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I remember learning in grade school that the founders were aware of the fact that in France, the politics of the Paris proletariat totally dominated french poli
by fallingfrog 4y ago
I remember learning in grade school that the founders were aware of the fact that in France, the politics of the Paris proletariat totally dominated french politics and the king was always afraid of uprisings, so they decided to put the capital in a backwater city to avoid unrest toppling the government.
Now that I’m looking for it, though, I cannot easily find evidence that that is true- I wonder why I was taught that?
- woodruffw 4y agoSounds like you had a teacher with an overactive imagination. That, or mine was hiding The Truth :-) (I can think of a handful of other factors that contribute to the US's weird capital city distribution, like real estate cost and the fact that many capitals were established after the telegram, making colocation in the largest city of each state less necessary.)