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View Poll Results: Which US City presents their history the best?
Charleston, South Carolina 1 2.00%
San Antonio, Texas 1 2.00%
Boston, Massachusetts 20 40.00%
New York City 2 4.00%
Washington, D.C. 7 14.00%
Savannah, Georgia 4 8.00%
Providence, Rhode Island 0 0%
St. Augustine, Florida 0 0%
New Orleans, Louisiana 5 10.00%
Wilmington, North Carolina 0 0%
St. Louis, Missouri 1 2.00%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5 10.00%
Other 4 8.00%
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-18-2008, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Houston
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houston prides itself on its history. our annual livestock show and rodeo is a very big event here that showcases our western roots.
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Old 07-18-2008, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Chesapeake, VA
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Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown, Virginia. It dont get anymore historic then that. Museums and battlefields all over the place to tour.
Yeah, why were these absent from the choices in the first place?

I swear Hampton Roads (from the Historic Triangle to Norfolk and Virginia Beach) is the most overlooked region of the country...
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Old 07-18-2008, 09:47 PM
 
Location: NJ
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boston was the first that came to my mind, so i went with that...
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Old 07-19-2008, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
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dallas! if you go to dallas heritage village you will see the houses and how it would be like to live in dallas when it was established
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Old 07-19-2008, 12:39 PM
 
Location: New England
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Boston for sure.

Just walk the "freedom trail" and you'll see why.

The Freedom Trail Foundation

Freedom Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 07-21-2008, 04:33 PM
 
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Have most of you been to New Orleans? It's almost as if you're in a time warp.
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Old 07-21-2008, 05:06 PM
 
Location: Houston,TX
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This is really hard, I'd say New Orleans for atmosphere and culture and Boston or Philly for contribution to history because without either of them america would not be where it is today
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