Which City Do You Identify More With: Scranton Or Wilkes-Barre? (Hazleton: live, malls)

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

It's truly odd. As yet another former Pittstonian I used to identify more closely with Scranton, but over the past few years I've felt myself strongly tilting in Wilkes-Barre's favor. Wilkes-Barre's downtown just has so much more potential in my book with its compact layout bookended by two college campuses, riverfront setting, abundance of historic architecture, and a population that doesn't automatically naysay every new downtown redevelopment project as is habitually done in another city in the region (not mentioning which one).

The Susquehanna River has a lot to do with my identifying with Wilkes-Barre; plus the city IS FINALLY utilizing the river/riverfront as an asset. I think making the Masonic Temple a museum of some sort would help tie the city together with it's waterfront and enhance the central core.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by NYRangers 2008

Me either. Neither has very much that I can identify with.

So, I assume you identify with New York or possibly Philadelphia or some other city?

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by sues1

I didn't grow up in Pa, so neither. I could take or leave each city.

Do you identify with another city or your birth place?

[MovingOutOfNJ]

Wilkes Barre City reminds me a bit of Some cities in NJ -- which helps me identify with it...

Scranton just has so many damn hills -- you truly feel like your living in a mountain .... city boys dont like mountains lol

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

Wilkes-Barre definitely. It's my hometown! BUT I really do like going to Scranton. It's a different flava for me!

When I was a kid going to Scranton was a treat as it was the bigger city....I remember when Scranton had TWO downtown department stores; each about the size of Wilkes-Barre's Boscovs.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by MovingOutOfNJ

Wilkes Barre City reminds me a bit of Some cities in NJ -- which helps me identify with it...

Scranton just has so many damn hills -- you truly feel like your living in a mountain .... city boys dont like mountains lol

Wilkes-Barre feels more urban and those hills in Scranton; I remember one between downtown and Nay Aug Park, that was so steep, we thought the car would flip over as we drove down it...LOL.

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by PITTSTON2SARASOTA

Wilkes-Barre feels more urban and those hills in Scranton; I remember one between downtown and Nay Aug Park, that was so steep, we thought the car would flip over as we drove down it...LOL.

Wilkes-Barre is much denser than Scranton, which gives many visitors the impression that Wilkes-Barre is actually the "bigger" city. You can easily walk from King's to Wilkes or from the river to W-B Blvd. to stretch all across downtown with Public Square as the center. Downtown Scranton is so poorly laid-out and was so poorly preserved over the years that even the city's own residents bicker about where its boundaries begin and end. I definitely foresee Wilkes-Barre being the better city to live in by 2015 or so.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

Wilkes-Barre is much denser than Scranton, which gives many visitors the impression that Wilkes-Barre is actually the "bigger" city. You can easily walk from King's to Wilkes or from the river to W-B Blvd. to stretch all across downtown with Public Square as the center. Downtown Scranton is so poorly laid-out and was so poorly preserved over the years that even the city's own residents bicker about where its boundaries begin and end. I definitely foresee Wilkes-Barre being the better city to live in by 2015 or so.

I do like the larger, grid layout of Scranton's core; but as said the density is not there. I saw a picture of Scranton on the net, from the 1930's, boy it was MUCH DENSER than. Hopefully both cities get their acts together and begin to rebound.

Wilkes-Barre's core, flanked by 2 universities and a large river is a big plus. However the University of Scranton, though bordering downtown...reaches a dead end , surrounded by highways and interstate 81.

[W-B proud]

Screw 'em both! I'm voting for Hazleton! Viva~La Hazleton!

[parecreation]

What's funny is that the cities do seem like they are separate. It's amazing how people from Wilkes-Barre don't travel much to Scranton and visa versa. Having lived in Wyoming County nearly my whole life and having to travel to go "up the mall," I don't mind traveling to either. In fact, I don't say that I can relate to either better. I'm more of a Dallas/Hamlin type personality.