To: Tribune7
I have been taking soccer teams to the area to play for over 15 years and have seen it deteriorate.
So many companies have gone it's a shame. I remember playing at GE Fields. Great facilities. Gone.
I think the biggest business in the area might be the VA hospital and the school district.
They do have one of the best indoor soccer facilities in the state and it is full of tournaments all winter.
I do like the area and it is sad there are just not enough jobs.
One last thing, great Italian restaurants if you know where to go.
9 posted on
07/31/2010 8:06:27 AM PDT by
AGreatPer
(Obama can't be impeached. He is not legally POTUS. Ya, I am one of those.)
To: AGreatPer
I don't think I've ever been to Scranton, but I love Luzerne County.
You are right things are getting worse up there but where in this state is that not the case?
10 posted on
07/31/2010 8:26:53 AM PDT by
Tribune7
(The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
To: AGreatPer; Tribune7
LOTS of great Italian restaurants. Another way to get great food (Italian and Eastern European) is to go to a church “picnic”. You can also get great food at the Pittston Tomator Festival or the Italian Festival in Scranton over Labor Day weekend.
The long-standing corruption and the death of the coal industry at the end of the 1950’s have ruined the area. (the latter a result of the coal mine owners’ greed; the Knox Mine Disaster put the final nail in the coffin of coal mining)
15 posted on
07/31/2010 7:15:39 PM PDT by
Born Conservative
("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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