Lesbian Life in NEPA (Pittston: live, eat, rated)

[retrovintage]

Originally Posted by clariceIm

I thank you all for your very interesting replies..! Obviously, this has provoked some discussion...The job is in Kingston...so how does that rate on the acceptance scale?? or is there a better town within commuting distance to house hunt? We are not 'in your face' people, altho we do feel strongly about some political/HRC issues. Where would you recommend as the gay "enclaves" or neighborhoods that gay/lesbian couples feel comfortable living in? We are not bar people, but are just a typical, tax-paying middle-aged couple, who happen to both be female...just would want a safe, quiet, neighborly home...preferably w/other gay couples nearby. Any ideas???

Kingston is a pretty decent area - it has changed over the years however. Wilkes-Barre is pretty 'accepting' (I hate to use that word) as is Kingston. Wilkes-Barre has a much higher crime rate - shootings, stabbings, robberies. Other areas to consider would be near Kingston - Forty Fort, Wyoming, Luzerne, Swoyersville, or further out to Kingston Township (not Kingston but further away). The areas I have mentioned are fairly quiet as well and very neighborly.

[parecreation]

Check out the NEPA Rainbow Alliance. I know that one of my colleagues, John Dawe, has done some great work with the group. They have an annual event which this year had over 1200 attendees.

[ScranBarre]

When I used to work at the Lowe's in Edwardsville (a not-so-nice town just outside of Kingston) I would see obviously LGBT people and/or couples shopping there on a regular basis and worked with several others besides myself as well. I know from my personal experience back in the NEPA dating pool that Kingston has a relatively-high LGBT population as far as NEPA is concerned. Scranton's Hill Section also had a decent-sized LGBT crowd (I can envision that being Scranton's "Gayborhood" someday when it fully revitalizes). Oddly enough as an alumnus of Pittston Area it looks as if Pittston, too, is a surprisingly strong breeding ground for gays/lesbians, as more and more former classmates seem to be "coming out" on a regular basis on Facebook.

[KarenRice]

is a surprisingly strong breeding ground for gays/lesbians

I find this a curious choice of words.

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by KarenRice

I find this a curious choice of words.

Sorry. No offense was obviously meant by it. Perhaps a more judicious choice of words would have been "mecca?"

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

When I used to work at the Lowe's in Edwardsville (a not-so-nice town just outside of Kingston) I would see obviously LGBT people and/or couples shopping there on a regular basis and worked with several others besides myself as well. I know from my personal experience back in the NEPA dating pool that Kingston has a relatively-high LGBT population as far as NEPA is concerned. Scranton's Hill Section also had a decent-sized LGBT crowd (I can envision that being Scranton's "Gayborhood" someday when it fully revitalizes). Oddly enough as an alumnus of Pittston Area it looks as if Pittston, too, is a surprisingly strong breeding ground for gays/lesbians, as more and more former classmates seem to be "coming out" on a regular basis on Facebook.

Pittston sure does pump out a good amount of Gay people...especially on a per capita basis...LOL. I know of a few classmates who were Gay but not too many are out; however I grew up in a different time. Even talking about these things was pretty much taboo back in the sixties; but things did slowly start to change in the seventies And then came Disco....LOL....

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by PITTSTON2SARASOTA

Pittston sure does pump out a good amount of Gay people...especially on a per capita basis...LOL. I know of a few classmates who were Gay but not too many are out; however I grew up in a different time. Even talking about these things was pretty much taboo back in the sixties; but things did slowly start to change in the seventies And then came Disco....LOL....

What still amazes me is I was the only "out" gay guy out of a class of over 280, and now it seems like 10% of the class is gay/lesbian/bisexual now that we're in our early-20s. Pittston churns 'em out!

[KarenRice]

So is it something in the water? LOL

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by KarenRice

So is it something in the water? LOL

Well we used to always joke about the three-eyed fish in the Susquehanna!

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

What still amazes me is I was the only "out" gay guy out of a class of over 280, and now it seems like 10% of the class is gay/lesbian/bisexual now that we're in our early-20s. Pittston churns 'em out!

It's something in the water...LOL...Or fumes from mine shafts...LOL...My class was almost 500 people and 2,000 plus at the main high school.