a city small area but population of about 50,000. home,
puerto ricans, jamaicans, sonic as public schools are known for combining at the moment, but next week
something else will happen i’m sure. 50% new yorkers who live here only half the time. if you come to wilkes barre from brooklyn thinking youve “made it out the hood” i have bad news for you. and especially avoid walmart. the walmart - and the little mini-mall around it- have had a lot of shooting incidents and there’s always a drug deal going. now let’s talk .. how we talk. locals will mostly call this place “WB” when texting, but irl you pronounce is “WILKES-BERRY”. Trust. any local will tell you that. common slang words include jawn, oldhead, drawlin, ard, bet, word to (anything), trippin, blessed, pop out.. just your usual philly/new york slang mixed together. “ghetto” city, but as long as you curse a lot, smoke, wilkes-barre doesn’t have the best history - known for being ghetto and two
unfortunate natural disaster incidents with a tornado wiping out an entire mall yet leaving a tent standing fine - and a flood wiping out the entire town, ( tents included ) but we’ve recovered. overall you will probably grow to love wilkes barre, but it’s mostly a city you stay in for a short amount of time, not a home city to many people.
