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t1_j9jdryk wrote

Well they got it right that basically no new buildings would go up.

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t1_j9jjmw4 wrote

They conservatively estimated one new building and they didn't even get that far.

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t1_j9jn186 wrote

That postcard was part of a series. Here's a blog post with other "(Town), Mass. in the future" postcards featuring Baldwinville, Pittsfield, Greenfield, Stoneham, Revere, Grafton, South Lancaster, Townsend, Revere Beach, and Boston.

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t1_j9ke8rk wrote

They really had a thing for trains hanging from the tracks 100 feet in the air.

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t1_j9l7nr0 wrote

With no supports. How does that even work? We have yet to figure out how to revoke gravity.

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t1_j9kle84 wrote

I like when they have that and street cars. Seems a bit redundant.

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t1_j9lkko9 wrote

Subway to New York from X is something considering there isn't a direct passenger rail line from North Station to South Station in Boston.

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t1_j9kngkc wrote

Lmfaooo being a Graftonian that’s gotta be the funniest shit I’ve seen. It’s literally an ancient photoshop 💀💀

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t1_j9jx0ei wrote

They didn’t say how far into the future. Hope springs eternal

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t1_j9jz3ly wrote

I am shocked to find out that the sky monorail didn't extend all of the way out to Orange.

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t1_j9jpp9b wrote

The ring came off my pudding can!

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t1_j9jrl1x wrote

Literally just told my wife this morning that a town with money's like a mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and dammed if he knows how to use it!

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t1_j9jmgs5 wrote

North Orange is really pretty.

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t1_j9jcyp0 wrote

This is really cool, I didn’t even know there was a town in MA named Orange, does anyone know what the green tower is on the left side?

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t1_j9jf7bq wrote

It's a church. The town hall next to it was built in 1868. Orange is also right next to Athol if you know where that is.

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t1_j9jv72e wrote

We screwed up somewhere along the way.

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t1_j9k1jew wrote

Yes, it’s called unfettered capitalism, where society’s profit and progress is funneled exclusively to the top 0.1-1% of wealth hoarders

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t1_j9k724b wrote

I'm still waiting for the elevated monorail to be built

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t1_j9l4dfj wrote

MBTA can't even keep the subways from breaking down/catching fire. You want to be on a superway that they run?

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t1_j9l6mp3 wrote

Have you ever lived in Boston, just curious?. I'm in New Hampshire native but lived in Boston for a decade in the south end and hands down would still live there if the situation for me were right. It was eminently walkable iand the transportation to all parts of greater Boston was easy. New Hampshire completely sucks especially the economic powerhouse of the state, Manchester, a complete disgrace

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t1_j9lhzl8 wrote

> economic powerhouse of the state, Manchester

questionable wording, but sure

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t1_j9ma768 wrote

Not questionable at all if you know the numbers. It's a shithole, but also the banking center and the real estate center as well as the greatest population center

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t1_j9ltpu6 wrote

No, I live in Attleboro, work in Cambridge. Commuted by train/redline for a year, then car for a year, now WFH with occasional drive-in.

I’d thought about living in Greater Boston/Providence but don’t think I’d acclimate well to carless life (esp with two small kids), and I really dislike driving in the city.

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t1_j9matj8 wrote

These are great. I live in Western MA and have travelled all of the New England states for work. Extensively.

Appreciate you sharing, OP. Made me smile

Edit: Didn’t realize I clicked on a Reddit suggested sub for MA. So I guess you all could give two shits less that I live in MA 😅

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t1_j9k06fw wrote

In the future you can use either fly or take a car with wooden rims.

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t1_j9kek3o wrote

Is no one concerned that whoever drew this future picture considered no safety for the people in the trolley car or duck boat looking thing in the bottom, right? Damn things taking a hard turn and tipping to the side with people out of their chairs.

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t1_j9kmt15 wrote

This was at the tail end of the Gilded age, when “accidents” like that were just accepted as a fact of life.

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t1_j9keeca wrote

A sky monorail in Orange was seriously ambitious thinking, especially considering the trains in Boston are exploding in current time.

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t1_j9krzah wrote

Wtf is going on to the left of the sky trolley? The weird flying fish like thing with a guy hanging from it?

Everything else makes at least some semblance of sense, but that one just has me scratching my head.

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t1_j9n1g1q wrote

I was concerned about the right hand corner, too. Is that a cart full of people tipping over? It feels a little chaotic to me. Unless I just looked at it wrong?

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t1_j9jqh8s wrote

somebody sat on the building with the turret, and now it is flat

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t1_j9jqkgy wrote

I've only seen the black and white one of Reading, I would love to own a copy of it but haven't been able to figure out a search phrase to find it. Hopefully this will help!

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t1_j9lt5og wrote

lol I grew up in there. Things have changed even since 2019 (assuming the watermark thing is legit on the Orange pic).

Not sure if that place on the right survived. The brick building on the left does have some businesses in it now.

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t1_j9nb6xq wrote

They really thought that there’d be floating rail and blimp bikes but the cars wouldn’t improve at all?

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t1_j9nblur wrote

Also I just realized where Orange is, if this is what they thought the middle of nowhere would be like, Boston must look crazy

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t1_j9nsb88 wrote

Really gives some perspective. Whatever we think the future will be like, we’re probably drastically wrong. We don’t know any better than the folks in 1910, it’s naive to think we do

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t1_j9jfspy wrote

That town is scary

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t1_j9jh55z wrote

Why does everyone say that? There is nothing dangerous about orange. Its a charming, sleepy, but poor town. They have a great brewery, an untouched vintage downtown and some interesting buildings.

I really hope they create the passenger train line from Boston so these towns get a chance to thrive.

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t1_j9jmoj1 wrote

Orange May not be dangerous but based on the density of unregulated air traffic in down town is estimate the risks are not exactly zero either

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t1_j9jpbhg wrote

The number of autogyro-by shootings is appalling

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t1_j9kgrs4 wrote

Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?

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t1_j9kjmcv wrote

Uh, I'd better look in the manual...

This book must be out of date: I don't see "Prussia", "Siam", or "autogyro".

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t1_j9js7eb wrote

Both of you guys are blowing my mind right now.

So you're telling me I can fly for about $25K-$50K?

And unregulated? Can you expand on that?

Screw the train, why isn't everyone just flying to Orange?

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t1_j9k5s0z wrote

25-50k bro look at the picture, just throw a sheet over a rubber maid bin and off you go

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t1_j9k90pq wrote

Or for the highfalutin type, attach one of those Sharper Image blimps to your bicycle.

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t1_j9jm0zk wrote

If the people of that town where smart they'd vote out the corruption in the town hall. Town won't get any better if ll the money is going into there pockets. Also the chief seems like he's hiding something. Town needs help bad!!!

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t1_j9jgx0e wrote

How tf is Orange scary?

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t1_j9jhnyn wrote

It like traveling to the rural Deep South, the town is covered is asbestos from the fire last April. Most the businesses are shut down. It’s not uncommon to see 30 year olds making out with 15 year olds, half the town hangs out at the Cumberland-farms store, yeah great place.

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t1_j9jjm5m wrote

Tgis made me sad laugh. Nice to know nothing has changed since the last time I was there

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