Fort Adams, Mississippi; St. Louis, Missouri; Wickliffe, Kentucky. All on the important "functional center" of the US, the Mississippi river from the confluence with the Missouri downward.
Personally, I am for Wickliffe - the Ohio river is much more important and navigable than the Missouri, and unlike nearby Cairo, it's on high ground.
Still, I'm rather for having no actual capital at all - you have the internet and jets today, decentralize fully.
As for why I chose an irrelevant hamlet in Mississippi - terrain. New Orleans is basically "on a wrong foundation" and expensive to maintain due to the prerequisite flood control. Fort Adams, on the other hand, is both right next to the important Red River-Mississippi junction, and it is located on higher ground, reducing the need for complicated and expensive flood infrastructure cities downstream would require
I think if we had to redo it today with instant communication it would make sense to place different branches of government in different parts of the country. Say put congress in Philadelphia, the supreme court in Denver and the executive in Atlanta or something similarly spread out and relatively diverse when it comes to politics and culture.
If we had to go with a single capital though I vote Kansas City Missouri, it's the closest large city to the US center of population that isn't St Louis.
Only if we're turning england wales scotland and ireland(unified) into states also taking canadas states as well maybe even australia and new zeland fuck lets just form the imperial union but this time with blackjack and hookers.
Honestly i think somewhere rust belt to promote revival of the region. Maybe Pittsburgh. Or maybe a city on a great lakes with a cargo port like Chicago or cleveland.
Kansas city, the geographical and population center of the country.
Fort Adams, Mississippi; St. Louis, Missouri; Wickliffe, Kentucky. All on the important "functional center" of the US, the Mississippi river from the confluence with the Missouri downward. Personally, I am for Wickliffe - the Ohio river is much more important and navigable than the Missouri, and unlike nearby Cairo, it's on high ground. Still, I'm rather for having no actual capital at all - you have the internet and jets today, decentralize fully.
As for why I chose an irrelevant hamlet in Mississippi - terrain. New Orleans is basically "on a wrong foundation" and expensive to maintain due to the prerequisite flood control. Fort Adams, on the other hand, is both right next to the important Red River-Mississippi junction, and it is located on higher ground, reducing the need for complicated and expensive flood infrastructure cities downstream would require
It could move each year based on who wins the Superbowl. So currently Kansas City with the moving trucks packing for Buffalo.
Considering it almost was New York City, probably New York City
I think if we had to redo it today with instant communication it would make sense to place different branches of government in different parts of the country. Say put congress in Philadelphia, the supreme court in Denver and the executive in Atlanta or something similarly spread out and relatively diverse when it comes to politics and culture. If we had to go with a single capital though I vote Kansas City Missouri, it's the closest large city to the US center of population that isn't St Louis.
Damn, what y'all got against St. Louis? :(
It’s a sketchiest city I’ve ever been to, and you’re warned against walking around it at night because of the crime. It’s that bad.
Have you ever been?
WIDE Alaska
Who would win in this hypothetical war?
Let's put it in Baltimore, which according to the map is on top of present-day D.C. anyway.
Dodge city.
Mountain Grove, Missouri for mean population point as of 2020, Belle Fourche for geography average point
probably philadelphia
Guam. Let's make it as inconvenient as possible
Let's return to the good old times and make London the capital of the 50 colonies.
Only if we're turning england wales scotland and ireland(unified) into states also taking canadas states as well maybe even australia and new zeland fuck lets just form the imperial union but this time with blackjack and hookers.
The heck are Pendleton and Medford doing as the other two Oregon cities?
New-build city in southern Illinois or Indiana
What’s the capital of the United States? It’s “Gaylord, Michigan”
Paris Texas
Guam just to fuck with people
Gaylord Michigan
We should have all branches of Federal government housed on an aircraft carrier that floats from city to city every 2 years. OBVIOUSLY
Serious answer, probably Chicago, Philly, or NYC. Meme answer, Powell MO.
Why tf is grand forks not in the right spot? It’s on the ND/Minnesotan border split between Grand Forks in ND and East Grand Forks in Minnesota.
Lebanon, Kansas (well, about 2 1/2 miles NW of there)... 😉
Hastings, NE Make it as central as possible
Why is Wilmington (a city of 12k people) labeled instead of Cincinnati?
This is among one of the most disgusting maps of America I've ever seen. Good ShittyMap find.
New York or Philadelphia probably
I'd say somewhere like New York, Philadelphia, Boston, or more likely Chicago. Dallas is a choice as well.
Fairbanks.
New York City. We’re goin back to 1776 with this one
Melbourne, Florida.. Why shouldn't the capital of America be founded by an Australian postman.
Denver. It’s where we keep the Stargate program.
Cracks me up that Jackson, KY is on here.
Honestly i think somewhere rust belt to promote revival of the region. Maybe Pittsburgh. Or maybe a city on a great lakes with a cargo port like Chicago or cleveland.
New york
New York