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Originally Posted by Akhenaton06
That's extremely debatable. Frankly, I find it a bit hard to pick one over the other in this regard. Some might give the leg up to MA because of Boston and its status as one of the larger cities early in our nation's history, but that does little to discount VA's historical importance.
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I agree. The only area where I think MA wins the "history" debate handily is that MA's biggest historic sites are so much closer together than VA's. In Boston, you can literally walk to dozens of them along the Freedom Trail (and there are plenty that aren't right along that red stripe). Beyond that, Salem is a short train ride from downtown Boston as is Plymouth. Lexington and Concord are just outside the city too. Secondary (arguably) historic sites like New Bedford (Whaling, Moby Dick, Fredrick Douglas, Underground Railroad, etc), Sturbridge (Old Sturbridge Village), Walden's Pond (Thoreau) and more are all fairly close by too.
However, to say MA wins the history debate handily is to ignore Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, Old Town Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and much much more. I don't think they're that far off in the history department. MA's sites are just much more compact.
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