[Jawnadelphia]

This born/bred Delawarean, and former City of Wilmington resident, until finally moving to Philly a few years ago, says that people from the First State (who grew up/live there), first few themselves as that - being from Delaware-Delawareans. But our sports fan loyalty is passionately Philadelphia, it's as "Philly" as any of the Philly burbs are, all of our media is Philly -- radio/TV, sure there's local Delaware stations -- but when I woke up every morning as a kid... Action News was on the TV in the kitchen and WIP on the radio. I love the Philly teams with a red hot fervor. So it's very ....brotherly.... overall, the relationship between northern Delaware and Philly.

Wilmington has many similarities to Philly, rowhouses, a rich old history, cultural diversity, etc etc. Very connected to Philly, but also the biggest city of another state. So separate, but tied together -- if that makes any sense.

As far as the beaches go, Delawareans call em' beaches ..."going to the beach" ...NOT! "going down the shore" as Philly people say. There's actually a much bigger DC metro presence at the Delaware beaches in the summer than Philly. But that's the vacationers (esp. the gay-lesbian community from DC come down to Rehoboth in droves). A lot of people living down at the Delaware beaches year-round are people from New Castle County who relocated and/or retired to the beaches and surrounding area. So overall, there's still a strong Philly feel, for instance, the local TV affiliates are still Philly stations, etc.