I was born in Racine and I moved for work and to improve my living situation. I live in a place with a city council and mayor, we pay taxes and we actually end up paying more per capita to the feds than any state in the nation. We are occupied by a government that we don’t have a say in. My home’s name is shorthand for the occupier, the federal government or what locals call ‘Washington.’ I live in DC.
I don’t understand how people can be against DC statehood and never tried a half-smoke, heard go-go at a cookout, or tried mumbo sauce on wings. I can’t hold it against them, they probably don’t know much about DC today outside of political news.