Sounds like you and your husband live in a great place. I hear the Eastern Shore (of Maryland) is wonderful and the fo9lks there are really nice. I sa the ES of Maryland because I think, if my geography serves me right, that Virginia's ES is in the same area, (we call it DelMarVa)
We call it DelMarVa also. We've only lived here 18 months, but my husband grew up in Delaware and I lived there for 21 years.
There is a portion of Delaware not considered part of DelMarVA - the northern part above the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Unfortunately that is also where the majority of the population is located, and it has taken on a decidely BLUE nature, much to the detriment of the rest of the state which is, for the most part, solidly red.
That's why we're where we are.
The ES of Maryland is just as great a place, I worked at a radio station in Caroline County, and now I actually spend a bunch of time there because I'm only 8 miles or so from the state line and it tends to be convenient for shopping purposes, particularly the large chains (Lowe's, Wal-Mart, etc) which aren't here.