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Itsshrovetuesday t1_ize271u wrote

Reply to comment by ratmoustache in Fellow Pennsylvanians, we must join our neighbors from r/Maryland to defend our territory from the Delawarean scourge! by MPA_Dad

My wife is from Delaware. I lived there for 7 years before moving back to PA. It has a few perks like low property taxes, no sales tax, and beaches. But it has become to massively over populated in Northern DE, traffic is absolutely horrid practically all the time. The beaches have become even more touristy than I remember too.

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rouxcifer4 t1_izee3gv wrote

I grew up in southern Delaware, moved to pa with family in 2012. It’s so sad going back now to visit friends, just every single patch of woods or field has been turned into a housing development. The traffic is also horrible.

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Itsshrovetuesday t1_izeqkk0 wrote

Totally agree! It's insane how many stupid Ryan Homes developments have gone up since we moved back to PA. So many people in such a small area was a huge reason why we moved.

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NSlocal t1_izfgyei wrote

I grew up in PA but lived all of my childhood summers in Lower Slower and I too get sad when I see all of the development. When is enough, enough?

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rouxcifer4 t1_izfhmbc wrote

A lot of people I know who were born and raised there are also leaving and moving to Maryland or to the western side of Delaware due to the prices too. They aren’t building 200-250k homes, it’s all 450k+ McMansions. I look up homes for sale sometimes and I could never afford to live in the area I grew up in, and we were not rich lol

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NSlocal t1_izfsvxi wrote

The development in Bridgeville where 404 and Rt 13 come together, I remember when that was just woods and fields. Who the hell even wants to live that far inland? It takes an hour to get to the beach in summer traffic from Bridgeville.

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ratmoustache t1_ize2qlh wrote

I actually like Delaware. I believe everything you said to be true, I just mean it’s a small state and very seldom do I meet anyone originally from there. My man lives there now but he’s from Lanc

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Itsshrovetuesday t1_izec9x0 wrote

Yeah it definitely feels rare to meet people who were born and raised there. I even worked in DE for over 10 years and most people I worked with were also transplants who moved there from some other state.

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