Delaware is Not a Suburb of Philadelphia.
To begin with, no, Delaware cannot be “just” a suburb of Philadelphia throughout the entire state. Delaware is not a lesser version of Philadelphia or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a whole. In fact, Delaware is a very real state in these United States of America—in fact, the State of Delaware is surprisingly powerful for the minuscule size of the State. Very many Fortune 500 companies are based in the State of Delaware because of particularly protective business-friendly laws. […]