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View Poll Results: Washington is rubble, what is the new U.S. capital?
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New York
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26.87% |
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Los Angeles
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Chicago
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Atlanta
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Miami
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Denver
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San Francisco
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Boston
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7.46% |
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Houston
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Who gives a sh*t, pass the bananas
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March 25, 2002, 01:01
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Actually, after the Brits burned Washington, there were plans made to move tha capital permanently to Southern, IL. There's a tiny little town on the Ohio River, America, IL, that was supposed to be the new US capital. Obviously, it never happened.
After the revolution, the capital will be moved to Detroit or Chicago. ;-)
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Huh? I thought Canada did that. but tho Canada didnt exist; the Royal army that burned the 1st WH was made up of Canadians i thought.
Stupid.....I cant remember any history from the school days. 
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March 25, 2002, 01:05
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There was no Washington, DC before we built it as our capitol. It was done that way so that no state or city could claim pre-eminence over the others.
If Washington could not be rebuilt in any reasonable amount of time, another block of land would probably be donated from several states and the new capitol built there. Following the logic of the original location, the land would have to be more-or-less unoccupied, and centrally located. I'm thinking somewhere bordering Kansas.
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March 25, 2002, 01:13
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TMM: Good point. You would have to have a lot of pre-existing transportation infrastructure, though, nowadays. So that's why I chose St. Louis.
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March 25, 2002, 01:28
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I nearly put in 'the Kansas City area', myself. My parents live there now--lots of nice, big highways and rail links without a hell of a lot moving on them (the highways, don't know about the links). Airport's small, but could be expanded. Lots of open land for development.
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March 25, 2002, 01:32
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Imagine if you were some dirt poor farmer, glad you didn't live in Washington...........
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March 25, 2002, 03:50
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Moscow? Baghdad? Peking?
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March 25, 2002, 04:00
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Nah, they'd never work as an American capitol.
Well, maybe...nah.
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March 25, 2002, 04:12
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where the hell is philadelphia on the list!! 
it used to be the capitol after all.
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March 25, 2002, 04:17
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but my real answer is Las Vegas.
It's where those sinful politicians belong. at least when they get blowjobs under the table, it will be legal ane expected.
We are surrounded by mountains making it defendable by land. We have an AFB for air force one.
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March 25, 2002, 04:26
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Tampere. 
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March 25, 2002, 04:33
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Kass,
You mean Tammerfors? 
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March 25, 2002, 05:32
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The US will just become states of Australia so the capital will be Canberra. 
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March 25, 2002, 05:55
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The new capital will be Grand Island, Nebraska.
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March 25, 2002, 06:27
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Originally posted by Adalbertus
Kass,
You mean Tammerfors?
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Yes, and I support him!
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March 25, 2002, 06:59
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The new US capital should be Mianus. http://www.worstwebsites.com/00f.htm
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March 25, 2002, 09:47
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It should be Chicago.
After all, Chicago is already filled with crooks. 
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March 25, 2002, 10:47
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March 25, 2002, 10:52
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Originally posted by Adalbertus
Kass,
You mean Tammerfors?
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No, Tampere.
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March 25, 2002, 12:48
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New York most likely.
We already have a bullseye painted on us, no reason not to add more.
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March 25, 2002, 12:51
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March 25, 2002, 13:06
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I like the idea of the US capital in Las Vegas....the Capitol would be in the MGM Grand pyramid, the WH in the Sands, Lincoln momument next to the giant cowboy....Would sure make visiting more interesting, + congressional whoring would be legal!
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March 25, 2002, 17:57
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I'd say Chicago, but realistically Denver has the most federal buildings besides Washington, so it would probably move there.
If you're living in the US, check out this list to see if your state has a chance of scraping by.
Nuclear Blast Mapper is a cool little page where you can see what your chances are like if a bomb was to drop a few suburbs away from you. Fun for the whole family!
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March 25, 2002, 18:22
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March 25, 2002, 19:10
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Definately Detroit.
Guns for everyone!
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March 25, 2002, 19:49
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
It should be Chicago.
After all, Chicago is already filled with crooks.
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doesn't ming live in chicago? 
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March 25, 2002, 20:02
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I would vote for Philly for the historical reasons, or maybe Boston or Annapolis.
The problem with this hypothetical is that all of these cities would have been bombed anyway. My guess is that it would end up being something like Fairbanks, Alaska, Des Moines, or something with little strategic importance that nobody would need to bomb anyway. It also neglects the fact that it would be a long time before having a true capital would be possible. Our shadow government is almost definitely located somewhere in the Appalachians outside of Washington, and they'd stay there if needed.
Dan S: where do you live in DC? I'm in Foggy Bottom
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March 26, 2002, 01:23
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How could you forget philly?
though the fallout of an hydrogen bomb would def have gone far enough to make philly uninhabitable...
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March 30, 2002, 16:34
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Tampere.
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You might be interested to learn that the future US capital even gets coverage in one of those crazy outlandish German-speaking media, such as the newspaper from Cologne.
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March 30, 2002, 18:28
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Cheyenne mountain. Duh
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March 30, 2002, 18:36
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You might be interested to learn that the future US capital even gets coverage in one of those crazy outlandish German-speaking media.
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That's nice - though the Internet-Sauna fad was quickly renounced here, as it was against good old Sauna tradition, and moreover, it wouldn't be too good PR to negotiate naked with someone who is not in a Sauna.
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