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Old 11-10-2009, 08:12 AM
 
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I am moving to the area and will be working in Hazelton. Can anyone help with info on where I should move to in either Wilkes Barre or Scranton. I am 34 a single professional. I am looking for an urban atmosphere with lots of pubs restaurants close by. Looking for lofts or condo to rent.
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Old 11-10-2009, 08:33 AM
 
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I am moving to the area and will be working in Hazelton. Can anyone help with info on where I should move to in either Wilkes Barre or Scranton. I am 34 a single professional. I am looking for an urban atmosphere with lots of pubs restaurants close by. Looking for lofts or condo to rent.
Where will you be working? I'll tell you one thing - you definitely do NOT want to live in Hazleton. Hazleton is a dump.

Given the information you provided in terms of what you're looking for - Scranton City is definitley your best bet.

There are tons of pubs/bars located downtown and some good restaraunts in the area too. There are lofts by Nay Aug Park in the Hill Section of Scranton, which is very close to downtown.

There are also some really nice newish apartments actually located downtown. I can give you the name and contact information for a realtor if you want.

If you live in the Downtown, Hill Section, East Mt., or West Side you can have a lot of access to the bars/pubs and restaraunts in the area with very little driving.

From Scranton to Hazleton is probably a 40 minute commute. But you really will hate Hazleton given your living criteria.

Wilkes-Barre is a little better than Hazleton, but still sort of depressing. Since you will take 81 South to Hazleton from Wilkes-Barre or Scranton...the time difference on the interstate is probably only 15 minutes.
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Old 11-10-2009, 09:16 AM
 
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Scranton is small enough that you can live anywhere in the city and be a stones throw away from everything!
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Old 11-10-2009, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Have to agree that Hazleton is NOT where you want to live for a "trendy urban exprience." Granted Scranton is no Ithaca, Boulder, or Charlottesville, but it is the closest to "chic" that NEPA has.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:52 PM
 
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A shorter commute time does it for me. I'd look in the Wilkes-Barre area. I don't live there now, but did for many years. Someone else on this board will have to recommend a specific apartment complex or neighborhood.

Having lived in other places, I don't see a big difference between the Wilkes-Barre, Scranton metro areas. Both have some good restaurants, decent bars, a bit of shopping, nice neighborhoods. They also suffer the same ills: crime, drugs, urban decay.

I agree that either Wilkes-Barre or Scranton would be preferable to Hazleton.
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Old 11-10-2009, 10:16 PM
 
Location: wilkes-barre
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Wilkes-Barre is an up and coming city in the region, it is closer to Hazleton then Scranton, and offers most of the same things Scranton offers, the downtown is making a very nice comeback after many years of decline, there are many new restaraunts, pubs downtown, and downtown lofts are coming very shortly, Kirby Park, Nesbitt Park, River Common when combined offer the largest urban/recreation park system in the region and bookend the downtown. Downtown Wilkes-Barre is also home to two college's, a new Movie Theater complex, a YMCA, a collegate Barnes and Noble and it is starting to take on a youthful college town vibe. I think it is safe to say that Wilkes-Barre is becoming the entertainment capital of the metro area with Mohegan Sun Casino, Wachovia Arena, Kirby Center, Woodland's leading the way. The buisness/shopping district on the outskirts of the city is one of the, if not THEE biggest shopping districts in the region. You really need to decide for yourself, people that reside in Scranton will tell you Scranton is your best bet, while people from Wilkes-Barre will tell you Wilkes-Barre is your best bet. It is my own personal opinion that the Wilkes-Barre area is closer to Hazleton, and Scranton isn't all that much better, or offer much more then the Wilkes-Barre area does. It is not like you would be drastically trading down, or sacrificing to live in Wilkes-Barre as opposed to Scranton. Wilkes-Barre is also centerally located inbetween both Scranton and Hazleton. Each city has pro's and con's, and both have your typical urban problems with drugs, crime, blight, but it is nowhere near what you see in big cities. Both cities share the same attributes, demograghics, stats ect. Anyway, here's a link to a brand new downtown Wilkes-Barre loft project if you are interested. http://elevationslofts.com/ Here's a link for the brand new River Common park downtown http://www.rivercommon.org/ The River Common is directly across the river from both Kirby and Nesbitt Parks, the levy which is a great walk, bike, jogging path that runs beside the Susquahanna River. Kirby Park also has nature trails, a pond, tennis, basketball, baseball ect a pavillion ect. Here's a link featuring Kirby Park, this web page is a little dated though http://course.wilkes.edu/Downtown/st...storyReader$24. And one more featuring the city's popular farmer's market http://www.wilkes-barre.pa.us/farmersm.php

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Old 11-11-2009, 08:23 PM
 
Location: The New England part of Ohio
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I agree with you W-B proud! Wilkes-Barre is up and coming and it is in many ways comparable to Scranton and in some ways exceeds it. I like Scranton too, though.

IMHO in NO WAY is Wilkes Barre as depressing or downwardly mobile as Hazelton seems.
W-B is vibrant with a lot going for it!
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Old 11-11-2009, 10:49 PM
 
Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA
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its weird how hazelton used to be nice and now its a huge dump.
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Old 11-12-2009, 07:53 AM
 
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Lackawanna Ave in Scranton is under renovation and is likely going to be near most of the up and coming bars and restaurants. If you are looking to see where the scene is in Scranton, The Bog is the cool bar in town and has been for some time. There are many nice areas in Scranton, but I think Lackawanna Ave and the blocks North, up until lets say Vine are what you are looking for. It is pretty walkable from many of the areas near there, but I wouldn't probably live south of Lackawanna Ave. as a single female who likes to go out and walk at night.

Don't know much about Wilkes-Barre yet, I am also relatively new to the area.

Good luck
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Old 11-12-2009, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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The only concern I would have about working Hazleton would have to be a potentially treacherous I-81 commute during wintry weather. You really climb appreciably in elevation as you head from Wilkes-Barre south to Hazleton, and I know the area around Dorrance/Nuangola is notorious for accidents during wintry travel conditions. However I'd stomach a few hair-raising commutes each year to live in a nicer area. I wouldn't go so far as to call Hazleton a "dump," but it really is one of the most undesirable cities in our area.
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