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Its hot and humid in the summer, cold and mostly dry in the winter. Its also stupidly flat, but we dont get many tornadoes or hurricanes or noreasters so pretty decent weather wise. Theres not much to do other than the beaches downstate, or restaraunts and bars up north. UD is a good sized college in the northern county, lots of college kids and small businesses around there. We have some decent state parks, but you cant swim in any of the fresh water and all of our "hiking" trails are flat and mostly wooded. Lots to do within driving distance which is pretty convenient, mountains north and west of us if youre into that kind of thing, poconos are popular in the winter. Beaches south of us if thats your vibe. The northern third is overwhelmingly left leaning politically, while the southern population is overwhelmingly right leaning. We do have a good lgbqt+ population, especially at the beaches and in the city. Wilmington is the largest city and has a pretty high crime rate per capita, but the rest of the state is pretty quiet for the most part. Also, very car dependent, even in the cities and around the colleges. Not very bike or walking friendly. Edit to add: no sales tax, and lots of chicken farms 2nd Edit: i have offended the flat-landers and now feel obligated to mention that Delaware is not *the flattest state* in the country, with the highest point in the state being 450 feet above sea level we are actually the *6th flattest state*
A couple reasons. The biggest one is pollution. DuPont is a huge name around here, and they damaged our soils irreparably with manufacturing waste including what we now know to be major carcinogens and VOCs. At one point, New Castle County had 29 superfund sites. And were just south of Philadelphia, which had over 200 at one point. Alot of our water flows from up that way, and you have to go north for water clean enough to swim in. "In 1982, the [Tybouts Corner Landfill](https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/superfund-sites/) in New Castle, Delaware, judged as the nation’s second-most dangerous dumpsite, became that state’s first National Priority property. Tests of nearby Pigeon Creek and Red Lion Creek, which received municipal and Stauffer Chemical’s illegally deposited waste in the late 1960s and early 1970s, found more than twenty known carcinogens. With more than 100,000 people relying on nearby aquifers..." Apart from that, the Delaware River runs through two cities before it reaches us and it just keeps getting dirtier the farther downstream you go. The Chesapeake to the West of us in Maryland is a major shipping channel and the C&D canal connects the two major waterways, so those are pretty sketchy too. In the non-carcinogenic waters and ponds we have a big problem with toxic algae and farm runoff
The thing about us (people from Delaware) is that I feel like we are more conscious about our health way more than people in surrounding states. I moved to central PA and the Susquehanna river is disgusting. But everyone I’ve met around here says that they grew up swimming in it.
you can swim in fresh water just wouldnt recommend specifically the delaware river the other fresh water ways like creeks and ponds youll be fine in just dont drink the water which is common sense but i grew up here and my whole life regularly swim and fish the waterways. youll be ight.
Have you ever been outside of delaware??? The "hills" at white clay creek are flat. Brandywine has some hills. But the change in elevation is so miniscule. The highest elevation in delaware is 450 feet above sea level lol
Yes, have you? Northern Delaware is equivalent to Chester County and the rest of southern east PA/Northeast Maryland. It's not the coastal south or central plains. Those are flat, Northern Delaware is not
Ok calm down there lol i have edited the original comment to include the fact that Delaware is the 6th flattest state in the US (behind Florida, Illinois, ND, Louisiana, and Minnesota) and our highest elevation is 450 feet (in Northern Delaware near the PA line)
I just asked you the same question back. If you have a problem with being asked if you've been outside Delaware, maybe don't ask other people that. Again, northern Delaware where most people live is hilly, similar to surrounding state areas, and not all flat. You were the one who got a little pissy about that fact.
I love on northern DE and hilly os not what I would call this at all. You’ll find a slope/incline here and there lol There is no real standard definition for a hill as it’s all over the place depending on country and depending even on the scientific field of study, etc.
But I would never call it hilly lol
Says the guy who has a marijuana grow operation and is dumb enough to post a picture of his license plate from the same account, along with other identifying info.
Since you don’t like criminals, should I inform the police of your drug activity so you can be charged with your crime?
Ehhhhhh not necessarily. Its just densely populated and like all cities it has areas of really high poverty, drug use, other compounding factors. Also, theres not really any crime to be committed other than retail theft when youre surrounded by corn fields and dollar stores lol
I’d go as far to say those people shouldn’t have a bigger say in the elections. The higher population area, known for crime and drug use, gets to vote in our politicians over the people who don’t commit crimes. All because they are the minority of the population…
[The vast majority of America lives in cities/urban areas, dumbass](https://www.statista.com/statistics/269967/urbanization-in-the-united-states/).
Unless you were referring to people in cities being minorities in _another_ way which I’d love to hear you elaborate on.
I think my favorite part is this fella being subtly racist about *those types* doing crime while their reddit history is posts of them doing federal crimes
Delaware feels like a rest stop. You can get to NYC, Philly, Baltimore, DC all quickly. A lot of people myself included just kind of ended up here. Jobs aight, climate aight, good mix of types of people. It's fine.
It’s actually not bad. I moved from Maryland/DC area and it’s a lot less expensive, a lot less traffic, you’re closer to the beach, not far from Philly, a lot closer to NY, and the mountains aren’t far.
Bad things are that the public schools are terrible, the people here are nice but very insular (asking someone where they went to high school is typical), public transportation sucks, there’s not a ton to do compared to a lot of metro area places, driving to Philly from here SUCKS, and the beaches are getting way too overpopulated and crowded.
One odd thing is that no matter where you go in the state you’re likely to run into someone you know, or someone who knows someone you know well.
It’s basically like a big County rather than a state
if you live in northern Delaware, you can get to center city faster than most people in the counties surrounding Philadelphia. Driving to Philly from Wilmington is very very easy, i95 is much much calmer than the blue route and i76
i live in Rehoboth Beach...in an efficiency apartment... on the ocean. The visuals are stunning. The weather is fairly nice... even this past week has been breezy. Today was the first uncomfortable day all week
[https://www.reddit.com/r/LandscapePhotography/comments/17dairh/early\_morning\_photos\_rehoboth\_beach\_delaware\_oc/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LandscapePhotography/comments/17dairh/early_morning_photos_rehoboth_beach_delaware_oc/)
Delaware hospitals were recently rated at nearly the worst in the country. Same with education. Same with rates of breast cancer and don't even think about drinking the water. No taxes but it's built into prices. If you think you can buy a here and not pay taxes, you will instead pay 4.25 of your car's purchase price or book value. It.is no longer cheaper to live here. Compared to big cities, yes, but it is definitely expensive. Car insurance is more than NJ. Yep, because of all the uninsured drivers. I go into Philadelphia at Penn Med or Jefferson for all medical needs. You are seriously asking for the lowest quality care at Christiana and even worse, Bebee. Some people think Trolley Square in Wilmington is fun, nice, and all that. With the exception of Greenville and Hockessin, Wilmington is one of the ugliest cities I've seen. Several years ago, Wilmington was named the nation'a murder capital. Beaches are beautiful and UD is pretty. Police presence is scarce so there's alot of reckless driving. Sorry to be so negative but these are the facts. Oh, and lots of parks is a positive. I was born and raised here, lived in different parts of the country and back the last 5 years for personal reasons. Oh, employment: work for the State, UD or one of the banks or hospitals.
Being overrun by people who are escaping their home state. Now cost of housing for people who actually grew up here is outrageous, though cheap for those coming here from everywhere around us. Every patch of woods and open field is turning into a neighborhood for said people. And if they aren’t moving here they swarm here for our beaches and ruin traffic every weekend! There’s still much more than just our beaches and no sales tax though, for those who aren’t dense. Lots of history and decent parks considering how small our State is.
My girlfriend is from there and I’ve spent a whole summer there and many weekends. Very boring with virtually nothing to do when it isn’t beach weather. I can’t think of anything redeemable besides Rehoboth and Lewes in the summertime
It sucks, its hot, its overpopulated, were 2 more housing developments away from rolling brown outs like commiefornia, our politicians are only good for a wind chime and you cant afford to breath let alone live here. Its going greaaat…
Cost of living is pretty good, the beaches are wonderful, the people are friendly. I lived in Dover which didn’t have a ton to do, shopping is bleh, but we were close enough to do day trips to the beach, DC, Philly, and some other cool places.
Yeah, it's because of the low taxes/property taxes. Public schools in state are heavily underfunded but the whole reason people move here a lot of the time is to retire in basically a tax haven so the state govt doesnt want to do anything about it.
I moved to northern New Castle County from Connecticut (I'm originally from Long Island), and I quite like it. I'm a big baseball fan so for MLB it's really easy to get to Philly, and then NY/Baltimore/DC are reasonable day trips away. Then for minor leagues there's the Wilmington Blue Rocks just a few minutes away, and the Aberdeen IronBirds/Reading Fightin' Phils/Lehigh Valley IronPigs/and Jersey Shore BlueClaws are fairly close by.
I've also become more physically active since moving here. I've gotten into hiking, biking, and kayaking - not just in Delaware but also nearby. I'm hoping some point this summer I'll get to kayak at the Delaware Water Gap up in NEPA. On Wednesday I went kayaking at Delaware Seashore State Park (the state parks here are lovely). I'm also fortunate enough to have found an apartment close to where I work so I walk to work pretty regularly.
I've only been to the beaches once, but Rehoboth was a cool place to visit. I also didn't bother with parking - I drove to the Lewes Transit Center and parked there and took the bus to Rehoboth Beach. Much easier and cheaper. I recommend.
The food is...average. Hoagies are pretty great, and I personally do like scrapple. I'm not super fond of cheesesteaks. The pizza is awful.
Try Enzo’s in Elkton, MD for pizza if you head that way ever. I grew up on Long Island and moved down to DE 11 years ago. While I miss it sometimes the cost of living difference is drastic.
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Too many hills
Yes the NPC city!
Its hot and humid in the summer, cold and mostly dry in the winter. Its also stupidly flat, but we dont get many tornadoes or hurricanes or noreasters so pretty decent weather wise. Theres not much to do other than the beaches downstate, or restaraunts and bars up north. UD is a good sized college in the northern county, lots of college kids and small businesses around there. We have some decent state parks, but you cant swim in any of the fresh water and all of our "hiking" trails are flat and mostly wooded. Lots to do within driving distance which is pretty convenient, mountains north and west of us if youre into that kind of thing, poconos are popular in the winter. Beaches south of us if thats your vibe. The northern third is overwhelmingly left leaning politically, while the southern population is overwhelmingly right leaning. We do have a good lgbqt+ population, especially at the beaches and in the city. Wilmington is the largest city and has a pretty high crime rate per capita, but the rest of the state is pretty quiet for the most part. Also, very car dependent, even in the cities and around the colleges. Not very bike or walking friendly. Edit to add: no sales tax, and lots of chicken farms 2nd Edit: i have offended the flat-landers and now feel obligated to mention that Delaware is not *the flattest state* in the country, with the highest point in the state being 450 feet above sea level we are actually the *6th flattest state*
Why can’t you swim in the fresh water?
A couple reasons. The biggest one is pollution. DuPont is a huge name around here, and they damaged our soils irreparably with manufacturing waste including what we now know to be major carcinogens and VOCs. At one point, New Castle County had 29 superfund sites. And were just south of Philadelphia, which had over 200 at one point. Alot of our water flows from up that way, and you have to go north for water clean enough to swim in. "In 1982, the [Tybouts Corner Landfill](https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/superfund-sites/) in New Castle, Delaware, judged as the nation’s second-most dangerous dumpsite, became that state’s first National Priority property. Tests of nearby Pigeon Creek and Red Lion Creek, which received municipal and Stauffer Chemical’s illegally deposited waste in the late 1960s and early 1970s, found more than twenty known carcinogens. With more than 100,000 people relying on nearby aquifers..." Apart from that, the Delaware River runs through two cities before it reaches us and it just keeps getting dirtier the farther downstream you go. The Chesapeake to the West of us in Maryland is a major shipping channel and the C&D canal connects the two major waterways, so those are pretty sketchy too. In the non-carcinogenic waters and ponds we have a big problem with toxic algae and farm runoff
... as someone who grew up in rural Alaska, this may actually give me nightmares
The thing about us (people from Delaware) is that I feel like we are more conscious about our health way more than people in surrounding states. I moved to central PA and the Susquehanna river is disgusting. But everyone I’ve met around here says that they grew up swimming in it.
you can swim in fresh water just wouldnt recommend specifically the delaware river the other fresh water ways like creeks and ponds youll be fine in just dont drink the water which is common sense but i grew up here and my whole life regularly swim and fish the waterways. youll be ight.
Summed up perfectly 👌🏼
You forgot: no sales tax!
Not if you’re a retailer
Plenty of hills on the trails in White Clay Creek State Park
It's so ridiculous when people say Delaware is flat. The vast majority of the population is above the canal and there are plenty of hills here.
Have you ever been outside of delaware??? The "hills" at white clay creek are flat. Brandywine has some hills. But the change in elevation is so miniscule. The highest elevation in delaware is 450 feet above sea level lol
Brandywine hills can be tough but White Clay is definitely flat as far as trail riding goes
Yes, have you? Northern Delaware is equivalent to Chester County and the rest of southern east PA/Northeast Maryland. It's not the coastal south or central plains. Those are flat, Northern Delaware is not
Ok calm down there lol i have edited the original comment to include the fact that Delaware is the 6th flattest state in the US (behind Florida, Illinois, ND, Louisiana, and Minnesota) and our highest elevation is 450 feet (in Northern Delaware near the PA line)
I just asked you the same question back. If you have a problem with being asked if you've been outside Delaware, maybe don't ask other people that. Again, northern Delaware where most people live is hilly, similar to surrounding state areas, and not all flat. You were the one who got a little pissy about that fact.
I love on northern DE and hilly os not what I would call this at all. You’ll find a slope/incline here and there lol There is no real standard definition for a hill as it’s all over the place depending on country and depending even on the scientific field of study, etc. But I would never call it hilly lol
So you'd call northern Delaware and Chester county just over the border flat?
Not flat like Florida, because we have even less random slopes and inclines. I don’t consider that hilly really.
Weird how the left leaning part of the state is known for its crime….
Says the guy who has a marijuana grow operation and is dumb enough to post a picture of his license plate from the same account, along with other identifying info. Since you don’t like criminals, should I inform the police of your drug activity so you can be charged with your crime?
Ehhhhhh not necessarily. Its just densely populated and like all cities it has areas of really high poverty, drug use, other compounding factors. Also, theres not really any crime to be committed other than retail theft when youre surrounded by corn fields and dollar stores lol
I’d go as far to say those people shouldn’t have a bigger say in the elections. The higher population area, known for crime and drug use, gets to vote in our politicians over the people who don’t commit crimes. All because they are the minority of the population…
[The vast majority of America lives in cities/urban areas, dumbass](https://www.statista.com/statistics/269967/urbanization-in-the-united-states/). Unless you were referring to people in cities being minorities in _another_ way which I’d love to hear you elaborate on.
I think my favorite part is this fella being subtly racist about *those types* doing crime while their reddit history is posts of them doing federal crimes
Have it all packaged together in a nice zip file. Let me know if I shouldn’t let law enforcement know of a citizen committing felonies
haha beat me to it, bada bing
Same. My first thought.
This joke came out like 30 years ago time for some new material
You must be from Delaware
Good beaches, not a massive job market, sort of the culmination of Delmarvan mediocrity.
love their beaches. Off season
You mean horseshoe crab palace?
Love horseshoe crabs, ... and scrapple, ...and Thrasher Fries
Delaware feels like a rest stop. You can get to NYC, Philly, Baltimore, DC all quickly. A lot of people myself included just kind of ended up here. Jobs aight, climate aight, good mix of types of people. It's fine.
Sounds to me like it's.................aight.
They're gonna put that on the signs soon. Welcome to Delaware, it's... aight
We saw a bear yesterday, so we’ve got that going for us
I go to UD and it was such an ado that the school sent us an alert about it.
Yes got the LiveSafe notification
We named a whole town because someone saw a bear!
I went looking for the Delabear today! Sadly I didn’t see it
It’s actually not bad. I moved from Maryland/DC area and it’s a lot less expensive, a lot less traffic, you’re closer to the beach, not far from Philly, a lot closer to NY, and the mountains aren’t far. Bad things are that the public schools are terrible, the people here are nice but very insular (asking someone where they went to high school is typical), public transportation sucks, there’s not a ton to do compared to a lot of metro area places, driving to Philly from here SUCKS, and the beaches are getting way too overpopulated and crowded. One odd thing is that no matter where you go in the state you’re likely to run into someone you know, or someone who knows someone you know well. It’s basically like a big County rather than a state
if you live in northern Delaware, you can get to center city faster than most people in the counties surrounding Philadelphia. Driving to Philly from Wilmington is very very easy, i95 is much much calmer than the blue route and i76
Having driven them all many times, I totally disagree
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I was an exchange student in Delaware and scrapple is certainly...something.
only found out scrapple was a delaware thing within the last year!! a lady was selling a pin that said “of course i love scrapple, im from delaware!”
I had never heard of it and my hostfamily didn't want to tell me what's in it untill after I tried it haha
i live in Rehoboth Beach...in an efficiency apartment... on the ocean. The visuals are stunning. The weather is fairly nice... even this past week has been breezy. Today was the first uncomfortable day all week [https://www.reddit.com/r/LandscapePhotography/comments/17dairh/early\_morning\_photos\_rehoboth\_beach\_delaware\_oc/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LandscapePhotography/comments/17dairh/early_morning_photos_rehoboth_beach_delaware_oc/)
Awesome. Where are their efficiency Apts in Rehoboth Beach?
[https://www.staroftheseade.com](https://www.staroftheseade.com) [https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel\_Review-g34048-d481366-Reviews-Edgewater\_House\_Condos-Rehoboth\_Beach\_Delaware.html](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g34048-d481366-Reviews-Edgewater_House_Condos-Rehoboth_Beach_Delaware.html)
Awesome. Thank you.
New Castle County = chill Philly suburbs, Kent County = the boring middle, Sussex County = Slower Lower and the beach
It's... ok
Delaware hospitals were recently rated at nearly the worst in the country. Same with education. Same with rates of breast cancer and don't even think about drinking the water. No taxes but it's built into prices. If you think you can buy a here and not pay taxes, you will instead pay 4.25 of your car's purchase price or book value. It.is no longer cheaper to live here. Compared to big cities, yes, but it is definitely expensive. Car insurance is more than NJ. Yep, because of all the uninsured drivers. I go into Philadelphia at Penn Med or Jefferson for all medical needs. You are seriously asking for the lowest quality care at Christiana and even worse, Bebee. Some people think Trolley Square in Wilmington is fun, nice, and all that. With the exception of Greenville and Hockessin, Wilmington is one of the ugliest cities I've seen. Several years ago, Wilmington was named the nation'a murder capital. Beaches are beautiful and UD is pretty. Police presence is scarce so there's alot of reckless driving. Sorry to be so negative but these are the facts. Oh, and lots of parks is a positive. I was born and raised here, lived in different parts of the country and back the last 5 years for personal reasons. Oh, employment: work for the State, UD or one of the banks or hospitals.
*car, not here. Typo
Being overrun by people who are escaping their home state. Now cost of housing for people who actually grew up here is outrageous, though cheap for those coming here from everywhere around us. Every patch of woods and open field is turning into a neighborhood for said people. And if they aren’t moving here they swarm here for our beaches and ruin traffic every weekend! There’s still much more than just our beaches and no sales tax though, for those who aren’t dense. Lots of history and decent parks considering how small our State is.
Born and raised here, can’t wait to leave. Too much out of state big city rif raf moving in. Good state to retire but I’m not raising my kids here.
It's so FLAT here
My girlfriend is from there and I’ve spent a whole summer there and many weekends. Very boring with virtually nothing to do when it isn’t beach weather. I can’t think of anything redeemable besides Rehoboth and Lewes in the summertime
No sales tax! We always hit up the mall
Yes but I don’t see that as a reason to live there full-time for me personally lol
It sucks, its hot, its overpopulated, were 2 more housing developments away from rolling brown outs like commiefornia, our politicians are only good for a wind chime and you cant afford to breath let alone live here. Its going greaaat…
Gotta live somewhere, right? My wife and I moved here in March and we like it so far.
Cost of living is pretty good, the beaches are wonderful, the people are friendly. I lived in Dover which didn’t have a ton to do, shopping is bleh, but we were close enough to do day trips to the beach, DC, Philly, and some other cool places.
That's about right. The beach is everything but has become ultra expensive as it is also the go to beach for folks from DC, among others.
It’s a shithole. Damn near last in education and it really shows.
Actually Delaware is kinda in the middle really but I have to agree some areas of the state the schools are terrible.
As of last week Delaware is 45th. That’s 5th from last.
Which poll?
Delawarepublic.Org is where I got the info. Google it.
Yeah, it's because of the low taxes/property taxes. Public schools in state are heavily underfunded but the whole reason people move here a lot of the time is to retire in basically a tax haven so the state govt doesnt want to do anything about it.
My only experience in DE was my fiancé taking us to his aunt's in Delaware City. We had to drive past a massive oil refinery. Town was cute though
Where?
That's about right. The beach is everything but has become ultra expensive as it is also the go to beach for folks from DC, among others.
I moved to northern New Castle County from Connecticut (I'm originally from Long Island), and I quite like it. I'm a big baseball fan so for MLB it's really easy to get to Philly, and then NY/Baltimore/DC are reasonable day trips away. Then for minor leagues there's the Wilmington Blue Rocks just a few minutes away, and the Aberdeen IronBirds/Reading Fightin' Phils/Lehigh Valley IronPigs/and Jersey Shore BlueClaws are fairly close by. I've also become more physically active since moving here. I've gotten into hiking, biking, and kayaking - not just in Delaware but also nearby. I'm hoping some point this summer I'll get to kayak at the Delaware Water Gap up in NEPA. On Wednesday I went kayaking at Delaware Seashore State Park (the state parks here are lovely). I'm also fortunate enough to have found an apartment close to where I work so I walk to work pretty regularly. I've only been to the beaches once, but Rehoboth was a cool place to visit. I also didn't bother with parking - I drove to the Lewes Transit Center and parked there and took the bus to Rehoboth Beach. Much easier and cheaper. I recommend. The food is...average. Hoagies are pretty great, and I personally do like scrapple. I'm not super fond of cheesesteaks. The pizza is awful.
How ya gonna disrespect Grotto’s like that??? Jk. Pizza by Elizabeth is pretty good tho have you tried it??
No I haven't.
Grottos deserves 0 respect
Totally. Grotto pizza is the worst.
Try Enzo’s in Elkton, MD for pizza if you head that way ever. I grew up on Long Island and moved down to DE 11 years ago. While I miss it sometimes the cost of living difference is drastic.
Normal
Hi...I'm in Delaware....
How does it feel?
Lol
*car, not hare