the HQ of politics I would actually give NYC the edge but I don't think you can really make that claim for NYC
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. Must feel lonely having that opinion, huh?
That's not why DC became the capital. Actually, Washington wanted Alexandria VA to be included in the capital boundaries but when Congress found out he had a home and family in the area, they created a provision that said no part of the capital could be located on the other side of the river, it had to all be on the Maryland side... so quite the opposite of "it's in his region."
