Slower Lower

A playful nickname for the lower part of Delaware, meaning Kent and especially Sussex counties south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, evoking a slower, more rural, beach-and-farm pace of life. Locals use it both with pride and as a gentle jab, contrasting the agricultural south with the busier New Castle County corridor up north. The phrase is sometimes written 'Lower, Slower Delaware' and appears on bumper stickers and merchandise.