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Originally Posted by mechtm84
Why are you so upsessed with Scranton? The city is a dump. Tell your city to fix the damn roads, along with I-84. Either that or just start over. Last time I went through there I almost didn't make it out alive with all of the potholes and gangs...
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The city doesn't have to remain in disrepair
forever. If enough of my energetic, youthful, suburban friends and I want to charge onward with our hopes and dreams of seeing our future city thrive again, then why should we let the naysayers win?
You're one of the many NEPA residents/visitors who like to point out our flaws
without offering any solutions. At least I can see some sort of potential where others just see despair.
If I were to move to my greener pasture of San Francisco, "among my kind", then wouldn't I just be another person who
did have the potential to help Scranton and let it go to waste? (Cough...Abington residents...cough!)
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at a affordable rate based on the fact that they will rehab and it will be a profitable property on the tax base. Free parking lots do not generate $$$$. Other than that I am all for it! I think its a great idea as long as the burden can fall on the county and not the city then sure why not get something back for the last county tax raise.
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