As someone in Worcester with a kid at UMLowell, yes please.

Yeah, I asked at the public hearing what provisions there were for abandoned giant buildings when they inevitably vacate, but no one had a good answer. New England is full of abandoned mills, and towns can pay big bucks to maintain/demolish/clean them up.

Sure, but my point was the town didn't offer it. It is what they settled on.

I can't speak for Revere, but I live in another town with a soon to be million square foot distribution center. The Town did not offer Amazon anything. Amazon presented a proposal, the Select Board reviewed it, and the entire town had the opportunity to vote on it. Amazon "negotiated" a ten year phase in of full property taxes, in exchange for the location agreement. Amazon also paid the Town something like $500,000 for local impacts, agreed to fund some street/traffic improvements at their two driveways, gave a substantial donation to a neighboring non-profit nature center, and also promised money for a bandstand. If we did not agree, they would take their proposal to a neighboring town.

Towns prefer business over residential housing. Housing brings families with kids, whose property tax contribution is a net negative with respect to the cost to educate kids. *Spelling

As someone from southern California who lived in this area of CT, I am not sure what you mean. SoCal is very diverse, mostly liberal, and I didn't realize how much the 'health conscious' stereotype of CA was true. Abysmal graduation rate, sub par schools, kids smoke, people are alarmingly disheveled. We lasted 3 years and moved to mass. People here are jerks, but are more educated, liberal, and open minded. That corner of CT also sucks for infrastructure -- limited shopping and entertainment options, we couldn't find a dentist taking new patients.

One entry per email, two tickets per entry.

Big Lots has brand name mattress sets.

If you have another place to take it to, a pre-emptive tow? You still pay the tow fee, but to the company of your choice and no ticket.

There is a Five Guys in that plaza. Might be too much competition for burgers.

A little outside Worcester, but there is a newish place in the center of Charlton called Bellies Breakfast Barnyard. Very meat heavy menu, but everything is delicious. Brioche buns, giant burgers. Thursday night special is a $10 burger and fries.

And the Worcester Art Museum. Worcester Historical Museum is free all this month. Highland Street Foundation usually sponsors free Fridays at MA museums over the summer, but those days are packed.

The library has free and discount passes to lots of museums and attractions.

Consistant/existent signage would be nice. It is intimidating to drive in the city if you aren't from there. Left lane ends, right lane ends, left lane suddenly turn only, right lane suddenly turn only. Is Route 9 from the Leicester line to Park /Stafford one lane or two? Half of the intersections don't have street signs. The traffic lights are inconsistent. Turn down the street and someone is double parked in front of the dispensary, and there is no where to go. I have to really want to/have to do something in the city to put up with that.

The suburbs have these. Gateway Players, Pasture Prime Players.

True, but not for low income people who live there.

Affordable housing and better public transportation.I

Civic pride. Worcester is a great city. It isn't perfect, but it has a lot to offer.

Have you had a mass save energy audit? They are free.

In other news, water is wet.

Glue a peanut in the snap trap. Less messy, no re-baiting.

Deja New thrift store in Leicester has some furniture from the former Becker College campus. I have seen desks and dressers, but you could call and ask about beds.

If it is still liquid, Facebook marketplace or one of the neighborhood buy nothing groups.

https://www.discovercentralma.org/articles/patriots-day-worcesters-role-in-the-american-revolution/

Months before Lexington and Concord, locals ran the British Redcoats out of Worcester.

A heart, since we are "the heart of the commonwealth" . Not sure if this is because of the central location, or the invention of commercially produced Valentine's day cards.

To test this, drop some food color in to the top tank and wait a couple of hours. If any of the color shows up in the bowl without flushing, you have a leak.