2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Wilkes-Barre, PA vs Fayetteville, NC

#6 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#16 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#26 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#68 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#90 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#164 Best Green Cities

#271 2005 Best Places to Live

#96 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#217 Best Green Cities

#250 2005 Best Places to Live

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

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

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More