Visited Scranton Again (Wilkes-Barre, York, Clarks Summit: for sale, apartments, houses)

[miamiman]

I visited the Wyoming Valley again, spending most of my time in the Wilkes-Barre area. What a depressing place!! I was looking at a couple of nice subdivisions around Clarks Summit, but there is absolutely no draw to the region. I can't imagine what Wilkes-Barre must have been like if it's being revitalized now. Face it - the area is a dump. I've been reading threads with people getting excited over something as simple as a Barnes and Noble in "Downtown" Wilkes-Barre and acting like the ten restaurants near the arena area provide any and every type of food. Please. This is proviciality at its worse. Aside from being one of the cloudiest areas in the ENTIRE country, the area just seems grey and boring. I, for one, will not be moving to the area, sitting on my hiney, exclaiming at the proposal of new Dunkin Donuts and Red Roof Inn in "Downtown" Scranton. I will be moving to an area with cultural activities, an educated and open-minded population, large McMansion in gated communities, and an abundance of Starbucks'. Maybe in about 75 years the area will catch up to what central Jersey is now.

For those of you who believe that the Scranton area is going to be rapidly enveloped by the burgeoning New York metropolitan area, you are sadly mistaken. The people leaving NYC/NJ are migrating southward, primarily to states such as North Carolina and Florida. If anything, New Yorkers and New Jersey moving to Pennsylvania will settle in the Poconos and Lehigh Valley. There is absolutely NO draw to the Scranton area. Peope in that area are narrow-minded, and would never willingly allow cultured people into that area. Lackawanna and Luzerne counties will continue to lose population until no one lives there anymore, and the only people who will visit the areaa will be the people who don't want to travel all the way out west to see ghost towns. Lord have mercy.



Let's get real people. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is not gong anywhere

[WasPA]

Originally Posted by miamiman

I will be moving to an area with cultural activities, an educated and open-minded population, large McMansion in gated communities, and an abundance of Starbucks'. Maybe in about 75 years the area will catch up to what central Jersey is now.

God forbid!

and......open minded people behind closed gates..........???

PS: is there a troll filter herein? if not, the Ignore feature will do.....

[Dawne]

I just cannot understand why people who don't like an area can't say so and express their opinions without insulting those who do like an area or choose to live there, for whatever reason. If you don't like somewhere, fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But please don't criticize those whose opinions differ from your own.

[mechtm84]

Originally Posted by miamiman

I visited the Wyoming Valley again, spending most of my time in the Wilkes-Barre area. What a depressing place!! I was looking at a couple of nice subdivisions around Clarks Summit, but there is absolutely no draw to the region. I can't imagine what Wilkes-Barre must have been like if it's being revitalized now. Face it - the area is a dump. I've been reading threads with people getting excited over something as simple as a Barnes and Noble in "Downtown" Wilkes-Barre and acting like the ten restaurants near the arena area provide any and every type of food. Please. This is proviciality at its worse. Aside from being one of the cloudiest areas in the ENTIRE country, the area just seems grey and boring. I, for one, will not be moving to the area, sitting on my hiney, exclaiming at the proposal of new Dunkin Donuts and Red Roof Inn in "Downtown" Scranton. I will be moving to an area with cultural activities, an educated and open-minded population, large McMansion in gated communities, and an abundance of Starbucks'. Maybe in about 75 years the area will catch up to what central Jersey is now.

For those of you who believe that the Scranton area is going to be rapidly enveloped by the burgeoning New York metropolitan area, you are sadly mistaken. The people leaving NYC/NJ are migrating southward, primarily to states such as North Carolina and Florida. If anything, New Yorkers and New Jersey moving to Pennsylvania will settle in the Poconos and Lehigh Valley. There is absolutely NO draw to the Scranton area. Peope in that area are narrow-minded, and would never willingly allow cultured people into that area. Lackawanna and Luzerne counties will continue to lose population until no one lives there anymore, and the only people who will visit the areaa will be the people who don't want to travel all the way out west to see ghost towns. Lord have mercy.



Let's get real people. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is not gong anywhere

If only there were more people like you and me in this forum...

Pennsylvanians are just a tad too dense to get it.

[tomahawk]

I'd rather be dead than live up there.

[WasPA]

Originally Posted by Dawne

I just cannot understand why people who don't like an area can't say so and express their opinions without insulting those who do like an area or choose to live there, for whatever reason. If you don't like somewhere, fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But please don't criticize those whose opinions differ from your own.

They're just 'trolling'. Nobody takes 'em seriously.....

[miamiman]

Originally Posted by WasPA

They're just 'trolling'. Nobody takes 'em seriously.....

Nobody is "trolling." I could care less whether or not you or anyone else replies to my message. It is apparent from other posts on this thread that people truly dislike Scranton. I'm putting it out in the open that the Wyoming Valley is not as great as many people say.

[mechtm84]

Originally Posted by WasPA

They're just 'trolling'. Nobody takes 'em seriously.....

Oh..ok, so just because someone says they hate PA or a place in PA that makes them a troll? Your reasoning is crooked. That shoefly pie is going to your head I suppose you want us all to praise PA and tell the public how great it is because that is the right thing to do?

Seriously, get off the trolling button. It's getting old. You don't want to be known as the boy/girl who cried troll, do you?

Originally Posted by miamiman

Nobody is "trolling." I could care less whether or not you or anyone else replies to my message. It is apparent from other posts on this thread that people truly dislike Scranton. I'm putting it out in the open that the Wyoming Valley is not as great as many people say.

Don't worry about those people. I've had alot of people call me a troll because I tell it like it is and not tiptoe around every little subject so I don't offend anyone that lives in a particular place.

[WasPA]

^^^ Oh, sorry. I meant troglodytes....... no one would ever suggest that those of you who find it necessary to be extremely, rudely critical find favor with NEPA at all. Just find a way to be more civil about it. You end up offending -- or attempting to--- beyond all reason; you demonstrate a need to bully like nasty 12 year olds. You shouldn't be surprised that people see you as jackasses since that's pretty much your style and evidently reflects the astonishingly narrow limits of your imagination and capacities.

[Chefkey]

If anyone thinks Scranton is bad they need to see Shroudsburg. I really think the Wilkes Barre-Scranton area has a lot to offer. Yes, there are some dilapidated homes but I have seen bad homes everywhere I lived. If you like Central Jersey, by all means enjoy spending $300,000 or more for a home worth $100,000. I used to live there and couldn't believe the filth I saw for sale in the $150,000 range. With the median house price running around $70,000 in the Valley you can find a nice house no more crappy than the garbage I saw Central Jersey or the Philly Suburbs. Not to mention the houses are singles with land here instead of glorified apartments with bugs.