Virginia got its part of DC (Arlington and Alexandria) back already.

Post #436,943 by Another Scott 11/2/20 5:14:29 PM 11/2/20 5:14:29 PM Reply	Virginia got its part of DC (Arlington and Alexandria) back already. Maryland doesn't want DC back (it would mess up the balance of power in the state). There is no reason why the federal district cannot shrink (it did before) and the rest of the remainder could become a state. Without a Constitutional Amendment. https://dcist.com/story/19/09/18/the-past-present-and-potential-future-of-d-c-statehood-explained/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #436,947 by boxley 11/2/20 9:57:08 PM 11/2/20 9:57:08 PM Reply	no reason why the federal district cannot shrink (it did before) and the rest of the remainder could become a state. What would they use for tax base? Have not been there for a number of years but other than the federal district it looked pretty run down. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #436,951 by Another Scott 11/2/20 11:58:35 PM 11/2/20 11:58:35 PM Reply	DC's pretty much a boomtown now. They've got their finances in order and found ways to get people to come back to DC to live. They're finally working on developing Anacostia, also too. 720,000 people don't live in the federal buildings. ;-) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-set-vote-dc-statehood-create-washington-douglass/story?id=71461781 The boundaries of the proposed new state would encompass the district’s residential and business areas, but would exclude the federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Supreme Court Building and the federal executive, legislative and judicial office buildings that are near the National Mall and the Capitol. Those excluded areas would then serve as the District of Columbia and would remain under federal oversight. HTH. Cheers, Scott.
Post #436,957 by drook 11/3/20 9:54:16 AM 11/3/20 9:54:16 AM Reply	Already more people than Vermont and Wyoming, and closing on Alaska fast -- Drew
Post #436,961 by malraux 11/3/20 10:44:16 AM 11/3/20 10:44:16 AM Reply	There's the whole financial district in DC Lots and lots of highly-paid businesses there. CPA firms, lobbyists, all manner of things that aren't federal. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #439,137 by CRConrad 5/19/21 5:26:12 AM 5/19/21 5:26:12 AM Reply	Was that his third or fourth shifting of the goalposts in this thread? What would they use for tax base? WTF does that have to do with anything? But OK, if it does, you will of course have to rescind the statehood of all those States that live on Federal hand-outs (the fucking welfare queens)? That would also help fix the Rethuglican stranglehold on the US Senate. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #439,144 by crazy 5/19/21 1:00:16 PM 5/19/21 1:00:16 PM Reply	You're like my first wife No argument is too old or too obscure to not resurrect. Keep going, fun to watch.
Post #439,147 by boxley 5/19/21 3:00:32 PM 5/19/21 3:00:32 PM Reply	:-) "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman

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