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. Also, even in spite of the size of the State of Delaware, no, Delaware is not a suburb of Philadelphia. In fact, the state’s largest city, Wilmington, stands on its own, separate from but highly integrated with the City of Philadelphia not far up the Delaware River. The capital city, Dover, is merely about government and administration, while the southernmost region of the State of Delaware is largely associated with open access to the Atlantic Ocean and beach communities in the area nearby.