Washington, D.C.
D.C.—home of our hallowed government, the place where our legislators spend their days doing…uh, I’m not sure what. It’s also the natural habitat of the FBI and the rest of our surveillance state, which rule over us via a combo of limitless resources, creepy tech, and a vague constitutional basis.
Comparitech lists our nation’s capital as yet another of the most surveilled places on the planet. No surprise there. If you stroll around D.C., you’ll probably be on camera (the city has about 11,441 cameras, which means about 16 cameras per 1,000 people, given the overall population of 705,749). The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department also keep a pretty vigilant watch on everybody from political protesters to homeless people and, additionally, there might be spy planes watching you. All sorts of wonderful possibilities.
