I grew up in Wilkes-Barre (saw my old house in this video!) and it used to be a great place for a family. Since gentrification in bigger cities like New York priced out all the people that could previously afford somewhere to live, most moved inward to NEPA and brought some bad elements with them. Almost all of the people I grew up with have moved out to surrounding areas just to get away from the crime. You read the local news sites and it’s all murder and drugs. Sometimes I really miss what that place used to be and the life I lived there.

IF This Was The "Worst" Part Of Wilkes-Barre Then It's "Nicer" Compared To Most Other Cities!

@colinperkins8794

7 ай бұрын

It's not

@tommeadows-ie2xb

15 күн бұрын

I've driven these little streets a lot, they are poor white people. But the city is dominated by housing projects and violent black and latin gangs like most of the Poconos. Pittsburgh is also so dangerous the police officially announced that they won't respond to 911 calls any more. I have lived and owned in both places.

Thank you for stopping and waiting for that big, beautiful dog.

I grew up in Wilkes-Barre but haven’t lived there for decades. I remember it being a great place to live so it’s depressing to see how run down or boarded up so many places are. Things have changed, including combining GAR, Coughlin and Meyers into one school. That’s just mind-boggling to me. Each school had massive amounts of students when I lived there.

@Drayskiiii

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and they just finished the school it’s crazy out here now but the schools football team is great I am going next year so I can play basketball

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm going to miss e.l Meyers high football new generation is going to be cool for them but it's going to suck for us bc I have lots of memories in Meyers growing up and hate to see the school get shut down 👎 but I'm still a mohawk till I die

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like there's not going to be a good rivalry like Meyers football and g.a.r football Meyers could have been saved same with gar and coughlin if they sent 12 million dollars on a new school then they could have saved them school s but no it pisses me off but what you know the mayor is trash and so is school district as well

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Mayor Leighton was a good mayor

@jamesisapedo6889

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidlehman531 no he wasn't

Raised in the area in the 1970's. This area looks pretty much the same. On a sunny day it looks much better. Most of these homes are 100-150 years old covered in 70's siding. Not a hood!

Should have stopped for a cut or two of Ricci’s pizza!!!

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Facts Sicilian pizza is good there

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

A cut? 😂😂😂 where is that lingo from

@joshuarosenblatt

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgavin2843 north east PA. A ‘cut’ (slice/single) or a a ‘tray’. Mainly for the square styled ‘Za’s like at Ricci’s. 😉

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuarosenblatt never heard tht shit in Philly. It’s a slice lol

@joshuarosenblatt

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgavin2843 up here in Wilkes-Barre area it’s a different world. Tho! We do have some pizza/hoagie joints that bring in Amoroso rolls daily. Best of both worlds. Wit or not 😂

Wow you saved me from moving here. Very different from the scenic pics shown on Wikipedia and other sites with info about this town.

@NothingToPointOut24

3 жыл бұрын

Good and bad parts to every city in the country. If you move to any areas where the residents are dangerous and have zero ambition other than to live off the government, then you wont be able to move anywhere

@Nolacarsillo

3 жыл бұрын

Do not move there !!!!

@innerpeacetranquilityselfr9217

2 жыл бұрын

This guy kep driving in thecsame area. There are actual nice neighbor hoods as well with beautiful houses. This a small portion there are areas in in the township areas going towards the hospital . There neighnorhoods in south wilkes barre towards the river. Cities always have bad neighborhoods and good neighborhoods. But this definitel6 took on3 spot and drove around in circles

@Football-fb9el

2 жыл бұрын

The Scranton area is nicer if you're looking to move to Northeast PA

@aamirm5117

2 жыл бұрын

@@innerpeacetranquilityselfr9217where exactly?

I think you just drove 80 miles and stayed within an eight block radius.

people who are WB lifers will say it's not bad at all and crime and bad neighborhoods are everywhere, etc, etc. this town has been spiraling downward for decades and it actually has a decent amount of street crime now. it's also becoming more dilapidated. this place isn't bad compared to north philly or baltimore, but does that mean these neighborhoods are a good place to live? answer, no.

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

I’d live in Wilkes barre and be fine any day Of the week WB is not hood

@loedraco0077

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelgavin2843 it is

@sara_gonzales

Жыл бұрын

It's a crappy place to live

@sara_gonzales

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelgavin2843 Yes it is, it's gross

@FloodlandX

Жыл бұрын

No it is not the Hood...but there are Parts that are and yes over time it is getting worse.

Hood!? All you are showing is the slums. Hood means tough or rough and wilkes barre is definitely not that.

@water5414

3 жыл бұрын

Issa ghetto. Trashy/dirty af and u see sum shit depending on where and who u is. Not as crazy as some of the other places but les not downplay it.

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

@@water5414 we gonna downplay it WB not the hood

The house at 2:16 is in the process of being remodeled. It's right at the end of the South Street Bridge and it's beautiful.

My wife is from Wilkes Barre . You passed the house that she grew up in . All of the different ethnicities and people who lived there. . 40 yrs ago .

Grew up there , moved away almost 20 years ago. Sad to see how it is now.

Wilkes Barre was a great place to grow up in the 60s and 70s. People used to take care of theor properties. Families were raised where these slums are now. Its very sad to me.

@InfectedChris

3 жыл бұрын

Truth. I went to Meyers back in high school and there was a home on Corlear that used to be very well taken care of by this retired couple. I guess after they passed or sold the property, it was bought by some losers who wrecked everything. I saw it was later abandoned and boarded up with garbage all over the yard. I just looked on Maps, and it's been torn down. Such a shame because they were such nice people who took such great care of the property.

Its honestly pretty quiet in WB. Theres a few sketchy neighborhoods but cops started cracking down hard on crime in 2015. Much better than it was 10 years ago. Theres still drug deals some places but I havent heard gunshots at night in over a year. Its still shitty but really not that dangerous.

@maad.dogg6668

2 жыл бұрын

Its not really dangerous at all if you mind your own business

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Lies

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

It's bc we used to it if someone from mount Pocono manor or some where came to Wilkes-Barre an seen so stuff they would run away an never come back lol but naw Wilkes Barre goes hard compared to York pa an chester bc I lived there for 2 years apart but currently in York yeah it was bad but it's more calm then Wilkes Barre plus more jobs

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Missed out on Sherman hills

@lovemykids570mommyvlogger

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy No I don't live under a rock I live in WB

Thank you for bringing back memories. I lived on Columbus Ave when I was little.

They started out driving through the old Okarma-Terrace. I lived there back when they had the cinder walls fencing in the patios......great memories, my has it changed.

@vickieashton6321

2 жыл бұрын

Me too ....when your neighbors were family...this aint the hood...showing corner stores we bought candy from....lmao

@michaelpanetta2161

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickieashton6321 I know people who've been shot dead here. Times change.

I use to live about 45 minutes outside of Wilkes barre and at times would have to come into Wilkes Barre to stay the holiday inn on kidder St.The person I lived with was a doctor at the VA.hospital that sat on the hill across from the Wyoming valley mall!

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Holiday inn was known for drugs lol

Nepa is the most depressing place to live.

Unfortunately still live here. It's worse than anyone sees or hears. Downright sad what has happened here

@DP-nw3lz

Жыл бұрын

Where are there good areas near by? I'm looking to move out there to start a business. Scranton, Pittston, etc. Seriously looking at Luzurne. How is it? Thanks

@colinperkins8794

7 ай бұрын

​@@DP-nw3lzdont

@DP-nw3lz

7 ай бұрын

@@colinperkins8794 Already did. Ended up in Clark’s Summit

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

@@DP-nw3lzwhy did you move to the area? I hope it turns out well for you.

@DP-nw3lz

4 ай бұрын

@@Mister_Listener We moved our business here. Ended up renting a house in Clarks Summit and renting a Warehouse in North Scranton.

Unfortunately I live close to this dying city right up the road in Wilkes Barre Twp....although my end of town is ok let's face it...Wilkes Barre is dead as a city...it makes no money to stay above water because of having so many section eight people and other people who don't pay taxes (you know who you are)....plus countless absentee landlords who just wanted to get out of here. Once upon a time Wilkes Barre was a well known part of the industrial revolution ....

@RailFanRob

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy honestly I have no complaints about the Twp itself... I live there currently and lived in the city for many years and there is a difference in the kind of people that live in the Twp and the violence /drug dealing issues are pretty much non existent in the Twp... I'm speaking from experience

My boyhood home. Grew up on Myers CT, off Jackson Street, right down from King's College. Middle class row houses. Middle class then, shabby looking now. Spent Saturday's roaming Public Square after the kiddie matinee at the Paramount or Comerford theaters. Hotel Sterling, Miners National Bank, all gone now. Once great city, but no more.

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

No. This place was never a great city.

This place is depressing. I feel bad for people who want to leave, but feel like they have no out. My advice would be to just get in your car and start driving. Di whatever it takes. I cant imagine feeling stuck there. Wow

Born and raised in WB. "King Coal" and heavy industry built her. Once the mines and the factories closed, it was the death knell for her.

love the one side street where the wider sidewalks double as driveways 🙄

Around Coal street is pretty bad

What is the name of those street

Kinda surreal seeing it on video instead of in person

You shoulda showed Sherman Hills, huge projects

This is almost all my old paper route actually

I lived in Wilkes-Barre 2 years it was ok went from park Ave in south Wilkes-Barre to north main st in north Wilkes-Barre. I actually had a lot of fun out there. Once bad incident was when a riot almost broke out at ali babas (supposed) last night open. I seen the violence first hand

I remember I went up there from NYC with my mom for a couple days to kick dope like 6 7 years ago,i drove around sick couldn't find anything and ended going back to brooklyn and coming right back smmfh, it was a nightmare over there,I'm clean 5 years now but still have that memory of it being all Grey and depressing by like birch up the hill from that bowling alley

@colinperkins8794

7 ай бұрын

Should've came to plymouth or nanticoke could've found anything you wanted even wilksbarre/hanover turkey hill

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

⁠ i hope you went shopping at Boscov’s?

Can't wait to never come back

I'm from Wilkes-Barre born an raised I seen good an the bad in those streets an the hood but shit it's everywhere you go but I rep w-b all the way no what I mean I bleed 570 baby

@kennethlopez6527

Жыл бұрын

i live in harrisburg now. my license plate reads "da barre." 570 till i die baby

Thanks for Video of Wilkes Barre , my former hometown " North Main Street " But from what i hear Wilkes Barre is going sour , down hill " Wilkes Barre use too be a nice city.

@InfectedChris

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day before we were born, it was a nice city. But, the city never really recovered from the combination of the end of coal mining/Agnes in 1972. I was a long way from ever being born then but I do know a lot of NEPA history.

It’s nothing compared to big cities… like Philly.

@Meta4ce

2 жыл бұрын

Why do people from grimy medium sized cities always say this?

@cristhianyadhir5888

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy there's no gangs or gang violence in Wilkes Barre what you on?

@cristhianyadhir5888

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy You misunderstood what I said, what I wanted to say was that the crime in Wilkes Barre is very low and that there's barely any gang activity.... Wilkes Barre is one of the safest towns in pa so I don't know what your mad at.....

@Glo2GoSprayTan_danielle

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy I agree with you 100% the crimes, drugs, gangs, etc.. it’s a shit hole. I live outside Scranton. I hate this area & plan on moving when my children get older.

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll live in WB AND SCRANTON ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE GOOD 💯💯

Why do all these houses look so bombed out and destroyed?

Plains is a much better area and it’s like 15 mins from here. It sucks cause Wilkes barre used to be really nice

It’s not that bad it’s cool city if you mind your own Business

@maad.dogg6668

2 жыл бұрын

Fr

@maad.dogg6668

2 жыл бұрын

@Will Smith they say you get stuck in wilkes barre... guess u got lucky

@GioOmerta

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah bro WB all good just don't go to the Shady bars

@ronaldsegear6039

2 жыл бұрын

I have never had any problems here. If you mind your own business no one bothers you. The downtown area isn't bad at all.

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

@@ronaldsegear6039yeah but go in to Boscov’s and you will never survive even 10 minutes.

I grew up on Hutson st. Went to GAR. Sad how run down the area has become, not that it was great to begin with.. but it certainly wasn’t this bad.

Spent my first 26 years of life their left in early 2000’s , lived off park ave , there’s no hoods in wb, go to north Philly if you wanna see a real “hood”

@RobMLyon

Жыл бұрын

Very true

@yung0problem7child3

Жыл бұрын

YOU GUYS MUST HAVENT BEEN TO WB IN A WHILE 🤣🤣🤣

i used to live on park, that whole "city" needs to be redone

Family member tried to pressure me to move with them to WB. Looks ok but not for me. Thanks for the tour.

@wydjholvy628

3 жыл бұрын

Wilkes barre is not dangerous at all. I live in nyc but i used to live in wb for 3 yrs. its dead and boring

@stargotti1527

3 жыл бұрын

@@wydjholvy628 how about Allentown n Scranton?

@mar.c1

3 жыл бұрын

@@stargotti1527 Scranton aint bad

@stargotti1527

3 жыл бұрын

@@mar.c1 wat about Allentown

@mar.c1

3 жыл бұрын

@@stargotti1527 Pretty ghetto

Good job driving the wrong way in the beginning

An area turned bad, shootings all the time.

@jacekmma

3 жыл бұрын

True

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Straight true

Great work bro don't look that crazy

@ThatStonedTroll

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up here it honestly sucks but moved away a couple years ago best decision I made

@MochaQueen5

3 жыл бұрын

Looks are deceiving WB is cursed.

I still live here

Occasionally in Plymouth.P.A and Nanticoke drug deals. Otherwise it's boring here!

Def not a hood. Its very quiet in most spots js

@Drayskiiii

2 жыл бұрын

Not really

Depressing. There are some nicer parts of Wilkes-Barre, downtown and the square are decent plus all the restaurants hotels and shopping by the arena. This dude stuck to the rough side of town.

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

My goodness this video makes it look dirty and bombed out. Not a stitch of grass or trees anywhere!

Hello guys...i applied for wilkes university.i need accomodation near to my collage.and whats the job opportunity at WB

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Selling drugs

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

If I was you apply at York college bc Im in York pa and there better jobs here and the area is good Wilkes-Barre is bad unless you like your clothes and jewelry you'll get to robbed bc your a college student that has money trust me I lived there for 26 years this the first 6 months out of the area an it's a blessing

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

An I'm a east York 71 mop shot forest firefighter crew

@RailFanRob

2 жыл бұрын

LOL good luck with that

You no so mamy people complain saying that alot of the wrong people are moving but i moved in this town when there were still majority caucasion and the majority of slumlords are caucasion. I see alot of hispanics moving in trying to renovate houses and rent them out . Bringing bussinesses. The problem isbthat the mayor needs to start cracking down on all these slum lords that jist want the rent but dont want to fix anything granted you do ha e your renters that are disgusting and piggish . I simply hate it here. I want to leave but with the rent prices oit of control you cant find a decent place to go too. Alot of these houses really need to get knocked down and rebuilt. If it was done in newark new jersey wherw im from which helped in alot of areas get rid of crime then it can be done here. They just dont want to. This town is depressing

Giants Despair coming down it would be a nice View for people too

Hood?....not really

Park Ave area isn't that bad at all

Looks like it would be awful living there.

Put my hood on da map💯💪🏽💪🏽

@6ixshotz709

3 жыл бұрын

Shit is not a hood

@jerseybaby100

2 жыл бұрын

Lame

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy WB isn’t the hood plain and simple

@Phearsum

Жыл бұрын

Just cause everyone's poor and on drugs doesn't mean it's the hood.. Sherman Hills/Cole Street is the only area you really even gotta be careful at all. And some areas down around Hazle St. / Blackman St. And even that's nothing too serious. More just run down and eerie.

@kennethlopez6527

Жыл бұрын

@@Phearsum practically the entire city is that way. they sell on the square. they sell in south main plaza. they sell at the turkey hill on penn blvd. the city is teeming with dope spots...its across the 'barre.

Do you ever stop at stop signs?

I remember livin on South Hancock Street

If Bridgeport conneticut and Roanoke va had a baby

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

Bridgeport Connecticut Cnt have a baby that place is the baby 💯💯

Would have loved a commentary?

I went to visit for the weekend a while back I couldn't even find nun to smoke i went to a bowling alley by by the steam mall train tracks shit was dry as hell I couldn't wait go go back to brooklyn shit dumb boring out there. Back then I was withdrawing like a mf so all I have is bad memory but the people seem cool I wanna go visit soon now that I'm on a clean perspective

@colinperkins8794

7 ай бұрын

People r super sketch to new comers

It's more old then ghetto. The video makes it look like the hood. You can walk down those streets and be fine.

I lived all over the world. This place isn't so bad at all. Most people here are afraid to fly or even cross the river lol. Don't go on what they say. There's always a rivalry here west side thinks they're better than wilkesbarre, even tho no flood gate lol. Scranton is run down. Anyone with two good eyes can see that. It's not bad here. Don't do drugs don't owe anyone money mind your business enjoy your life

@reallytho1943

Жыл бұрын

To bad it's gotten completely worse to where there had been 12 shootings in the last 3 months in my complex 😂

I got hella $$$ out there a few years bacc! Shout out to Sherman Hills, OKC, and the whole South Side!!

@get_flankedaxr2472

2 жыл бұрын

If you’re shouting out to Sherman hills… then you definitely made “hella $$$” from not so legal circumstances

@colinperkins8794

7 ай бұрын

I wonder if your the peice of shit that sold heroin that killed a bunch of people even the dealers

"hood" the only hood I saw was dude wearing a hoodie. this is clowns land sir, not detroit.

All the people saying Wilkes Barre not bad, nor hood, personally I think are just out of touch with the streets and oblivious to whats going on around them lmao I know first hand, because I was part of the problem years ago lol by the grace of god did a complete 180 in my life, and a complete different person these days. But I can say for certain theres alot of bad shit that goes down in this little city. I remember seeing years ago, there was a national poll done on the worst cities in the country based off homicide, and drug related crimes via per capita. (And it has certainly gotten worse since then) Wilkes Barre ranked like 2 cities below Compton😂 it seems a much smaller scale, because it is. There are far less people in this little area, so it doesnt seem as bad, or the ones that live here are just used to it. But if you look at the crime rates vs the population of people here, it's actually terrible😫😂

Unfortunately i have to call this place home😞

@jaycobmelo1904

3 жыл бұрын

Is it that bad dam

@stansova3138

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaycobmelo1904 It is worse then bad, but then again, that is now America. Before I used to know everyone in the neighborhood, today I don't even know my next door neighbor. Wilkes Barre, Nanticoke, Glenn Lyon and Scranton, where good until the 80's then guess what happened. We started taking in people from New York, Chicago, New Jersey and Philly and started giving them Section 8 housing. Now it is getting worse then those cities we just described.

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

@@stansova3138 jersey isn’t a city and Wilkes barre and Scranton aren’t bad at all …… y’all just wanna have a hood so fucking bad it’s actually weird. Nanticoke is a shit hole little town but far far far from hood

I live in Wilkes Barre and its not that bad yes it has all hoods but most of these hoods are not really bad yeah they may look sketchy and have Bloods and Crips here but it still ain't bad

Is it true that Domino's Pizza doesn't deliver in Wilkes-Barre?

@heatrick1192

9 ай бұрын

Who the hell wants Dominos pizza anyway. Worst pizza around. Plenty of good pizza joints in W-B.

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

@@heatrick1192Domino’s thin crust isn’t half bad.

I seen some shit in WB but nit really hood..onky places realky like hood spot sherman hills,hutson n that area not even really happening nomore...

Not even the bad section of town lol

Lol just got pizza from right up the street from here gotta love wb

I got robbed at that McDonald's

i live in the “hood” lol i saw my house here

Looks like he'll to me

I live outside of wilkes-barre now and the city is a mess. That is just one of many ghetto neighborhoods. The entire town is being taken over by inner city trash. They’re bringing crime and inner city problems to a city that doesn’t need them. On top of it the politicians and completely corrupt. The people pay insanely high taxes and the roads are a mess. You can’t drive without hitting a pothole. The long time residents are all either moving back into the mountains or leaving g the state entirely. I’ll be in the perfect leaving the state in the next few years.

@thegent8916

2 жыл бұрын

I'm South of Wilkes-Barre, by about twenty miles, and wholeheartedly agree with this comment. The place has become an absolute cesspool. It's disgraceful.

@Youraveragedemon-n3r

Жыл бұрын

Inner city trash ? Just say you're racist it's cool lol and pa roads have potholes in general that's just Pa for you.

I’m not saying there isn’t areas all over every state that night not be so “good” but to say it’s a hood is stupid only place in the fucking whole state where I’ll feel uncomfortable is Kensington 💯

@AYY116

Жыл бұрын

4 sure

Wells St is stunning

@davidlehman531

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah right lol it's trashy there lmfao

@thefrase7884

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidlehman531 …..seriously? I just bought a 200K house there

@thefrase7884

2 жыл бұрын

@Justan Notherguy …….how about Sambourne St?

Looks like Philly

@_doomzday

2 жыл бұрын

U wildin bul

@RobMLyon

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, not even close.

I live in Wilkes bare and it’s discussing

I went there 2 years ago: never been back, so bad

Omg seeing my project in full display. O karma born n raised. Now reside in Harrisburg. Been living here almost one year before that 5 years in state college. But my pa tags read :da barre." There's my childhood home 305 o karma. Heights nigas u know we run the city. Were awesome ! Shout 2 heights south n end iron triangle entire city Metcalf Hudson ....Harrisburg wb we running the Capitol now !!

@michaelgavin2843

2 жыл бұрын

Harrisburg worse then Wilkes barre

I love how he always picks the gloomy days it’s really not bad AT ALL

@Mister_Listener

4 ай бұрын

Don’t be gaslighting us. It is not a nice place to visit or to live. We can see that in the video. Thanks.

WB is a sewer of a city - Scranton is the better of the two cities in NEPA

@heatrick1192

9 ай бұрын

Scranton is a way bigger shit-hole.

"Hey neighborhood guy i grew-up on south empire street in the mayflower section of wilkes-barre luzerne-county pa from 1981 to 1983 it's a dog 🐶 gone shame that times are changing in the diamond-city just a dog 🐶 gone shame" 🇺🇸🏙️🤓🤵✝️🛐🙏🕊️❤️🤝.