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.
Maybe Upstate NY and the red bits of PA could secede from their respective states and then form their own.
Good points.
Good points.