Forgot_the_Jacobian

Forgot_the_Jacobian t1_j09m8i9 wrote

Reply to meirl by whitehusky00

Driven through Breezewood PA countless times lol. Worcester kind of reminds me of a western PA town, just in terms of the tight packed building on ridiculous slopes/hills

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Forgot_the_Jacobian t1_iz9a6wk wrote

Reply to comment by your_city_councilor in What's the deal with coffee shops closing wicked early? by your_city_councilor

> but Acoustic Java’s original location is literally right next to a university, so it would be reasonable to assume that they could be doing business into the evening there.

The university there has 2-3 coffee shops on campus, do I don't know how many go to acoustic java.

> Who do they cater to? Are they a legit coffee shop? Their hours are just weird, and I have no idea who goes there.

They are a legit third wave coffee shop. So far the best Cappucinno in the city I've had, but imo not as great for pour overs. I would just add also, I certaintly don't fit the 'punk' crowd but go there a lot, and the crowd generally looks loke one I've seen at any other 3rd wave coffee place across the country.

Also I just remembered, Bean Counter (which may get a high number of WPI students) I believe is open later in the day as well

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Forgot_the_Jacobian t1_iz7slqj wrote

Reply to What's the deal with coffee shops closing wicked early? by your_city_councilor

I haven't been there yet, but inhouse coffee is usually open late.

And Meraki is cool and opens only late, wife and I had a cappuccino and dessert down there near midnight last weekend. So there are options, but my go to for espresso is New Tradition and for Beans Acoustic Java, but I only go there in the mornings anyways so for me at least this hasn't affected much. We did have the opposite problem at one point, we wanted to check out Bedlam cafe and their coffee, but we went there and found out they were only open at 11am.

Edit: Also in addition to other options people said here, Nu Kitchen, Birch Tree etc. All have good coffee options and are open late and offer exactly what the environment are asking for

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Forgot_the_Jacobian t1_iy8yfcs wrote

Reply to Paying Polar Park’s debt: For the second year, underwhelming tax collections were saved by a public property sale by outb0undflight

One of the strongest consensuses in economics (specially urban and sports economics) is that governments funding and investing in sports stadiums is a bad idea. Economists (and i'm assuming most non economists) rang the alarm bell way early on:

> “There’s a great deal of consensus among sports economists of all political stripes that this is not a good thing for local governments to be doing"

> “Your community could think of all other ways to spend the money with better economic return than a minor league baseball team,” said Baade, from Lake Forest College in Illinois. “We’re talking, after all, about a minor league club … If the local economy is going to be given a boost by this project, it would somehow have to stimulate additional spending in the local economy.”

> Economists generally feel sports, especially in the minor leagues, do not spur additional spending.“Overwhelmingly, the fannies in the stands are local,” said Allen Sanderson, an economist at the University of Chicago. “They’re choosing to spend a day or an evening at the ballpark instead of at the ball or other entertainment options.”

> Matheson said he was surprised that Worcester officials committed to so much money for the stadium with what he said is so little in return. The city, which would own the ballpark, would allow the team to keep advertising and concession revenue at the stadium and revenue from a planned naming rights deal with Polar Beverages. “They seemed to be smarter than that,” Matheson said of city officials. “I’m extremely surprised that (the city’s cost) is as large as it is.”

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