I would imagine new York being mostly destroyed and only a small piece of it on the outskirts being and spared from a bomb blast. Mostly because in total war the goal is destroy everything the enemy has to break their spirit by destroying everything and anything and everyone becomes a target whether or not they are military. Everything from state capitals, to big cities, to DC, and known military bases would have been a pile of rubble or large area of nothing.
I'd go more with an place that does have much to begin with because you do more with your imagination.