Both are great historical towns. While the more central location of Philadelphia and it s Quaker heritage made it more significant in the history of the birth of the US, there is plenty of history in NY too. Washington got beaten badly in New York (but, he did in Gremantown too) and the strategic significance of NY in the Revolutionary war can t be disregarded. Unfortunately, new yorkers just tear stuff down and build new stuff where it was, so much of New York s early history is lost under tons of concrete, whereas metropolitan Philadelphia has lots of historic sites and neighborhoods surviving.
Philadelphia,the Declaration of Independence was signed here and Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States
Philadelphia, New York wasn t well known at all during the days of English colonies...
More historical events of significance to the new nation: Philadelphia.
Definitely Philly. TONS of historic sites - easy to get from one to the other and many are free or nearly free.Check out this site for more info http://www.GoPhila.org/
PHILADELPHIA!
i am going to guess philly.