Good point. Again, the whole thing feels a bit silly. Not a huge fan of DC but not sure why you'd think moving the capitol would actually change anything about how politics works...
I think this "move the capitol" thing is pushed by people who think "then DC would be accountable to small town America because it would be in small town America!"
Which, LOL, no. That's not how it'd work at all. That small town would lose self rule, be developed into a mid-sized city, become completely divorced from its previous character, and nothing else would change other than building a big ass city in Small Town, IL for no particularly discernible reason.
Which sets aside the fact that Small Town America already has an absurdly disproportionate amount of representation per human inhabitant.
I think this "move the capitol" thing is pushed by people who think "then DC would be accountable to small town America because it would be in small town America!"
Which, LOL, no. That's not how it'd work at all. That small town would lose self rule, be developed into a mid-sized city, become completely divorced from its previous character, and nothing else would change other than building a big ass city in Small Town, IL for no particularly discernible reason.
Which sets aside the fact that Small Town America already has an absurdly disproportionate amount of representation per human inhabitant.