51 Star Flag (2011)

Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by jcfields on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:10AM (#25773148)

If we're separating the federal district, why not just give the rest of it back to Maryland the same way the area on the other side of the Potomac was given back to Virginia?

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Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by TheCoelacanth on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:50AM (#25776924)

It's perfect except that neither DC nor Maryland want that.

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Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by SllX on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:15AM (#25777249)

Which is exactly why we should do it anyway.

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Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by xref on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:05AM (#25773509)

Both DC and Maryland could vote on that as an alternative to statehood, but remember they were separated 230 years ago so simply forcing a reunion on the populations of both locations seems suboptimal

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Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by dragonwriter on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:19AM (#25773197)

I think that was floated at one point and MD didn't want it back.

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Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by TheCoelacanth on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:50AM (#25776919)

Nor does DC want to join MD.

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Re:51 Star Flag (2011) by dragonwriter on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:21AM (#25777353)

Sure, that’s a political problem with the idea, but MD not wanting DC is a Constitutional problem.

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