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charons-voyage t1_j9olpe4 wrote

Reply to comment by Potato_Octopi in People are leaving Mass. Thoughts? by Original_Musician103

I think it depends what you do for work, too. If you’re a scientist, that needs to be in the lab, chances are you’re gonna need to be near Boston. That’s a huge part of our labor pool. All the high-paying industries are near Boston, which attracts talent in those industries. Obviously if you’re a SWE and can WFH then it opens up opportunities out in the boonies. But for many people Boston IS all MA has to offer for jobs.

Investing in infrastructure to open up Springfield-Worchester-Boston travel (high speed rail for example) will allow people to get to Boston and hopefully encourage companies to build along that corridor as well instead of jamming their labs into Kendall Sq.

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Potato_Octopi t1_j9or9di wrote

I think Western mass itself needs a better job market. Commuting to Boston is still Boston.

Industries like to cluster, so w. Mass needs different industries.

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charons-voyage t1_j9osvya wrote

Agree, which will also be possible with better infrastructure that allows travel among the corridor to Boston, since all those areas can draw from same talent pool, thereby creating opportunities anywhere. Right now, if a company opens up in Worcester, there’s no talent pool to draw from since everyone wants to be near Boston. With a high speed train however you can live in Boston and work in Worcester. Then over time Worcester will be cooler and more hip and draw people wanting to live closer to there. Idk just my thoughts on this.

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