Thread for cool ideas that would never happen (Philadelphia, Scranton: relocate, jobs)

[skijmpr]

The topic says it all. Put whatever outlandish and wild ideas you have here for NEPA

Here's mine: a rail transit line running from Nanticoke to Carbondale. That would cover pretty much all of the valley. It could stop roughly as follows:

Nanticoke--Plymouth--W-B South--W-B Center--W-B West (Kingston)--
Kingston--Forty Fort--Wyoming--Exeter--West Pittston--Pittston--
Dupont--Airport--Moosic--Montage--Minooka--South Side--
Scranton Downtown--Scranton Hospitals--Throop--Olyphant--
Jessup--Archbald--Jermyn--Carbondale

Possible extensions include:
-extensions to Forest City and/or Waymart
-spur running to Dickson City, South Abington, Clarks Summit, Dalton
-spur running to Dallas
-spur running thru Old Forge and Duryea

Naturally there could be express trains too that would zip between places like W-B and Scranton. Some parts could be underground and parts above ground. Some places would obviously have multiple stops at locations where services are located.

Okay, so that's it. No need to flame...I already know this will never happen!

[ScranBarre]

I would love to see CenterPoint here in the Pittstons started anew. In its rebirth it would parallel the Triangle Research Park in the Raleigh/Durham/Cary/Chapel Hill area in North Carolina. With thousands of positions available for aerospace engineers, software developers, pharmaceutical sales representatives, biochemists, ACCOUNTANTS!!!, etc., our region would FINALLY be able to ebb our "Brain Drain" and retain some of our fresh college graduates. Not all of us wish to relocate to NJ/NYC/Philadelphia for employment, and this would be a great boon to our region.

[FightinPhils]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

I would love to see CenterPoint here in the Pittstons started anew. In its rebirth it would parallel the Triangle Research Park in the Raleigh/Durham/Cary/Chapel Hill area in North Carolina. With thousands of positions available for aerospace engineers, software developers, pharmaceutical sales representatives, biochemists, ACCOUNTANTS!!!, etc., our region would FINALLY be able to ebb our "Brain Drain" and retain some of our fresh college graduates. Not all of us wish to relocate to NJ/NYC/Philadelphia for employment, and this would be a great boon to our region.

I agree...but the most we're going to see are more warehouses with $10/hour jobs....

I think the Triangle benefits from having UNC, NC State, Duke, and other major universities in the area. NE PA may have a good number of colleges for the size of the area, but Wilkes, Kings, Da U, and Marywood aren't competing with the schools in the Triangle by a long shot.

[The Commish]

We'd need a billion dollars in federal earmarks for that.

That seems like a lot until you realize we literally spend that in 3 days in Iraq. If there's one thing I don't mind spending money on, it's maintaining our infrastructure and improving mass-transit. Amtrak sucks. It's painfully slow compared to train service in Europe, and expensive as hell. Other than a powerful auto industry lobby (of which the Big Three and the auto-unions are complicit), there's no reason an area as developed as the Northeast US should have such shoddy train service.

[Georgia to Northeast PA]

An indoor fully "green-eco friendly" golf course open year around. Humm I wonder if that would be dangerous "fore"? What happens if golf balls just start ricocheting everywhere? Ok even I have to mess up my own fantasy.

[skijmpr]

Originally Posted by Georgia to Northeast PA

An indoor fully "green-eco friendly" golf course open year around. Humm I wonder if that would be dangerous "fore"? What happens if golf balls just start ricocheting everywhere? Ok even I have to mess up my own fantasy.

I would be surprised if the Japanese don't already have something like this. Keep in mind they're the same people who brought us indoor skiing.

[SifuPhil]

Originally Posted by Georgia to Northeast PA

An indoor fully "green-eco friendly" golf course open year around. Humm I wonder if that would be dangerous "fore"? What happens if golf balls just start ricocheting everywhere? Ok even I have to mess up my own fantasy.

Indoor Golf - Better than Par for the Course

[nkotb]

Originally Posted by Georgia to Northeast PA

An indoor fully "green-eco friendly" golf course open year around. Humm I wonder if that would be dangerous "fore"? What happens if golf balls just start ricocheting everywhere? Ok even I have to mess up my own fantasy.

Okay, hang up your balls, that ain't goin ta happen !!!

[weluvpa]

City Hall falling into a mine during business hours.

[NEPMTBA]

... If ya put a Bar at each end of the rail line! Then it will work or wait we already have bars on every corner and funeral homes in the middle. Hey the first 3 letters of Funeral are "FUN"...what gives?

Here's a better one "Me" shredding every Golf Course with my Quadzilla MXer 500 quad!... I know you'll bust me on that one... OK just kidding golf is cool!

How about reopen Rocky Glen, Luna and San Souci run the train to them!

Level the Shopping Malls and build Wind & Solar Farms?

Fix the bridges on RT 80 & 81 for good?

Help our poor people

Stop blowing your horns and flipping the bird at bicyclists when they are riding. They are saving fuel and being healthy also! Give'em a break, unless they are the dumbasses who ride WAY out in the LANE...Hit them!

Everyone gives me a dollar and I will help the poor people

Ok gotta ride now more later!