7 of the 10 wealthiest counties in the country surround Washington DC.
Welcome to New Rome.
Personally, I would vote for the capitol to be moved to Death Valley the first time and then 4 years later to Barrow, Alaska.
He too calls it “New Rome”.
I call it “Nova Roma”, New Rome in latin.
I like that because the areas of Virginia that are the ‘burbs of D.C. are called NoVa (Northern Virginia).