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Adorable_List3836 t1_j6wghgy wrote

Reply to comment by Hoosac_Love in The Wiki entry for New England says that Worcester is part of Greater Boston. by Essarray

No, we should keep Boston in its 49 square miles

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Hoosac_Love t1_j6wgwu1 wrote

I'm not saying make metro Boston ,Boston proper,only saying a bigger metro Boston is better for the region.

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AnyRound5042 t1_j6x4zw4 wrote

Only if it comes with requisite public transit

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Hoosac_Love t1_j6x7lrh wrote

Is PT that bad a bit west of Boston,we have good buses in North Adams with even service to Pittsfield a few times a day

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AnyRound5042 t1_j6xo0e2 wrote

We're talking about what's already an area covering over 4 million people. If you want to grow that, with Boston serving as a hub, imagine the traffic with 6 or 8 million people all trying to drive into then out of the city at the same time every day. Let alone getting to the other places without a car

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[deleted] t1_j6y4xgp wrote

Imagine 8 million people taking the Green Line everyday.

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AnyRound5042 t1_j6yjr6n wrote

It already feels that way most of the time. I used to work nights and trying to get home at the same time all the kids were going to school in the morning was my own little personal hell

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Hoosac_Love t1_j6xukjh wrote

I was talking statistics not actually growing the population in real people.Making Boston look bigger on paper is good for New England I was not speaking actual population growth.

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