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Jim Thorpe Ranked
#15 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
Feeling safe and secure is especially important to Americans these days. Recent events have reminded us that the safety of our l... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#17 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas
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Jim Thorpe Ranked
#52 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#69 Drought-Riskiest Cities
Scientists are warning that raging brush fires could become routine. Florida is running out of water to meet the needs of its grow... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#73 2005 High Gas Prices
Gas prices recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down. Today the average U.S. family with two drivers p... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#79 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
Gas prices have recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down any time soon. The average U.S. family with tw... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#81 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
Between international terrorism and a struggling economy, todays Americans are faced with more stress than ever. In this new s... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#93 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
Bars and clubs that promote the ubiquitous "Ladies Night" might be surprised to find their citys gender gap favors the men. S... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#94 The Most Single Cities
As interesting as the nation as a whole is trending, Sperling said, we want to see which places had the greatest percentage of si... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#98 America's Migraine Hot Spots
Everybody gets a headache now and then, but did you know that the severe headaches known as migraines affect over 29 million Am... Read More

Jim Thorpe Ranked
#202 2005 Best Places to Live
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Jim Thorpe Ranked
#228 Best Green Cities
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Rankings for Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#6 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)
Feeling safe and secure is especially important to Americans these days. Recent events have reminded us that the safety of our l... Read More

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#16 America's Migraine Hot Spots
Everybody gets a headache now and then, but did you know that the severe headaches known as migraines affect over 29 million Am... Read More

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#26 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#68 Drought-Riskiest Cities
Scientists are warning that raging brush fires could become routine. Florida is running out of water to meet the needs of its grow... Read More

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#90 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)
Between international terrorism and a struggling economy, todays Americans are faced with more stress than ever. In this new s... Read More

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#164 Best Green Cities
Country Home magazine, in conjunction with Sperlings BestPlaces, reveals that Burlington, Vermont is the 2007 Best Green Pla... Read More

Wilkes-Barre Ranked
#271 2005 Best Places to Live
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Reviews for Wilkes-Barre    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I had the privilege of being born and raised here in Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately, the town has deteriorated tremendously. I shall list pros vs.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Wilkes-Barre was a wonderful place to go to college. With two schools near each other (King's College and Wilkes College) the atmosphere was exciting. The city of itself  More

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