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Old 05-23-2010, 09:43 AM
 
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These apartments on perfect for graduate students or medical school students. I look forward to seeing them filled as summer turns into fall.
Yeh and I look forward to our city being debt free.....Good luck with that. There is nothing upscale about Scranton.
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Old 05-23-2010, 02:14 PM
 
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I apologize if I don't feel like editing 20 pages of posts that were written prior to me moderating this forum. Honest to goodness, if you have an actual comment (besides "this is a stupid idea" or youtube link or just emoticons) that pertains to the OP, then go for it. I think some of you like it when I delete a post so that three more can comment on how evil and mean it is. Jeez! No infractions were issued. Let's please try to move on...

We've already established that some of you hate Scranton and think that there is no reason to have anything good happen to it, but I think you might use a few more words to explain why upscale housing won't work.V

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Old 05-25-2010, 07:28 AM
 
Location: Sheeptown, USA
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Yeh and I look forward to our city being debt free.....Good luck with that. There is nothing upscale about Scranton.
I don't think upscale housing will work here in Scranton because the market isn't there for it. We don't have enough people making decent wages in this area to support it. They will sit, mostly empty, until the city finds another use for them. We've seen in the past how upscale businesses have tried to work here and they were gone in 6-8 months. This isn't Greenwich Village or Chelsea, it's Scranton and like Dan said, there is nothing upscale about Scranton.
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Old 05-25-2010, 08:32 AM
 
Location: Suburbs of DC
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So can we extend your line of thought that the only succesfull housing developments in Scranton should be Section 8?
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Old 05-25-2010, 08:41 AM
 
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So can we extend your line of thought that the only succesfull housing developments in Scranton should be Section 8?
Not should be, but ARE...
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Old 05-25-2010, 11:06 AM
 
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They say history repeats itself.... The Hotel Jermyn when done over was supposed to be "upscale" downtown housing. It didnt happen, I believe it is now subsidized...
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Old 05-25-2010, 11:20 AM
 
Location: NE PA
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They say history repeats itself.... The Hotel Jermyn when done over was supposed to be "upscale" downtown housing. It didnt happen, I believe it is now subsidized...
Its basically a low income old folks home now.
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Old 05-25-2010, 11:53 AM
 
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Its basically a low income old folks home now.
What the Hotel Jermyn or the city?
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Old 05-25-2010, 02:17 PM
 
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Now THATS funny!!!!
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Old 05-26-2010, 09:35 AM
 
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I saw an ad...I think it was for 317 Linden...rents 2-6K hello...this is not Manhattan...actually those prices in Manhattan would be a steal! LOL
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