I know this seems a little strange and it's meant to be small question. What if america went the south Africa route and had more than one capital? Let's say three. Where would said capitals be located and what would be the overall impetus?
So basically imagine having the White house in say Boston, Congress in say Philadelphia, and finally but not least say The Supreme Court in Richmond.
Personal Opinion: The most logical reasoning behind this might be a desire to balance and represent the various major regions of the early USA. At around the time of independence there was arguably 3 major regions of sorts if you will these being, the Northern colonies(New England) The Middle Colonies(New York and down) and finally the South(Virginia down). Having 3 different capitals with a different branch located in each would atleast in my eyes make a lot of sense in representing these regions fairly in a sense. Kinda sorta like the impetus behind DC being that it was in the rough geographic/population center of the USA. The question at this point though becomes who gets what? I'm guessing Congress goes to the middle colonies being that everyone is supposed to meet there and meeting in the middle just makes things easier for everyone. So Philadelphia probably gets the spot. I'm guessing the executive would be placed in the south reasoning being that many considered Georgia Washington the logical first president and well he's from Virginia and by extension the south so it makes sense to place the capital close to where the big man lives. The site at DC might still be chosen in this world if not Richmond makes sense. So that leaves the Judiciary all the way in the north. The aforementioned Boston makes sense in that regard being the center of revolution and in a sense by extension justice.
Just some thoughts what are yours?
So basically imagine having the White house in say Boston, Congress in say Philadelphia, and finally but not least say The Supreme Court in Richmond.
Personal Opinion: The most logical reasoning behind this might be a desire to balance and represent the various major regions of the early USA. At around the time of independence there was arguably 3 major regions of sorts if you will these being, the Northern colonies(New England) The Middle Colonies(New York and down) and finally the South(Virginia down). Having 3 different capitals with a different branch located in each would atleast in my eyes make a lot of sense in representing these regions fairly in a sense. Kinda sorta like the impetus behind DC being that it was in the rough geographic/population center of the USA. The question at this point though becomes who gets what? I'm guessing Congress goes to the middle colonies being that everyone is supposed to meet there and meeting in the middle just makes things easier for everyone. So Philadelphia probably gets the spot. I'm guessing the executive would be placed in the south reasoning being that many considered Georgia Washington the logical first president and well he's from Virginia and by extension the south so it makes sense to place the capital close to where the big man lives. The site at DC might still be chosen in this world if not Richmond makes sense. So that leaves the Judiciary all the way in the north. The aforementioned Boston makes sense in that regard being the center of revolution and in a sense by extension justice.
Just some thoughts what are yours?