You know you are from Scranton IF You Answer 70% or more 'YES'

  •    You can name every town between Wilkes-Barre and Carbondale (in   order!).
  •    You know that there is a huge difference between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
  •    Your Church and favorite beer garden are conveniently located on the same corner.
  •    You know the difference between halushki and halupki.
  •    Your three favorite holidays are: St. Paddys Day, the first day of   buck season, and the night they light the Times Tower.
  •    You know up da line from down da line.
  •    Driving to your brother-in-laws in Wilkes-Barre constitutes going out of town for Thanksgiving.
  •    You're on the local funeral directors Christmas card list And you  have one of his calendars hanging in the kitchen.
  •    It takes you a good three minutes to read the Sunday paper
  •    You're one of the few Americans who cares where Hillarys father is buried.
  •    You're not worried about that fire plug in front of your house working because there arent enough firemen left to turn it on anyway.
  •    You know the airport is really in Avoca.
  •    It's pronounced COOpon, DOOOpont, and Troop
  •    You can tell the difference between an Irish church and an Italian church just by the name.
  •    When giving directions you always mention at least one bar or funeral home.
  •    You know what a corpse house is.
  •    You insist on calling them column banks.
  •    You tell everyone from out of town that the reason you live here is because Its the best place in the world to raise a family, and then complain because theres nothing for the kids to do, no jobs except minimum wage, etc.
  •    You brag about your brother who has a big job in Philly.
  •    Your immediate family has at least one person who works at Tobyhanna (or The Depot).
  •    You've ever ridden a bus to Atlantic City,  Cause it only costs 12 bucks and they give you 10 in quarters.
  •    You plan your summer vacation to the shore around the firemans and/or Church picnic.
  •    You love Penn State and the Yankees and hate Notre Dame and the Red Sox.
  •    When you were a kid you used to get your sneakers at the A-cummy.
  •    You would never walk down Mulberry Street at night. (or, for the older generation, Lackawanna Ave)
  •    You've never even been to Steamtown.
  •    As far as youre concerned its Rude 81!  because you think Jersey drivers are the worst in the world.
  •    You pronounce the following correctly: chimbly, li-bary, sangwich, Scra-in, and brudder.
  •   Your chuchi lives next door to your noni.
  •    Kill-bossy is the main course at Christmas dinner.
  •    They're HOAGIES dammit!
  •    Someone in your family went tudda U.
  •    You order a tray of pizza
  •    You have seen the largest pothole in the world
  •    You miss Sugermans
  •    You have seen an accident on Route 6 (two points if you have been in an accident on Route 6)
  •    You think that all of the local town names are really part of cotton eye joe lyrics (thanks to krz)
  •    You have seen the Olyphant anchor
  •    You have seen a war tank on the side of the road
  •    You know what a smidgen is
  •    You have drank keystone light for six nights in a row
  •    You have ever hung out in Dunkin Donuts or on the Old Forge Main
  •   Street for an entire night
  •    You remember the Globe store (2 points if you ever ate at the Charlmont)
  •    You have ever felt the Steamtown Malls floor shake beneath your feet
  •    You have recently become a Syracuse Basketball fan, even though you never were before (due to Gerry McNamara with help from Billy Celuik)
  •    You own a Quints Army or Navy t-shirt
  •    You have eaten an entire box of Krispy Kreme donuts in 20 minutes
  •    You know who Tilly and Tony the elephants are
  •    You know someone who has ridden in the Grumps cart around Lackawanna stadium
  •    You don't brag about your brother who's at least 30 and still lives at home with Mom & Dad
  •    You have had to explain to your buddies on your a) dart team, b)bowling team, c)softball team, d) all of the above, that you cant make it Wednesday night bee-in dat you are on swing shift
  •    You have at least one article of clothing with a picture of The Grump
  •   on it that youd never wear in public in a million years
  •    Your mom makes the worlds best piggies and smashed pa-tay-das
  •    You cant give directions without pointing, even if you're on the phone  phone
  •    You know the difference between the Riverside & Nebraska sections of Archbald
  •    You have eaten a ha-dawg from Coney Island
  •    You have ever taken the highway over to the next town just to avoid
  •    traffic lights
  •    You have ever wondered how Sneaker King keeps going out of business
  •    You can depict each town by the Christmas decoration on its telephone pole
  •    You have ever put off bringing your college friends home until St. Pattys Day
  •    You are connected to everyone through at most 3 people
  •    You have carried a keg in the woods to party
  •    You spend at least two nights of La Festa week walking around in a circle
  •    You catch yourself singing the Van Scoy diamond song
  •    You know that Schiffs dresses up their Mr. Schiff maniquin as Santa Claus every year
  •    You have ever joked about rocks falling into Wal-mart
  •    If only in the background, you were on local television at least once
  •   You hate that radio commercial that says on Mundy street, on Mundy Street, thats right, on Mundy Street.
  •    You, your brother, your sister, your mom, or your dad was born in CMC
  •    You count one, two, tree

 Taylor Borough site has a nice History section 
Moosic Borough site has information on the town's history 


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