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Nice. LA is one of the oldest cities in the US. Alot of Spanish history. Not alot of history of the Anglo-Saxon variation, which is why most of C-D discounts it, as only Anglo history counts on C-D.
Well Boston, New York, and Philly are nearly 100 years older, and they were larger cities for longer.
Its a toss up btw Boston and New Orleans, but I voted New Orleans due to the non-anglo colonial/cultural legacy and the somewhat unique built environment.
Its a toss up btw Boston and New Orleans, but I voted New Orleans due to the non-anglo colonial/cultural legacy and the somewhat unique built environment.
No Philadelphia? Huh... read up on your American history boy... I mean, the country was only founded here.
He said "Nearly 100 years older". LA was settled in 1776 by the Spaniards, at which point, Philadelphia and New York had been settled 140 years prior by the Dutch, and Boston settled 140 years prior by the English.
This country didn't really become a global player until after the civil war (the US wasn't larger than Italy or Great Britain until 1860, France until 1870, and Germany until 1880)
In other words, although many of our cities are quite old, they didn't really resemble the significant world-leading cities we know today until the victorian and later eras. The US became "America" starting in the 1870s, 80s, 90s and 1900s--and so a great deal of our significant history is quite recent.
The century between 1870 and 1970 was as (if not more) significant to our national history as that from 1770 to 1870.
No Philadelphia? Huh... read up on your American history boy... I mean, the country was only founded here.
When I think of Philly I think more of ...say....Rocky...than I do history.
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