Delawarean here. Growing up, I had the impression that Arden was just a place for aged hippies, history buffs, and the overeducated idle class to have space to

Delawarean here. Growing up, I had the impression that Arden was just a place for aged hippies, history buffs, and the overeducated idle class to have space to live out their utopian fantasies without bothering the rest of us. I mean, if you think about the town meetings in "Gilmore Girls," where you have these people who are really into town meetings, you probably know that they're meant to be an exaggerated parody of the handful of people who show up at town meetings and are really, uh, passionate about their viewpoints. Only in "Gilmore Girls," the whole town is like that. Well, I would much rather have them all in Arden, duking it out, than spread out more generally in North Wilmington and northern New Castle County, causing eye rolls everywhere. That said, Arden is not nearly as much of an insulated place anymore. I think, for the majority of residents, it's just an address and not a philosophy.