In fact, a lot of us would like to vote Philadelphia out of the Commonwealth and force them on New Jersey.
It is a pissant sized state anyway. Merge them with the part of Delaware/Maryland north of the canal. Give Delaware the Eastern Shore south of the canal. And give Pennsylvania the Maryland panhandle to compensate us for the loss of Philadelphia and a couple of the collar counties.
Back in colonial times, we actually fought a brief war with Maryland over the panhandle. It is weird shaped (only 1 mile wide at Hancock) and the people in the panhandle vote more like Pennsylvania anyway.
And while you are at it, merge Rhode Island with Connecticut! If a state doesn't have at least 7500 square miles, it doesn't deserve two senators.
“In fact, a lot of us would like to vote Philadelphia out of the Commonwealth and force them on New Jersey.”
That’s a political process known as “$hit Aggregation!” Here in California, six of our northern counties are trying to band together with the southern tier of counties in Oregon to do just the opposite, “Free themselves from Liberal $hit” by forming an entirely new state.