and like much of southern NE, is hilly and rocky vs the flatter sandy NJ coast. I had cousins who grew up in NH near Hampton Beach about 60 miles north of Boston, and that was a rocky beach. Their house was at the bottom of a hill too (we we would bring our bikes up there during our summer visits and the area was definitely hilly). Not far south was Salisbury Beach, just over the NH border in northeastern MA, and that was flatter and much less rocky.
And yes Philly has a lot of firsts but all the media seems to want to talk about is "Rocky" and cheesesteaks. Since I worked in the area, I remember hearing some tourists, literally a couple blocks from Independence Hall, talking about the Constitution being written and ratified in Boston. 
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And the skyline is definitely different. One Liberty Place Tower broke the "agreement" upon completion in 1987, and towers have gone up hither and yon ever since (with Comcast having the 2 tallest buildings in the city now).
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