Corruption is why Scranton is a stagnant city. Businesses can barely afford to operate within the city limits, city government is loaded with nepotism with do-nothing jobs and backroom deals are the norm when it comes to the school district and city hall.

@joelp5093

Жыл бұрын

Crime is getting much worse very quickly and the quality of the schools is declining very rapidly, especially over the past 5-10 years and even more exacerbated since Cognetti took over. I can’t believe how much nicer the city was, even just five years ago. Taxes are high and you get nothing for them.

@allisons3663

Жыл бұрын

@@joelp5093 She cares more about renaming roads than fixing them. And let's not forget Sister Sneakers.

@joelp5093

Жыл бұрын

@@allisons3663 Exactly. Just pandering to her ultra low IQ voter base and distraction from the abysmal job she’s doing.

@justsomeguymustache

Жыл бұрын

i agree, we are quite corrupt here in Scranton.. even our court system is corrupt LOL.

@GeorgeCoggins

Жыл бұрын

not to mention 2 recent mayors indicted on federal corruption charges

The Capitol Records building has now been repurposed, but at one point every Beatles album sold in the US was pressed in Scranton.

@Delaware-Lackawanna-railfan

3 ай бұрын

Yeah the building is now about half empty and 30% behavioral health offices and about 20% a pharmacy

It was all over for Scranton once the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Co. moved away.

@TheAnagnostis

4 ай бұрын

That follows up on how Scranton improved so much when the Biden crime family left.

@phillyfan-182

3 ай бұрын

I would work for dunder mifflin!!

@matthewmccarthy1615

2 ай бұрын

Many people lost jobs due to dunder closing

We moved here in August 2022, after a hard and long research. We love it! The quality of life and the people are awesome and it has so much to offer! We bought our new and forever home in Dunmore and we're enjoying every single minute of our new community...won't change it at all!!

@FirstLast-vl1uy

Жыл бұрын

Living in Dunmore is a lot different than living in Scranton especially if you are raising a family.

@desmid

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the area. Lived here my whole life

@Whitegorillaboy

Жыл бұрын

Boy are you deluded

@keeganshoemaker1785

Жыл бұрын

I hate dunmores roads and Scranton’s cops but what gets me is how there is nothing to do around here anymore Steamtown used to be the hotspot and now it’s a freaking hospital it’s just a lame area after moving to South Carolina

@zerogstormz4444

Жыл бұрын

I live in the mountains surrounding you. I wish you the best of luck! Just be careful of the crappy areas like west side (not saying all of west side or all of scranton is bad) but just be careful for there a lot of stabbings and robbery's

They call it the electric city because of the electricity

@someperson3883

Жыл бұрын

That could be anywhere with a powerplant

@adamsteele6148

Жыл бұрын

@@someperson3883 it's from the office tv show look it up lol

@erink695

Жыл бұрын

First electric rail street cars here. That's why. Plus vaudeville was biggest here before Hollywood era. If you made it in Scranton, you were a success.

@michaelbufalino4646

Жыл бұрын

@@erink695 There's actually a book titled "If You Can Play Scranton" that discusses the history of theater in the city bt Nancy McDonald. I was lucky enough to be a student in the classes she taught for both AP American and AP European History. I'm not sure if the book is available at the local library but I know there's a copy at the Lackawanna Historical Society.

@ianowens5255

Жыл бұрын

If you look up n. Washington Avenue it ran from end to end crawley park to about where the mall is. When the road gets really bad you can see the track come up in spots

I think it's worth mentioning why anthracite coal put Scranton on the map. Anthracite is a hard coal that burns cleaner and can only be found in extremely specific places. and if you look at a map of Pennsylvania, you can actually see where that specific place is because there's a thin stripe of constant city around the Scranton/Wilkes-barre area, and then almost nothing for at least a 20 minute drive in any given direction.

@zerogstormz4444

Жыл бұрын

Scranton area has the most anthracite coal in the us with the smaller pockets not worth mining for there isn't enough profit in a lot of them

@richcook2007

Жыл бұрын

For Phoebe Snow the way to go, from 33rd to Buffalo, from Broadway bright the tubes run right into the Road of Anthracite. Advertising verse for the Lackawanna Railroad, the Road of Anthracite.

@williammoore27

8 ай бұрын

Scranton has more skyscrapers between New York City, Philadelphia & Atlanta!🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙

@tyleroreilly8195

6 ай бұрын

The anthracite coal from northeast Pennsylvania was the birthplace of the modern day nation. The founding of this country benefited more from anthracite than anything else, monetarily

At 85 years of age and no longer living in Scranton, I have nothing but love for the city despite its economic decline...just like another old family member!

As someone who was born, raised, and currently lives in Scranton I could honestly say it’s a shame to see how much the city has declined over the last 15 years. At least we’re not as bad as Detroit though

@justinwalker1829

Жыл бұрын

I think the exact opposite. What has declined???

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

You are also not nearly as bad as both Youngstown Ohio and Niagara Falls New York. Those two blue collar cities are on their death beds 🛌.

@Goobnav

11 ай бұрын

I'm a Valley native and my wife is from Detroit, surprisingly I feel more comfortable going to Detroit than back home. Michigan is a true open carry state for now, granted have my CCW from my new home state of NC, PA is questionable at best for open carry. Also I have cousins that are local PD in PA and still don't feel as safe.

@johncampbell9107

11 ай бұрын

You're well on your way to Detroit

@nozzledrich

11 ай бұрын

Great Battle cry,,,''Detroit, it sucks worse than we do'' BTW, Is Scranton run by scummy commucrats?

As someone who once lived there it's quite interesting to see it covered and talked about in this way

@7wayOrNoWay

Жыл бұрын

I'm here still

@williammoore27

10 ай бұрын

Scranton has all the massive skyscrapers to be a city nickname as known as: "New York City of the Wyoming Valley"!🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙

I remember a pizza place there called “Slice of Scranton” …some of the best NY style pizza I’ve ever had. It was a family operated restaurant in a house. We would always go out of our way to stop there.

@match328

8 ай бұрын

Is it better than Alfredo's pizza?

@TN-D18

8 ай бұрын

@@match328 Dunno. This would have been 10 years ago, while driving thru. We are trapped in Tennessee, where Domino’s is king. 🤣

@lolodee3528

5 ай бұрын

“Slice of Italy?”( a.k.a. The SLICE?) 😂😂😂it was in South side. I’m in TN now too-I make my own Old Forge style pizza. Every week I make a tray. I’ve never had a good slice in the south.

@TN-D18

5 ай бұрын

@@lolodee3528 Thanks, I bet that was it! We have ONE pizza place in Chattanooga (Community Pie) that is passable NY style. Geesh, I miss great pizza.

No mention of Dunder Mifflin? (Sorry, someone had to say it)

@lightcycle87

Жыл бұрын

It's okay. I thought the same thing.

@bluerisk

Жыл бұрын

...I'm sure Scranton is still a major center of the beet production.

I live in scranton, moved up here from are you ready? Orlando Fl running away from tourists and traffic. I like it here its quiet. Relatively crime free and almost traffic jam free. Yes its snows and its cold but i dont really worry about the weather. This is a very decent place to raise a family, the jobs are catching up too.

@jaysweeney9279

Жыл бұрын

Scranton is hell on earth compared to Florida lol

@janelis156

Жыл бұрын

@@jaysweeney9279 to each is own my brother. I lived 20 years in Florida im just fine up here. No traffic no tourists. Im a minimalist im ok with a simple life. Im up in the greenridge section of scranton and its quite nice.

@johburale4991

Жыл бұрын

I moved out of Florida too to Minnesota i think Florida is overrated. As working class man Florida is not for me, it's more like rich and bilioniors, the jobs are mostly service jobs. Here in Minnesota I have a union job ,and make 70k ayear, that is impossible in Florida

@Whitegorillaboy

Жыл бұрын

@@jaysweeney9279 Yo, jaysweeney9279. You any relation to jimmy'sweeney?

@jaysweeney9279

Жыл бұрын

@@Whitegorillaboy where is he from?

Scranton ended up on "forgotten places" channel Feels bad man, I live here. The newer pictures you use I recognize where they are.

@NamefulOdder

Жыл бұрын

Ya You can litteraly see things from your childhood and just know, there is very few people that share these memories... but hey at least there's 77 thousand of us to share our memories together ♥️

My family is from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area. The anthracite coal comment is really understated. The church my family went to, the altar was made from coal. The coal closures is also part of the reason why my family left. Thanks for the video!

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

Both my grandparents on my dads side were from Scranton. They saw how things were & moved to NYC in 1935 right after my dad was born. Both were educated so they had better chances at jobs.

@ronaldbobeck1026

Жыл бұрын

Kings College in Wilkes Barre has a Solid Coal Altar The the Schools Chaple it was moved to the new student center . I'm a Kings graduate.

I'd love to return back after going to college there! Low prices & great views!

@jeremyhague2119

2 ай бұрын

Same here.

I live in West side Scranton. I love it here. Us millennials have been working hard to bring something great here..our art and music (myself being a part) are awesome. We've worked hard since we were just kids to put on shows and give hope and love to anyone we come in contact with. Is it the best city in the world? No... But it's mine and I'm proud of it.

@justsomeguymustache

11 ай бұрын

i also live in west side! i think the splash park was a pretty good addition to help with people getting outside. the thunderstorms the past few days havent really been as good though..

Nice job narrating -- enjoyed the smooth hand-offs!

Really enjoyed the style of your vid thanks 🎉

Personally I think Scranton is a great town - it's situated in the scenic Wyoming Valley, right next door to the Poconos, and a mere 2 1/2 hours drive to both New York City and Philadelphia. It's full of lovely historic architecture, has a couple of universities, several beautiful parks, and some cultural amenities. I pray it makes a comeback. As the song "The Pennsylvania Polka" states - "It started in Scranton, it's now #1!"

@rjmprod

Жыл бұрын

Well it will if we can get a Conservative Governor some day and a guy that is not impaired in the Senate, then we give Philly to NJ and Pittsburgh to Ohio, and let ANTIFA protest and burn down Penn State College…..! Maybe then we can allow great places like Scranton to flourish again….!

@mrbutch308

Жыл бұрын

@@rjmprod Well, this has got to be the silliest comment I've read in a long time. Not going to happen. Shapiro absolutely demolished Mastriano (who is a bigot, anti-Semite and an insurrectionist.) Philly can not be given to New Jersey nor can the 'Burgh be given to Ohio. Put away your adolescent masturbation fantasies and accept reality.

@Youngmanvibin284

Жыл бұрын

Tbh, it would be a great city if there weren’t so many wannabes following people who moved in from New York or New Jersey. They ruined this city and at this point I’m just trying to get a job and move tf outta here. There’s nothing but hostility and a bunch of people who just all out HATE it here. Sure it may be a cheap place to live in but it is NOT WORTH IT! It’s just full of fakes who are trying to act reeeallly hard infront of their New York and Jersey friends 🤦🏽‍♂️.

@rjmprod

Жыл бұрын

@@Youngmanvibin284 if you could loose the woke from any, it automatically gets better in the soul of the city. Economy will follow…!

@fjb4932

Жыл бұрын

Mr Butch, Being 2 1/2 hours to New York City or Philadelphia . . . is certainly Not a selling point. Now, 2 1/2 days, a whole lot better . . . .

Thanks for considering doing a video on it cause besides the office we're unknown

One of the most fascinating videos I have ever seen! I am near Scranton!! Has anyone ever done a video about Clark's Summit PA? That would be fun!!!!

Many government buildings in downtown, not like it used to be. I was born and lived most of my life here except when I moved to San Francisco and lived there for 25 years. Right now, most people can’t even afford senior housing. Nursing homes charge $9k/month for bathing, changing you, feeding you and letting you sleep, nothing else.

OMG. 😂 Never expected to see a video about Scranton. This is my hometown.

@enchanted_raven_of_gold_11

Жыл бұрын

Same babe literally lived there my entire life 🙃 moved away last year and honestly part of me does miss it. I’m only a half an hour away though to be fair

@CryptoX-kr3wu

Жыл бұрын

@@enchanted_raven_of_gold_11 I moved away years ago across the country. But my extended family is still in West Scranton. So I visit at least once a year. I don’t care what anyone says, Scranton is a great city with a rich cultural history.

I live in the Philadelphia suburbs but worked for the state of Pennsylvania for many years. For some time I was assigned to work in the Scranton area. As noted in the video you can see how the city declined as many industries closed down. However not everything I bad about the city. When I was first assigned to the area it was very depressed. However I did see the city when the downtown mall was relatively new. But just like most malls today has fallen on hard times due to internet shopping and retail expansion outside the city limits. As noted high taxes drive most business to close or relocate and when it comes to manufacturing most of that work was relocated to Asia due to lower costs. I feel there still is hope for the city to improve but like most cities in PA taxes need to go down and leaders need to change their thinking on how to attract new business to the city. By the way the trolley wire you saw is for an active historic trolley museum next to Steamtown Railroad museum and does operate trolleys over a historic route to the Baseball park area.

How much longer can the country go on when we don't manufacture goods. Where does the money come from in a service industry based economy? The Time is now.....

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

Supply side/ trickle down economics and service based economies do not work, period!

@inthrutheoutdoor5849

Жыл бұрын

those jobs have been gone for a long time. There are no updated facilities to put them. It would cost millions to just open a plant.

Senator Dan Flood did everything he could to support the anthracite mining industry, even getting the US Army to export it to their bases in Europe for heating during the Cold War. He deserved a mention in the video.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

True.

@doug.jones.88

Жыл бұрын

That's a good point, but Dan Flood's district was mostly the Wilkes-Barre area and never included Scranton, which is probably why he's not in the video.

@thomascooney2610

Жыл бұрын

Really? You guys live in WIlkes-Barre? The stories of corruption and Dan Flood run rampant throughout the valley.

@stevea6816

Жыл бұрын

Flood was a Congressman

@Goobnav

11 ай бұрын

Dan Flood left politics due to the mountain of investigations he had on him, wonder why the roads are bad in NE PA, he's to blame, especially the repave contracts after the road, especially, Route 81, was built, Dan was corrupt and his replacement Kanjorski was worse, he tried to damn the Susquehanna with an inflatable dam for a "lake", of the most polluted water in PA.

Scranton became known as the Electric City because of it being the first U.S. city to have electric trolly cars. Also the population situation is even worse as that 140,000 plus population in the forties did not count the now incorporated communities of Providence or Minooka which were separate communities now incorporated into Scranton with its bore 70,000 population.

@msg2743

11 ай бұрын

6 year difference though.

Lived in the Scanton area many years ago and going to try to get back in the area again. I was born and raised in little Italy Newark NJ in the heart of little Italy 7th Ave. Left! Joined the Marines and many Italians started moving out to different places like Scranton where I hope to relocate back. If you needed help you can always find help from the Italians, Irish and the Jews it was a good place to live.

I live in scraton just moved here 2 years ago from New York bronx. Good to know this information 👍.

They should build a replica of The Office building in Scranton, and people would visit more. There are millions of fans worldwide.

@CARLOTTAZAIREFerguson

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

My Great-Aunt formally lived in Scranton, I remember visiting her there a few times, and I’ll admit when I was there, there wasn’t a whole lot to do.

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

We went up for a funeral once & the whole town seemed depressed.

@rowdyboys951

Жыл бұрын

@@samanthab1923 Same here, a lot of run-down old fashioned buildings, few restaurants, and no entertainment venues.

@jgrysiak6566

Жыл бұрын

Same with Johnstown, an old depressing former steel town. My grandfather used to take us to feed the pigeons in the park.

I just moved to scranton and my wife and I love it here so many fabulous restaurants and so much to do we love tripps park area and we are so happy we left nnj and it's the best decision we've ever made and not to mention the people here are very nice and the city is revitalizing with the new generation its great here

I’m from this area. I remember the rise and fall of steamtown mall. Today it is mostly part of a college and doctors offices. What wasn’t touched on was the garment industry. There was a factory almost on every corner. My town had at least 5. I believe that was the final nail in the coffin. In so far as education that’s starting to decline. Scranton has 3 high schools now only rwo. They are combining the elementary schools whic will close some. Higher level education will eventually suffer. Taxes are ridiculous.

@jaromeartley73

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Scranton I remember when downtown was alive at night now its a ghost town

@DanielleWhite

Жыл бұрын

I grew-up in the area in the 1980s and one memory is how many small garment companies there were, often operating out of second floors over various retail businesses, even into the various up-valley towns. I remember accompanying a family member to the bank in Mayfield and seeing dresses being loaded into a panel truck from above one of the small markets in the area (not sure if it was the Big Chief across the street from the bank or one that used to exist on Rushbrook in Jermyn.) They had strung a cable between the rear of the truck and a second floor window then in batches the dresses, in protective bags, would be placed on the cable by the hanger hook and allowed to slide down.

@robinrutkosky5887

Жыл бұрын

@@NamefulOdder wouldn’t be surprised. Look what happened in Wilkes Batte. From 3 high schools to one.

@flinch622

Жыл бұрын

Government never thinks to shrink itself in the face of a declining population. The term I reach for in these places is "pension farm" - people staying there become the crop. Also, I'd say Clinton giving China MFN was the death knell for places like Scranton. Anything garment industry in the US related was pretty much toast by the time he left office.

Fantastic 😍

My grandfather worked in Scranton in the 70s and 80s at a meat packing slaughterhouse. But we lived in Wilkes Barra, which I think is a much nicer town 20 miles away. And every time I go back to the area I visit train town. Because I love trains ever since my uncle showed me his train set when I was a boy right there in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Well done!

All those cities in Pennsy suffered from the downturn in Anthracite. Labor is cheaper overseas so the factories closed an we are left with a severly depressed region. There really is nothing left. Reading, Lancaster, Tamaqua all suffered. When the steel left it was another great blow to PA, mostly Bethlehem/Allentown and Easton area, but it was worth driving in to Bethlehem Steel from midstate because steel paid so well. Its depressing. Pennsy used to be great, now it's a shadow of its former self.

@williammoore27

8 ай бұрын

Scranton can have many, many, many massive skyscrapers between New York City, Philadelphia & Atlanta!🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎

Moved here from Philly 3 years ago and the public transit system (Coltsbus) sucks. It doesn't even run on Sundays when there are art classes and church events I can't attend. It seems like most people who live here drive, so I guess there's less incentive for Coltsbus to add evening service and routes to more of the adjoining towns like Jim Thorpe that has a quaint downtown area that I've only seen a little of on TV. The upside is that I was able to get into affordable senior housing very quickly plus I feel safer here than if I still were in Philly.

@gerardradwanski9556

Жыл бұрын

Kitchen

@johnr6019

Жыл бұрын

@@gerardradwanski9556 ?

They don't call it the rust belt for nothing. It's a depressing city with not much industry outside of health care and services like the video mentioned, high poverty, horrendous taxes, many suspect neighborhoods (I used to live in one), government corruption, terrible weather, the list goes on. As for a recent example of decline, take the Steamtown Mall, which went up in the 90s. When I was a kid, it was bustling with business and was a very popular hangout spot. That changed when I was in highschool when the mall was almost completely abandoned and bought by somebody else because the place was failing rapidly. Despite the aquarium moving in, it's nothing like it used to be. I hear some bozo wants to build a 17 story tower somewhere downtown that's going to double as a multi story mall and apartments. Excellent idea. That'll bring in tourists.. or something. A lot of people I know want to move south to Florida or pretty much anywhere that's not the northeast US. I can't imagine retiring here myself.

@edhlavaty6914

Жыл бұрын

Actually Delta Medix has most of the Old Mall. The Mall Owner is restoring Old school's and Mills into Condos and Apartments. He's actually doing a good job turning abandoned buildings around.

@lucifchristo

Жыл бұрын

government corruption is an udnerstatement speaking as a residenet of the last 40 years. everything else is accurate

@enchanted_raven_of_gold_11

Жыл бұрын

@@edhlavaty6914my ex gf used to go to luzerne and one of her classes were in the mall. But even we were reminiscing about how busy steamtown used to be. It’s good it’s getting used for the school and medical space too. I think that’s actually a good idea.

@jimhanratty9543

Жыл бұрын

My mother is from Duryea, left in the '50s. Today a guy could live like a king there. Kielbasa,pizza and beer,nothing better.

@NatsFan18

Жыл бұрын

Harsh but kinda true. I'm from the Lehigh valley currently living in Central pa/Harrisburg area but brother just moved to Scranton area and boy is that a sad area 😂

SCRANTON...if you can make it here you can make it anywhere!

All went to shit after Michael left

@sirweed7554

Жыл бұрын

I knew there would be at least one office comment here 😂

there's definitely some things they can do to make the city more livable and streamlined. unfortunately its overrun with an aging population that hates the idea of modernization. im all for protecting old architecture and such but its annoying watching the council meetings and hearing 80 year old's complain about how we should add another lane to the highway, or give them roadside parking. Instead they should be focusing on getting that Amtrak line from Scranton to new York up, or maybe put some of that tax money into bringing back the trolley system this city was built around? idk, just feels like a ton of wasted potential here anymore.

@kxi529

Жыл бұрын

its 2 hours distance from 2 major population centers that have a housing and job crisis. The cities economy could legitimately be BOOMING right now, its just not being taken advantage of.

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

You have to change the mindset of the city and the younger more open minded folks need to stand up to these elderly NIMBYS and tell them off. Scranton and other older northern cities need to clean out their local governments of all the entrenched career dinosaurs and elect fresh new blood. I am all for historic preservation but some old buildings are just too badly deteriorated to be repaired and restored. You have to have some new architectural styles added to the city to liven it up.

@TheMrPeteChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@r.pres.4121 You can make old buildings look & feel modern. Look at the Old Murphys Varnish building in Newark NJ. Every pre world war 2 building should be preserved or modernized.

Here to give a shout-out to my man Michael Scott

The Scranton lace copy omg. I remember always asking what it was and why it closed so on…I know they started doing construction on it like three years ago or so. It’s so strange seeing all these pictures, some very familiar or some that I’ve literally walked by several times be in this video.

@Heres.gioooooooo

Жыл бұрын

Apparently it’s going to be turned into an apartment complex from what I’ve heard

Love my sweet Scranton - hope to one day move to the mountains and live it out there🏔

@zxcpiggy

Жыл бұрын

You really don’t want to theres so many better places then Pennsylvania im from there and wanna leave youll find out one day

Scranton is a success story compared to whats happened to many other towns in NEPA

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

And in upstate New York.

@Woodstock53

Жыл бұрын

A dump

I was born in Scranton Pennsylvania, but we moved back to Texas when I was still just a baby, I am 50yrs old now and would love to travel back to see where I was born. If not mistaken i was born in lakawanna

@majorproblem8796

7 ай бұрын

As someone who lived in was also born in NEPA, grew up there and moved to Texas. Y’aint missin much

Awesome

As an NEPA resident, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are nice cities. Sure, they may be old, but I feel pretty safe living in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.

Reminds me of Binghamton NY in how it lost a lot of business.

@joelp5093

Жыл бұрын

Binghamton is a bit different because IBM was keeping that area alive up until 60,000 people lost their jobs all at once, so the deterioration was much more sudden. They haven’t mined coal near Scranton since the 1950s and nothing has really replaced it since then.

@gregorycyr9272

Жыл бұрын

@@joelp5093 It wasn't all at once it was gradually that IBM left.They employed at most about 25,000.What also hurt the Binghamton area was Endicott Johnson shoes closing all the factories gradually another 20,000 people lost their jobs.At least Binghamton area is affordable for housing,I live in Raleigh NC now and it is a lot more expensive for housing here.Homeless is going up in Raleigh.

@joesmith9216

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Binghamton is the twin city of Scranton, less populated there though.

@fraters.4430

Жыл бұрын

As a Scrantonian, I remember well when moving to Binghamton was the mark of "having arrived" (or if I'm honest, "having escaped successfully"). It looks like one generation of those refugees managed to flourish before meeting the same economic fate as their hometown. It's morally repugnant what has been permitted to happen to that whole entire region, economically and socially. They broke their backs building this country and facilitating its growth and success, and for thanks got left behind the moment things looked more easily profitable elsewhere.

@inthrutheoutdoor5849

Жыл бұрын

both are the same thing... and they are only a few miles apart up 81

Pretty much the only reason the town is there is because that’s where the coal was/is. If you check out a mine map, the entire town is mined out underneath. Grid after grid of room and pillar, solid across the entire valley.

as a student of the university of scranton, it’s on the rise once again

@Anonymous______________

Жыл бұрын

Do you have any data that supports your claim?

As a person who lives outside of Scranton I can say that this video paints the city in a nicer way than it actually is

@ajd0101

2 ай бұрын

True

Lived here my whole life and this made me depressed i never knew that much of the backstory before

Ayyyy we’re still going strong out here!

This is a good facts based report on Scranton. As a lifelong Scrantonian, I can truly say that I love our city. There has definitely been an uptick over the past 15 years for Scranton as a whole. The neighborhoods are much safer than they were a decade and a half ago. For it's size, Scranton is a relatively safe city to live in. Immigration has created a much improved atmosphere in the city. Immigrants from Asia as well as Latin America, Africa, and New Jersey have formed strong family bonds here and have improved the atmosphere in the city. We have been a hotbed for corruption politically through the years, but our current leadership is really trying to improve the city and it's surroundings and is doing a good job. The arts scene is growing and expanding, and the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a unique bunch as a people and are willing to laugh at ourselves, as evidenced by the overall acceptance of "The Office" as a Scranton thing. Many of my friends have moved away and gone around the world to live and produce, but I have been grateful to be able to raise my family here and have lived an incredible life. This was a good video to see!

@joelp5093

8 ай бұрын

Saying that Scranton is safer today than it was a decade and a half ago than is an absolute lie.

I'll tell you exactly what happened. Dunder Mifflin moved to the West Coast and since they were one of the biggest businesses there the whole area shuttered down. Bad business decision imo...makes the while company look greedy.

My advice to Scranton Toniann’s is to consider yourself a distant suburb of New York City and try to get a speed rail line to make this happen. Would be a boom for the region bringing in much needed high-end wage earners. That is people making more than 100,000 a year.

@idaliss

10 ай бұрын

All my new neighbors are from nyc 😩

@edwardzarnowski5558

9 ай бұрын

I think they thought about that once but they voted against it. Railroads go both ways you know... Didn't want the crime in NYC coming back. This was in the late 80s 90s

What happened to most of PA? The resource and manufacturing industries left, and the place contracted heavily. I'm from a small, dying steel town in western PA, same general story.

@joesmith9216

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, death by design, only jobs are food service. And most factory jobs lay off after a year.

@gregorycyr9272

Жыл бұрын

I was in Altoona Pennsylvania back in April from Raleigh NC and was gonna do a solar panel job.

@jimhanratty9543

Жыл бұрын

Suburban Phila., i would say is basically booming

@paulmercuri8108

Жыл бұрын

Where you from buddy Westmorland country?

@tomfields3682

Жыл бұрын

Listen to Billy Joel's Allentown. He tells the story.

Scranton is a beautiful city and is coming back!

@jaysweeney9279

Жыл бұрын

Scranton sucks bad lol

@felipesastre3790

Жыл бұрын

@@jaysweeney9279 I guess is how you see things out there…I don’t see Scranton that way I think is a beautiful quiet city…it might not be for everyone like NYC is not as well.

@jaysweeney9279

Жыл бұрын

@@felipesastre3790 1.weather sucks in scranton..2..roads are terrible..3...taxes are high...4..people are miserable for the most part...i could keep going on and on...just my take

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

As these big coastal cities like Boston, NYC, Miami, LA, etc all get too damned expensive and unlivable, small to mid sized cities like Scranton are becoming more attractive to today’s young people. Many Gen Z’s would rather start up businesses in these smaller cities than work for the man in these expensive big major cities. Scranton PA and Binghamton NY are going to have to start making themselves more open to new ideas and development and become more welcoming to younger people.

@joshuajeffers-williams952

Жыл бұрын

@@felipesastre3790 i love every city

I know a guy that moved there from NYC and he's doing really well.

@markusmaximus629

Жыл бұрын

That would be me. Scranton is a fine city.

I enjoy living here. (well, near scranton, I happen to be in Carbondale) but i've met some really amazing people here. Plus, the NUMEROUS family owned restaurants. The food in this area is TOP NOTCH!!

@GR-le1ms

Жыл бұрын

What pizza do you buy?

@damianslick1725

Жыл бұрын

@@GR-le1ms Domenicks pizza in Carbondale is the best in NEPA IMHO. 2nd would be Andy's in Peckville.

@joelp5093

8 ай бұрын

@@damianslick1725 I agree Andy's is one one of the best

Wilkes-Barre, Scranton are in the Wyoming Valley. I grew up in the mountains out side of the Wyoming Valley. I had to leave in the late 70 ' s to find work I said I always say I am from the Valley.

@Goobnav

11 ай бұрын

Scranton is in the Lackawanna Valley, south of Campbell's Ledge is the Wyoming Valley, Scranton is on the Lackawanna River, hence the Valley name, the Lakawanna River meets the Susquehanna near Pittston and that is where the 2 valleys meet as well.

PA is the best place to live….as long as you have a good job. Taxes are nothing compared to NJ or NY. My mortgage was cheaper in pa than my taxes were in nj

@markusmaximus629

Жыл бұрын

Word brother. My property tax is 3.7K, in NJ the same tax was 18.2K. So PPL who say taxes are high have no experience paying taxes.

We have an amazing art culture..restaurants, skiing and many amazing opportunities. University of Scranton, Marywood college, Johnson school if technology

@thechitownclown8972

Жыл бұрын

Hometown of the most amazing band in the world!

Scranton is actually having a bit of a resurgence. Great mayor and progress being made to bring in a larger a variety of cultures to the area. One of the biggest issues is the University of Scranton which gets around real taxation by making donations to the city every year. They own such a large swath of land, but are a religious school to skirt around some of the rules.

@z612528

9 ай бұрын

Great Mayor who does not live in the City. City Hall closed since the Pandemic. Large variety of Criminals from big cities with the promise of free everything and easy welfare. Don 't know where you live Buddy but the resurgence will come when we get rid of these clowns running the current circus here.

@joelp5093

8 ай бұрын

You are very, very delusional

It's been all downhill (pun intended) since the town had 30,000 pounds of bananas dumped on it 😆

The office here?

My grandfather from Italy lost his life in the coal mines in Scranton Pennsylvania.

@chasbodaniels1744

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Mining was always a dangerous and dirty trade, unfortunately.

i have been a resident of Scranton for nearly 16 years now, not amazing, there are our fair shares of great businesses like Coney Island, which i actually worked at previously, but other than that we are quite corrupt and quite boring. pretty good amount of crime that happens here, but most of us know each other, and are tight-knit.

@markusmaximus629

Жыл бұрын

Crime? When was the last mass shooting? A: Never.

@justsomeguymustache

11 ай бұрын

@markusmaximus629 dumbass just because there aren't mass shootings doesn't mean there isn't bad crime. we have property crimes, drug crimes, and violent crimes rising in how often they occur. ive had property crimes occur to me several times in this city. i have had guns and knives pointed at me, and I've been hit by cars both purposefully and not. this city is not in any way glamorous, and remember, mass shootings aren't an extremely common crime. the rates of mass shootings in the entire U.S. are probably 0.1% of violent crimes. ive even witnessed a drive-by right down my street.

Can you do what happened to Cumberland Maryland

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

I have heard that Cumberland is a smaller scale version of Baltimore.

Do one for Glen Lyon, PA

@joelp5093

8 ай бұрын

Dude Glen Lyon is ROUGH

Scranton needs to capitalize on the Office and increase tourism, pull some people out of the Poconos too.

I lived there in 2010-2011.

I live in Scranton now there's not much out here now a small mall called Steamtown mall

Oh we’ve had a very productive chewy and Amazon warehouse open up in nearby Throop/Archibald. Seems like that’s where most of the jobs are being created now. I’ve seen few interesting places open and stay open in the last decade not sure if the city’s really on the up swing but there is a few promising signs.

@joelp5093

8 ай бұрын

Low paying jobs that will be replaced by robots soon. It's growth but it's not good growth.

Lived here all my life it’s not bad there just isn’t much to do.

Jesus. The first video I see is my hometown

They have a great paper and office supplies wholesale company

Good quality paper came from there

Is Scranton worth visiting as an English guy who loves the office?

@markusmaximus629

Жыл бұрын

Not really, The Office is fictional. Totally fictional. It is a nice town to live in, I live here, but not worth visiting from England just as a destination city for an Office fan. Fact.

@skankhunt4220

Жыл бұрын

@@markusmaximus629 I know the office is fictional lol but surely there some places to visit office themed ect?

@markusmaximus629

Жыл бұрын

@@skankhunt4220 All there is is a small gift shop at Coopers Seafood restaurant, and tho it is a nice place to eat with outdoor decks, the Office is not something that exists, or has any other physical place you can visit. Got it? There is an Office theme Bar in Miami Beach Florida, and I think that is where you want to go. I was there, and after you spend 45 minutes there having a meal and a drink, and after, you can enjoy Miami Beach. Bring Flip Flops.

@skankhunt4220

Жыл бұрын

@@markusmaximus629 alright mate cheers

Dundee- Mifflin moved its call center to Delhi, India eight years ago?

Interesting photo of Old Main at 1:02 - that was the original University of Scranton campus. The opening shot took me a minute to figure out for the location as I don't think I've ever seen a view of downtown from that direction. Since I worked there for several years and recognized many of the buildings. I grew-up on a dairy farm just north of the city. I ultimately moved away because of so much attitude against improving anything. At the time I left young to middle-age adults were one of the smaller population segments and a number of the local elderly residents took expressed attitudes of "I'm against the proposals because they won't improve anything in my lifetime." At the same time they would complain about how so many of us graduated then moved away - I tried a few times to explain why but they dismissed everything, insisting the attraction of higher wages elsewhere was "just greedy."

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

It is because of these elderly NIMBYS that opposed any new ideas or development that younger people along with business all moved away from cities like Scranton. Between them and the corrupt entrenched politicians it is no wonder why most older northern cities have had a tough time revitalizing themselves.

Born & raised. Scranton is special. There are incredible minds there.

30,000 Pounds Of Bananas...... "1965, Gene Sesky lost control of the truck he was hauling 30,000 pounds of bananas in Scranton, which inspired a Harry Chapin song."

I love scranton pennsylvania i like every city new york city los angeles every city even baltimore chicago paris florida every city in the world i love earth judt be happy where you live love your life enjoy your life and enjoy wherever u live no matter what 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ i love everyone

Can you do a video on Lansing, Michigan. We lost a lot of jobs in the Automotive industry, birthplace of the Oldsmobile

I pray for the city daily.

@fjb4932

Жыл бұрын

S, "I pray for the city daily" Lol, i thought that was said sarcastically ( sounds like something an old Catlick would say ) till i realized Scranton is an old Catlick stronghold. Keep praying. It's working ! . . .

There are numerous formally prosperous places in PA. when mining and steel industries started dying.

@r.pres.4121

Жыл бұрын

Same thing in NY. Many once proud and prosperous cities and smaller towns are now all struggling with the typical quota of socioeconomic problems.

The office slowed their doors

Just had dinner tonight in a very nice Italian restaurant in Scranton. The place was packed; not an empty seat anywhere. The town is clean with well maintained houses and buildings. Soee parts of Lackawanna Ave. are now closed, but overall the city isn't anything like Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, etc.

I live in Scranton we doin just fine

@joelp5093

Жыл бұрын

I live outside of Scranton and it’s really not that bad. Allentown or Reading are way shittier

@jaysweeney9279

Жыл бұрын

scranton sucks bad

@NamefulOdder

Жыл бұрын

They are taking dumps on us cuz they don't know the good sides, they just see what's online and assume it's horrible, sure it could be better but it's not that bad.

@jaysweeney9279

Жыл бұрын

@@NamefulOdderi lived in scranton it's a hellhole lol...potholes everywhere..crazy taxes..miserable people...weather sucks..should i go on?

@NamefulOdder

Жыл бұрын

@jay sweeny ya lol I just don't think it's bad as they say it is, there could be a ton of improvements but I'm just saying there is people out there that think it's the worst in all of PA. It's the fact that people just keep complaining instead of doing something about it that make everything suck

I still heard the music even though you didn't play it...

Another reason is were on the fourth generation of road builders building the same four miles

@irashotwell6898

Жыл бұрын

I guess it's a form of job security, you know if you pay off the locals you'll get to redo it next year.

On a positive note there is a lot of distribution centers in the area because to ship in or out of the north east you almost have to pass through Scranton and that has become one of the industries that sustains the area. What has killed Scranton however is the problem that is killing America as a whole we simply don't manufacture hardly anything here at all and the majority of work people are doing produces little to no value, more people are going to be in for a rude awakening if the U.S. dollar looses its status as the world reserve currency.

Nay Aug park needs Tennis courts racket ball hand ball Basket Ball and baseball field’s . The new mayor covered the swimming pools up with asphalt can you imagine

@joesmith9216

Жыл бұрын

nay aug has NOTHING, it's funny actually.

Are we fans then or not fans of business?

the economy fell apart after the Michael Scott Paper Company ended operations

Scranton has new skyscrapers, real Wall Street, new underground subway trains, new entertainment, new food, new shopping mall & so much more!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@jeanne8507

11 ай бұрын

There is no subway in Scranton. There is no new shopping mall. Pretty much everything you just wrote is wrong.

@joelp5093

8 ай бұрын

@@jeanne8507 I know you live in Scranton because his obvious joke went over your head. Scranton is horrible.

I Stayed round Philo st