[usurper]

I still think it is stupid to house all of our national agencies headquarters in one small city.

You shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Everybody in DC knows this, but the politicians want to be able to walk over to speak to department heads or summon them on a moments notice.

[Nowhere Man]

I still think it is stupid to house all of our national agencies headquarters in one small city.

Hmmm, that reminds me, when the Whites ruled South Africa, I think they had "three capitals," Capetown, Johannesburg, and Blomfontein (near Pretoria, IIRC) where one was legislative, executive and judicial respectively. I don't know if that is still true in today's South Africa though.

[XenaLee]

In our age of technology and teleconferencing, they should be able to meet with anyone they choose to, without the need of being in the same city.

It makes more sense to divide the branches of government up into different locations, considering the distinct possibility that a nuke attack/explosion will occur in the US some day. It's logical and reasonable. That's why it will be ignored.

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Everybody in DC knows this, but the politicians want to be able to walk over to speak to department heads or summon them on a moments notice.