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Saturday 02 November 2002
Scranton deserves a new image
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Scranton Times Tribune : City fights for new image
This is the place Archie Bunker grimaced over when Edith suggested visiting. It's where "The Simpsons" newscaster Kent Brockman reported David Crosby's liver lived, above a drugstore. A Washington Post humorist put it in the running for "armpit of America." When National Public Radio covered Congressman Joe McDade's ethics inquiry, the report described the area as never having emerged from the Great Depression.
Although pop-culture depictions make Scranton the butt of jokes, most people outside the northeastern United States know little about the city. That's an opportunity, local marketers and economic developers say, to build a new image rather than rehabilitate a bad one.
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Just a few weeks ago, upon looking at my personal photo album, a certain well-known blogger residing in NYC commented that my photo album, "makes Scranton look cultural". Well, I was kind of miffed about that remark. There is culture here, even if a lot of people ignore it. Obviously it's here, if my photo album attests to it. There are good things going on here in NEPA, interesting things, entertaining things, and art.
I think we, as a community, in Scranton, and in all of Northeastern Pennsylvania, need to concentrate on the positive a little more. It's sad when even our own citizens buy into the idea of hopelessness about ever becoming a fantastic place to live, work, and play.
It's my home. I like it. And I want to make it better. How about you?
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posted by Chloe | Saturday 02 November 2002 11:15 AM
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FINALLY! Someone else who is proud to be from NEPA!! :-)
Posted by Steph | Tuesday 10 February 2004 1:01AM
When looking for a place to buy I looked all up and down the Delaware Valley and eastern Pennsylvania and chose Scranton. I think it's going to be both a great investment and a nice place to live. Don't worry what New Yorkers think. Tell them that Scranton steel built almost every building in Manhattan betweeen 1860 and 1920. They had electric trolleys when New York used horses to pull streetcars. Scranton already has a good image and I'd like to help spread it.
Posted by Don Feeney | Sunday 02 January 2005 8:07AM
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