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Originally Posted by PHLtoNYC
Also, you're from Delaware County right? I don't consider Newtown Square "Delco", I consider it Delaware County. Delco (IMO) is an identity that runs strong in the towns mostly South/East of 476 and Route 1. Then it fades as you travel North/West.
My perspective as a Delaware County native.
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Same exactly. I find the term "Delco" endearing but it's really only an identifier for the areas south and east of Rt 1 / 476. Even that isn't 100% because Swarthmore isn't "Delco" culturally and it's south and east of Rt 1. It's also something of a class identifier. When other people apply the term universally to the entire county 1. it's usually a pejorative and 2. it says more about them than anything else.
I'd take a Newtown Square address over Lionville any day.
Also, in a generation, it will be the most expensive (suburban) county per square foot in the entire metro. It has the best transit access, the best access to every major job center in the region (including Wilmington, which never gets talked about on here), the best highway and airport access, and the most walkable towns of any county in the region. It, along with Montgomery County, have evolved to have the most progressive citizenry in the region. TOD will become normal.
But ya'll can continue to sh*t on it.