DC has a real history; real people live here. So why don't we count as real Americans? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
"The amoral “Washington” of Frank Underwood, the glamorous “Washington” of Hollywood movies, the evil “Washington” of the libertarian imagination—that’s just as fictional to most D.C. residents as it is to the rest of America."
Not only are we both more ordinary and more talented than you think we are; we are also far more numerous. Our state, while small, would have a population larger than that of Wyoming or Vermont. If trends continue, we could soon catch up to Alaska...
...and we are not too far behind North and South Dakota. Even Delaware, the state that produced the current president—a state whose legitimacy no one questions—has only 270,000 more voters than Washington, D.C.
And no, we should not be part of Maryland or Virginia. We have a separate and distinct history and different politics. Might as well say "why not unite Virginia and West Virginia" - same thing
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