Trump vs. the Bureaucracy: Stopping D.C.’s Cancer Before It Spreads, by Joseph Ford Cotto

The similarities between Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, are anything but superficial. They are structural, cultural, and deeply consequential. What emerges from an honest look at both cities is a stark warning for America.

Start with proximity.

Harrisburg sits roughly 120 miles from the nation’s capital, but it is connected by major corridors such as Interstate 83 that place it firmly within the broader orbit of Washington. Their proximity is not merely geographic. It is cultural. Southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland already function as bedroom communities for federal workers seeking a lower cost of living while remaining tied to Washington’s economic ecosystem. …

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