Scranton
Lackawanna County seat
Scranton is a city in northeastern Pennsylvania, historically significant for coal mining and railroads.
It gained widespread cultural recognition as the setting of the American television series *The Office*: He grew up in Scranton.
The city serves as shorthand for unglamorous, working-class American towns.
Highest-grade coal variety
- minersOre extractors
- collieryCoal extraction site
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
- mine shaftVertical tunnel for extraction
underground · mine fire · company town · immigrant labor · iron ore · railroads · canal system · industrial decline
Scranton paper supplier
- NBCAmerican television network
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
- regional managerExecutive over geographic territory
- business parkPlanned commercial development area
Northeastern Pennsylvania municipality
- PoconosPennsylvania mountain resort region
- Susquehanna RiverEastern watershed's main artery
- coal regionFossil fuel extraction zone
- CarbondaleIllinois city, university town
Train transportation systems
- textile millsFacilities manufacturing woven goods
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
- steel productionManufacturing iron-carbon alloy
industrial revolution · factory workers · labor history · economic decline · rust belt · urban renewal · revitalization · warehouse district
anthracite
Highest-grade coal variety
- minersOre extractors
- collieryCoal extraction site
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
mine shaft · underground · mine fire · company town · immigrant labor · iron ore · railroads · canal system · industrial decline · labor unions
Dunder Mifflin
Scranton paper supplier
- NBCAmerican television network
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
- regional managerExecutive over geographic territory
Michael Scott · Jim Halpert · Dwight Schrute · Steve Carell · business park
Wilkes-Barre
Northeastern Pennsylvania municipality
- PoconosPennsylvania mountain resort region
- Susquehanna RiverEastern watershed's main artery
- coal regionFossil fuel extraction zone
railroads
Train transportation systems
- textile millsFacilities manufacturing woven goods
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
steel production · industrial revolution · factory workers · labor history · economic decline · rust belt · urban renewal · revitalization · warehouse district · lace curtains
- Coal TownsCarbondale, Wilkes-Barre, Hazard, Logan, Williamson
- Coal Countryanthracite, coal mines, coal miner, coal mine, coal dust
- Susquehanna RegionSusquehanna River, Harrisburg, Williamsport, Northumberland, Wilkes-Barre
- Town NamesSpringfield, Fairview, Riverside, Greenville, Madison
- diocesesdiocese, archdiocese, see, bishopric, archbishopric
- Pennsylvania CollegesPenn State, Pitt, Drexel, Villanova, Temple
ScrantonPhiladelphia
Pennsylvania's largest metropolis
Pittsburgh · Harrisburg · New York City · state capital · global city
Scrantonboomtown
Rapidly growing community
Silicon Valley · Austin · Seattle · San Francisco · tech hub
ScrantonLos Angeles
Southern California metropolis
Hollywood · New York City · Manhattan · Miami · Las Vegas