# District of Columbia becomes a state--- what should it be called?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/district-of-columbia-becomes-a-state-what-should-it-be-called/940553 "2021-04-22T17:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/district-of-columbia-becomes-a-state-what-should-it-be-called/940553/102 "2021-04-25T02:03:45Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> So why not fix that by biasing it the other way a bit?

How is it biasing it “the other way” to replicate more of an existing problem?

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