04-22-2021, 09:22 PM
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=sekker]
[quote=Acer]
D.C. as a politics-free unit was an interesting idea for the time. But turns out it sucks.
Was supposed to be 3 blocks, not an entire city.
Cite?
The federal district was created as a 10-mile square parcel taken from sections of Maryland and Virginia. Virginia requested retrocession of Alexandria, the area west of the Potomac River, when it became clear that enslavement might be outlawed in the capital city.
The Residence Act set aside a very small original area, basically what is the current Mall.
https://www.ncpc.gov/about/history/
There were many stages of growth, but the umbrella that meant such growth was for people without representation is a historical artifact, not intentional.