>the capital of America is Washington
>Washington isn't placed in the state of Washington but in a distinct District of Columbia
>the state of Washington is placed on the other side of the country
>its capital is called Columbia
olympia
>>51520422
>>51520557
whaat?
it's not Seattle?
>>51521279
Isn't it fucked up?
Columbia is the capital of South Carolina
>>51520422
Who cares about USA anyway.
>>51520422
the only reason dc exists was because at first people wanted the US to be a confederacy with 13 countries like the confederation of the Rhine or holy roman empire.
So in order to appease the southerners who lived in larger states and had to travel more to reach the major cities, they found some shitty swamp town on the border of two states and decided " lets base our government right here."
And people where happy because the Bostonian's and new Yorker's couldn't influence politics unfairly with "it's my city bitch" politics
>>51521667
>that flag
lel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyIqvZSuptk
>>51521702
so that's the reason why every state has some shitty nobody's town as capital instead of a major city?
>>51521818
They should have named it Columbia instead of the United States of America. Then we could be Columbians instead of Unitedstatians.
>>51522201
Nah most of those states had the cities develop after their founding.
>>51521279
>>51521319
>>51521418
>Washington's capital isn't Seattle
I live across the border and I didn't know this until today
what the fuck man
the capital should really be Boston tbqh senpai
>>51522201
only the first 13 on the east coast, the rest probably have something to do with the gold rush. Where people discovered there was gold out west, ass tons of people went on the Oregon trail, they got all the easy to find gold and lost it on poor decisions and just lazed about on comfy farm land until the us civil war
>>51522201
No. That's because major cities in the US often grew after the state capital was already decided. In states which already had a few big cities competing for power, choosing an irrelevant capital was a compromise.
