CWM was "born" at 222 Maple. In 2008 they started moving to other locations when layoffs and other drama started. I think I moved offices 3 times before I got laid off with a bunch of other folks in 2010.

I used to work in that building when it housed Commonwealth Medicine, the public policy consulting arm of UMass Med School.

For real. First thing I noticed and the reason why I clicked. #ifykyk

Would I live in Southbridge as a new grad who is renting? Sure.

Would I buy a house and put down roots? Absolutely fucking not especially if you plan to have kids in public school there.

Look in Sturbridge. We lived there. It's nice, a bit of a tourist spot in summer, but still a bargain compared to the town just northeast of Worcester that we moved to from Sturbridge.

ETA: You won't find a ton under 350, but some do come up.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/598-Main-St-Sturbridge-MA-01518/80873487_zpid/

The only thing I remember from elementary social studies in Michigan was learning this motto and being told how cool it was.

Maybe you should pay for our sitters for our sick kids. Parents are doing the best they can. Stop being a judgemental jerk.

Husband has influenza A. Between that and the upstate NY blizzard we canceled our xmas trip.

It's so, so, so bad. I'm ok because I can drive. But there's no way I'd live in this area of the state of I couldn't drive and had a choice.

Fellow chair user here. As you know, having a ramp and having a ramp that works and a driver who knows how to tie down a chair are two very different things. This is very true for the WRTA, who has yet to be sued within an inch of its life for ADA violations unlike the MBTA.

Para transit is for residents only with paperwork on file signed by a doc. So if you are visiting, it'll be a no-go for you. Like most paratransits, it is also trash.