My 35/M brother is moving to PA from Houston, TX in a few weeks - what city should he choose?

Submitted by desirizzle21 t3_10ycaq6 in Pennsylvania

My single 35yo brother got a big promotion and is moving out of state for the first time next month. PA is quite the change from Houston, TX where we are from and he would like some help deciding between Kingston, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, and Dallas. He is mostly interested in living somewhere safe with people aged 30+, decent nightlife, and outdoor activities. He will be driving to Exeter, PA for work. He will probably get a dog at some point too if that matters.

Any tips and opinions are appreciated!

EDIT: As someone mentioned he will be working in the Exeter borough in NEPA, NOT the Exeter township closer to Philly.

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cutiecat565 t1_j7xkeg1 wrote

If he wants to be super close to work, Wyoming and West Wyoming are great. There is a nice wall along the river that he can take the dog too. I'd avoid West Pittston. Its beautiful, but like 90% of the town in a flood zone. Of the Kingston area, I like Swoyersville best. Dallas area is very pretty. I'm assuming that his jobs is at the vehicle parts distributer that starts with a K. Just note that the closest highway ramp is 18-20 minutes from there, so the it can be a pain in the butt sometimes to get there from Scranton.

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desirizzle21 OP t1_j7y7xvq wrote

Thanks! I’m actually not sure where exactly he works but now I’m curious lol, I’ll ask him tomorrow. Sounds like you might be correct.

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artful_todger_502 t1_j81zejt wrote

We were in Honesdale last week looking, very nice little town but might be too long a ride to Exeter.

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[deleted] t1_j7yd85p wrote

Scranton is the biggest city of all of these and probably has the most to do. I think it’s the fifth largest city in the state.

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ThePizzaTimeBandit t1_j86m1gm wrote

It fell down to 7th. Allentown grew immensely in the past 20 years and is now number 3. Upper Darby is bigger now since Scranton has been losing people.

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GlitteringWing2112 t1_j7ze9tj wrote

I'm in Pittston - they've done a great job on our Main Street. We've lived here for 26 years and like it a lot...

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7xe5ul wrote

Dallas is the better town but WB may be more affordable.

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PawBandito t1_j7y6uxd wrote

Out of the bunch, Scranton seems like the best bet.

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monthoftheman t1_j7xb7dv wrote

Conshohocken if that's close enough. Some nightlife, safe inexpensive, attractive, adjacent to xway, 30mins to downtown philly...

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the_dorf t1_j7xi8zr wrote

Exeter is a borough in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area; totally different than the Exeter Township, near Reading

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desirizzle21 OP t1_j7xiobr wrote

Oh I see, I totally got the locations confused! 2 hours away is a huge difference. Thanks for catching that.

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dunkeebutt t1_j7xre7g wrote

To make things even more confusing, there's both an Exeter Borough AND Exeter Township in Luzerne County.

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desirizzle21 OP t1_j7xczvq wrote

Mmm looks like It’s about a 50 minute drive one way give or take…might be a little too far but I’ll run it by him!

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Spin_Drifted t1_j7xfkeo wrote

That's closer to two hours.

Crime in Wilkes Barre is probably the highest of the cities you listed. Kingston is across the river from Wilkes Barre. Both will have typical small city nightlife.

Dallas is a suburban area, has a fair amount of restaurants and bars and probably the safest one you mentioned.

Scranton is also a typical small city. Has its good areas and bad.

As far as outdoorsy stuff, you can live anywhere in NEPA and find something to do within a pretty short drive. Hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, mountain biking, and if he likes winter activities, skiing, snowshoeing.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7xecr5 wrote

Conshie is just outside of Philly! A bit more than 50 minutes last time I drove down 476. More like 2 hours.

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desirizzle21 OP t1_j7y7i5l wrote

I mean, do you have a better alternative to getting insider opinions?

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[deleted] t1_j7z0ugg wrote

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[deleted] t1_j7z5x3o wrote

you must spend a lot of time on weird subs

reddits a great place to gather insight that could aid in making an informed decision.

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desirizzle21 OP t1_j7zzvfq wrote

You must be fun at parties.

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desirizzle21 OP t1_j803mua wrote

If you believe Reddit to be full of idiots, why are you here? Do you just enjoy going out of your way to be rude and unhelpful?

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mcvoid1 t1_j7xhgg0 wrote

edit: My bad - apparently there's two Exeter's on that side of the state. I was familiar with the other one of them. In my defense the other Exeter his 5x bigger in both area and population so I had an 80% chance of being right.

Those NEPA towns are 2+ hours from Exeter in non-rush-hour traffic. It's not like Texas where there's cities separated by flat empty space. He'd have to cross a whole mountain range and go around two not-big-but-big-enough-to-have-major-rush-hour-traffic cities. Please consider somewhere between Reading and Philly or he'll be driving 6 hours a day.

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the_dorf t1_j7xi5r9 wrote

Exeter is a borough in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area; totally different than the Exeter Township, near Reading

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mcvoid1 t1_j7xjhxk wrote

Ok that plan sounds a lot less insane now. My bad.

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jakkal732 t1_j7x9gn3 wrote

Philly

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the303reverse t1_j7xgzp9 wrote

All of Pennsylvania is trash :)

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