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fremenator t1_j7d94jk wrote

This plus they need higher paying jobs overall. It's not a great system when so much of the city has to travel to Boston everyday just to make a buck. For people like me in my industry, there's lots of work we could do in Worcester but there's no point in working there when I can make triple by going to Boston.

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fremenator t1_iui1jsd wrote

> >People overall seem to dislike seeing tax money spent on things that don't directly benefit them.

People are bad at realizing they live in a society. The fact is that if we didn't have things like CR then Massachusetts would have a much smaller tax base and people in towns like North Adams and Greenfield would not have the same access to state grants and funding for things that directly benefit them. Just because they don't realize it doesn't make it untrue.

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fremenator t1_iuhzz48 wrote

Do you genuinely think that? How many workers does the CR move daily? What are the economic benefits generated by the commuter rail and how many businesses would be in another state if we didn't have it?

What is the list of communities that get benefits? Those that have a station? Those that have a station with 5 miles? 10 miles? How many people live in those communities?

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fremenator t1_isyw1gk wrote

Reply to Things to do by therueller

Ralphs is legit if you wanna visit a bar.

You could also swing by Worcester public market which doesnt have anything like what you requested (maybe the leather shop?) But is like one of the nice new things we have here.

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fremenator t1_irs1mwk wrote

I know it's not what you asked but growing up I was super surprised to find the public library had amazing manga/comic collections and that formed the basis of what I was into. Definitely recommend checking out those collections too especially if they have it in YA and adult, you can help curate what she's reading in the adult section, I bet most of it would be teen appropriate (I forget how WPL graphic novel section organized it).

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