Rapaire, good one!

My friends and I were talking about this the other day.

Washington D.C., Capitol of our great nation!
You'd think it would be a shining star, a representation of what every city in the world could be like under a competent democracy. The envy of the world!

Not!
It has the worst roads, the worst schools and some of the worst slums in the whole of the US and it's all encompassed in a 10 sq. mile area. The people living there are also a throwback to the colonial days in that they pay taxes but are not truly represented in the Gov't. They have representatives but they can't vote on anything!