Well that kind of goes to me saying “most people who work in or around Worcester don’t live in Worcester”. But there are so many jobs up and down route 9, route 9 stretches into Boston and is a business hub

We both work in Shrewsbury so it’s not a far commute. You’ll find more jobs up route 9 than you will in all of Worcester lol

Most people who work around or in Worcester do not live here (just like with any city really).

For example, my brother makes $20/hr but has a 4 bedroom apartment he shares with 3 others. And he works a side job on the weekends for some extra money. Inflation & housing crises is the worst. Someone SHOULD be able to live on their own and fine at $20/hr

My fiancé and I make a combined income of $170k and we do fine. But we still barely were able to buy a house. And sometimes we still have to be very careful with money (especially with having a house, anything can break and turn into thousands of dollars) And our rent was $2k before buying (in the Hamilton st. Area). It helps that we don’t have car payments (we drive older cars) and he’s a mechanic so that helps.

Oh 100%. I grew up in the “Syrian/Lebanese” section (this is where my mom grew up too, she was born in the 50’s). We all grew up near the old El Morocco. And we all went to the church on Hamilton street.