The OP isn't talking about your parents then. An $80/mo increase in cost does not justify a $300/mo increase in rent.

If you have a car or are willing to ask for rides, start LARPing. Seriously, New England is probably the best place for it in the country, and the Worcester area is probably the best place in New England to have easy access to the various sites local LARPs use.

Ye Olde Commons is a fairly short drive, just down Rt 20/I-90 in Charlton.

Awesome, thanks! I've driven past it a few times but never remembered the name.

That's the one with the progress pride flag in the window, yeah?

The one I know about is Sinfully Slick: https://sinfullyslickautospa.com/

TBH I was just going by what was in the info packet; I hadn't seen any info about it from any other sources, and I couldn't find the ballot measure on Ballotpedia, which is generally where I go to research this sort of thing before voting.

> The act will add a 1.5% property tax surcharge

> The average resident can expect to pay $44.45

Wait, it was a surcharge of 1.5% of the property tax, not a surcharge of 1.5% of the property value? Damn, glad this passed even though I voted no; I thought it was going to basically double the tax rate.

Oh dang; when I've been there it was the best Chinese food I've had outside Chinatown.

While it's certainly not in Worcester, it's closer than Boston:

Uncle Cheung's in Framingham.