[jcfields]

If we're separating the federal district, why not just give the rest of it back to Maryland the same way the area on the other side of the Potomac was given back to Virginia?

[TheCoelacanth]

It's perfect except that neither DC nor Maryland want that.

[SllX]

Which is exactly why we should do it anyway.

[xref]

Both DC and Maryland could vote on that as an alternative to statehood, but remember they were separated 230 years ago so simply forcing a reunion on the populations of both locations seems suboptimal

[dragonwriter]

I think that was floated at one point and MD didn't want it back.

[TheCoelacanth]

Nor does DC want to join MD.

[dragonwriter]

Sure, that’s a political problem with the idea, but MD not wanting DC is a Constitutional problem.