Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] WDC and Puerto Rico<br/>
Date: Oct 18, 2001 @ 15:28<br/>
Author: Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood &lt;bronto@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-3228933">Okay, I&#39;ll flaunt my ignorance ...<br/>
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Mats Hessman wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; District of Columbia<br/>
&gt; -<br/>
&gt; What was the rationale for making the area<br/>
&gt; diamond shaped, if any? And why is it not<br/>
&gt; a &quot;complete&quot; diamond? Was once Arlington<br/>
&gt; intended to be part of DC?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The Constitution specifies that the federal seat shall be a &quot;district<br/>
(not exceeding ten miles square)&quot;.  The southern part of the square<br/>
reverted to Virginia with the secession, and became Arlington County<br/>
(from which the city of Alexandria was later cut out).<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Puerto Rico<br/>
&gt; -<br/>
&gt; What is the current status of Puerto Rico<br/>
&gt; with regard to the US? Are there reasons to<br/>
&gt; expect any change of status in the forseeable<br/>
&gt; future?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Citizens of Puerto Rico are US citizens, but have no vote in Washington;<br/>
in exchange, PR has tax and regulatory advantages.<br/>
<br/>
Statehood is occasionally proposed, but few on PR seem to want it. <br/>
There is an independence movement among the educated elites; some have<br/>
said that it consists of people who would get jobs as diplomats in such<br/>
a case.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; American flag<br/>
&gt; -<br/>
&gt; I understand that the US flag has undergone<br/>
&gt; changes each time new states have entered the<br/>
&gt; union.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>When Vermont and Kentucky were admitted, the flag went to fifteen stars<br/>
and fifteen stripes.  But it was soon seen that adding stripes would<br/>
soon become impractical, so the stripes were fixed at thirteen.  Was<br/>
there ever a flag of 13 stripes and 15 stars?<br/>
<br/>
I can&#39;t get to &quot;Flags of the World&quot; (a big website with multiple<br/>
mirrors) right now.<br/>
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