I understand why we don’t want to create a new state, especially there, but it does seem crazy that you can have hundreds of thousands of Americans without any representation or recourse. It would drive me bananas.
My understanding is that Washington DC wasn’t even supposed to be a city, per se. It was supposed to be a pretty small area, with just the White House, Congress, and whatnot that was visited a few times a year by the politicians.
I’ve heard it suggested that the city part should just get dumped into Maryland so they have representation.