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At least seven examples have been mentioned so far, but I'm shocked that the most prominent such city, by far, is missing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washin
by scythe 9y ago
At least seven examples have been mentioned so far, but I'm shocked that the most prominent such city, by far, is missing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.#Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.#Foundation
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoDC was not by any stretch of the imagination founded in the wilderness. Alexandria was the 22nd largest city in the country at the time its location was chosen and Georgetown was only a bit smaller. DC contained both.