Why Springfield?
A map shows it “near” Dayton, but....it’s not very large and it’s not that close.....I don’t understand that.
“Why Springfield?”
I think because of its housing prices were below average.
“Why Springfield?”
Another reason is that if a state is 30,000 short of Democratic voters, adding in 30,000 future Democratic voters in a relatively small and isolated city that isn’t to be expected to generate statewide squawking is likely to be electorally best.
Immigration and asylum are now being used to effectively disenfranchise the native born.