Originally Posted by
Newdetroit
I was listening to the radio in Washington DC two days ago on this very topic..States which have capitals in its large cities and those that have them out further away. The researcher stated that the reason for putting the state capitals away from big business was to minimize corruption. However, it turns out that states with capitals in smaller towns have more corruption than those states where the capital is in the major city. For instance, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California are the most corrupt state governments while Utah, Mass, Georgia, have the lowest amount of corruption....All that being said, I actually wish that Michigan's Capital was St. Ignace - Mackinaw City. It would have been cool to have the capital on each side of the peninsulas. Kind of symbolic and it would certainly have been more pleasant that Lansing. Oh well.