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If I had the money and the time, I would LOVE to open a roller rink in Worcester.

I am sorry that you felt that you did something wrong by having silly joy. Worcester, Massachusetts is such a poor venue for spontaneous joy that it may have felt like what you were doing was wrong, OP, but we all know that you were in the right.

I agree in general but the kids section of the library is really great too.

5 Guys. Have never been disappointed with their food or service. We usually go to the one in Lincoln Plaza.

My husband was a chef and I'm a pretty good cook, so we don't like most restaurants. But, 5 Guys makes a good burger.

Nightclubs! There are strip clubs, hookah lounges, and bars, but i haven’t found that many places to dance and usually just go to boston

Worcester is affordable compared to most places east of Worcester, which is one of the worst housing markets in the country. It's about on par with the more bougie places in Western Mass, but still much more expensive than anywhere that hasn't been gentrified to shit already.

Affordable housing and shop fronts, expanded arts and entertainment, municipal broadband, oust the old boy's network.

Indie movie theater

You don't want a Wegmans in the city? A Hannaford? Or another Market Basket?

You don't want to upgrade the fast food scene to something better than Popeye's?

You don't think we need a Costco? We need a Costco, damnit!

Another Polar Park!

I posted above about a home I’m putting up for rent soon. 3 bed 1.5 bath with 2 car driveway.

If you are interested in happy to send you pictures !

Public roads, if they want to grow the city you have to be able to drive in it

Just a few more updates, all new appliances and updated kitchen (we did it about a year and a half ago) new flooring upstairs, and we just built a 14x10 shed for storage in the backyard. Also backyard is fenced

I’d love something like this in the city but I wonder if it would survive with Apex just 15 min away. Would need its own unique draw

$2900

Agreed with most of that until you got to chain stores. Not sure what a corporation owned, cookie-cutter retail location does for the city. At that, I’m not even really sure what Worcester doesn’t have. Can’t picture anything that isn’t here.

What about Worcester now do people think is good.

(Not sarcastic, just honest question)

Road maintenance

Also more places to eat that have actually good food. These mom and pop restaurants I’ve been going to for 20 years are so far behind in quality. It’s always a hit or miss.

It’s hard to find a spot that’s consistent. I shouldn’t have to wait for Friday and Saturday nights for a meal that’s not reheated 10 times or hard as a rock served with dripping oily dark brown moldy fries

More places for people to hang out that’s not a bar or a restaurant.

Instead of that baseball stadium they should have made an entertainment plaza;

that would have a Dave & Busters, a DZ zone for the really little kids, a Go kart rink, Food court, Pool hall, Swimming pool hall, Tennis, And a small oval for doing jogging laps or just walking in the sun. A mini mall that could be shrunk down by making it multiple floors. (More of a hang out for young teens really)

We already have enough baseball stadiums with the one on chandler street, holy cross, Gillette, Fenway etc.

An outdoor music venue. This was one of the things I was excited for Polar Park, but from what I heard they can't fit the equipment through the entrance thanks to some shitty aesthetic design choice. But an amphitheater or an open air stage would be great too. Even just somewhere in the county.

Affordable housing is obvious. Rental prices have shot well beyond the median income. I've been looking at condos lately and ones that were well under $100k a few years ago are now going for $200k+. I saw a single room, 300 sq ft efficiency marked for $130k, and it sold.

Better chain stores. Worcester never seems to be up to date on any of the best big box stores, restaurants, or grocery stores. It's like they're all stuck in the 90s here.

More walkability/ convenient, affordable, accessible public transportation.

Worcester is super affordable compared to most places in MA

Like many smaller cities: Investments in public resources, infrastructure, transportation, mixed-income housing, walkable residential areas with convenient, walkable access to businesses (pharmacies, groceries, etc), small parks and sitting areas. Prioritising resident human-owned property development over commercial legal entity-owned property development. etc.