It just gets worse! (Scranton, Dickson City: hotels, theater, restaurants)

[Mr Yuk]

Originally Posted by mathjak107

Usually the business has to be so in grained in our economy that they take hundreds of thousands of people down with them to get a hand out and that dosnt includ maybe a million more in associated businesses like suppliers.... small businesses dont usually qualify and are left to dangle for themselves...... by the time this down turn shakes out the business grave yard will be full of all these smaller businesses that couldnt make it thru

Unless you're in Scranton, where an Irish pub, Molly Brannigan's, is having thousands in rent forgiven, as well as utility bills by the Scranton Parking Authority. But the SPA wouldn't hesitate to give you or me a parking ticket, no matter what the situation.

[MT8]

Just make the place a high-end outlet mall and people will flock in from miles around. Who can resist Coach at half price? Problem solved.

[thecoalman]

I don't live in or near Scranton but frankly I could care less if everyone of these chains went out of business there or near where I live. Go find a nice locally owned "mom & pop" eatery. There's plenty of choices in this area and there used to be many more until all these chains started popping up.

[NYRangers 2008]

Originally Posted by go phillies

Why isn't Ground Round getting a break from the city? Didn't the owner make the right campaign contributions? That's why corporate welfare is not a good thing, it puts certain businesses at an unfair advantage over others. And even though the Ground Round may not be the greatest restaurant in the world, I would rather have a place like that, a family restaurant, rather than another bar. Scranton has no shortage of bars.

Could of saw this coming miles away. Nothing succeeds in this city and a large part of it is Doherty"s fault. He does not care about the citizens of this city or it's well being. He just cares about himself and how he can further his political career and based on his track record here, he isn't going very far. The mall is becoming more of a ghost town everyday, as well as the rest of the downtown. Are people finally starting to realize the reality of Doherty and his failure of a downtown?

[Magritte25]

Is Doherty telling people not to eat at Ground Round? Is the rest of the country not in the midst of one of the worst recessions *ever* in our country? Hmmmm....

[NYRangers 2008]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

Is Doherty telling people not to eat at Ground Round? Is the rest of the country not in the midst of one of the worst recessions *ever* in our country? Hmmmm....

There are many other reasons beside the recession that things are failing here in the Electric City. The laundry list is too long, but it starts with Doherty.

[weluvpa]

Businesses have been opening and closing in the downtow for the last 8 years, long before the recession ever started. The tax struture is too strong on small businesses in the city and they cannot hold on.

This also leads to less traffic in the downtown and less money being spent by people other then the gov't employees that keep the city alive on a daily basis.

If the state building or the county buildings ever moved out of the downtown it would financially collapse on itself in a matter of days.

Doherty has done nothing to improve the business environment in the downtown in 8 years, nothing.

[Mr Yuk]

Originally Posted by shoegal111

What ashame that the people that complain about the downtown don't do anything to support it.

There's no reason for me to go down there...nothing that attracts me. The only place I like downtown is the Banshee, which I'll go to once in a long while, but having young kids means I don't get out all that often these days.

[Mr Yuk]

Originally Posted by MT8

Just make the place a high-end outlet mall and people will flock in from miles around. Who can resist Coach at half price? Problem solved.

That's a good idea...the mall needs some kind of new direction, if it keeps trying to be a regular indoor mall competing with the Viewmont Mall, its days are numbered.

[weluvpa]

Originally Posted by shoegal111

What ashame that the people that complain about the downtown don't do anything to support it.

What could we do to support it? Do you think that I should just go down there and buy somehting for the support of it?

The mall has nothing for me at all to purchase. I'm over the age of 30 so I don't and wouldn't wear Abercrombie or Hollister.....

The only store that we frequent is Game Stop, thats it.....

There is nothing of any interest in the dwontown besides bars and the restaurants well they are what they are...Maybe Rok Thai every once in while but usually take out....

There is absolutely no reason for anyone to go to the downtown during the day unless its for business.