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> There was a pretty decent French restaurant there, not sure if it's still open

It's still open! Great restaurant. Used to go almost weekly in college when he still did lunch. The owner's a family friend and he and his wife are just incredible at what they do.

sigh. I miss that bridge. Never the same after they got rid of it.

Sturbridge is northwest of Southbridge.

Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh.

I consider Southbridge to be the closest thing I have to a hometown. To answer your question, it’s reputation as a “dangerous place” or whatever is almost all BS, most of the town is just poor people existing trying to get by. There are also neighborhoods in Southbridge that look like they could be out of any central MA suburb (Dennison Hill area, for example). That said, I’d still struggle to recommend moving there without a compelling reason and I don’t see myself ever moving back. It just has the feel of a dead end place with little to offer of interest. But like others said, if you’re just trying to live your life and you can keep yourself entertained, it’s not an awful choice.

Slightly north west of Northbridge. Northbridge is north of Uxbridge, I don’t know what bridge is north of Southbridge.

Over 50% of the population is on some sort of govt assistance.

Around the rotareeee down by the Hay-Ho?

"Make a scene" from behind my computer. Please, stop! Your advice is making me laugh and I'm trying to dwell in my anger here. I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic...

I don't want to give away personal information because I truly am worried about retaliation, But I have noticed that people complaining seem to be generally from the west side...

I promise you he is. Exactly why I'm here on reddit and not in person. I don't need to make my things worse by doxxing myself!!

Almost anywhere in Rutland! Lol. Keep going down 122 and the horse farm always has a cooler out front, and the next white House down usually has a cooler with chicken and duck eggs... They have a sign, "megs eggs." Before those you can also swing down Kenwood Rd off 122 and hit Lazy Day farm which usually has them.... Or take a left after that farm and follow Kenwood Rd until it spits you back out on Rt. 56 where you can take a right and go to Flos Farm/the spotted cow and grab some.

I've been around Rutland a time or two. Lol.

Have lived in Southbridge most of my life and do not consider myself or my friends poor or trashy, thanks. We have a library, hospital, full time police and fire unlike some surrounding towns. There are two supermarkets, Big Y and Big Bunny on either end of town. The RMV is right in town which is convenient. Crime is not high (I went to law school and had access to those records, and many surrounding towns have more violent crimes and keep them hush hush), and anecdotally I have literally walked through town at 3 am when I was a sixteen year old girl and felt perfectly safe (nothing happened). We have tons of restaurants (mostly pizza and donuts lol). There is community theater. We have Southbridgefest and autumn fest for local crafts and little carnival rides. There is a building where they teach artists on Main St. The Starlite cafe on Hamilton hosts showings for art and photography. There are bars and trivia nights at same. The Pike is literally about five minutes from my house and we have never had a problem getting there. The town/activities are what you make of them. The schools do currently suck. However, you said you don’t currently have children and if you or others considering the town do, school choice is always an option. There’s also a Catholic private school in town for another. Most people who talk smack about Southbridge don’t know the town at all.

Please go away

It’s the Fitchburg of west central Mass

Cotyledon farm and the REC (Regional Environmental Council) markets

Southbridge is definitely not anywhere close to as bad as people make it out to be. I think it gets such a shitty reputation because of the town’s large Puerto Rican population which I’m sure doesn’t sit well with the white townies who have been there for generations. There’s not a lot of crime there, but like a lot of towns in Central Mass west of Worcester (Ware, Spencer, Webster, Athol etc), there’s no industry in Southbridge and poverty is a very prevalent there as a result. The schools are also horrible and if you have kids I’d ill advise moving there. Otherwise, if you’re just trying to find an apartment for cheap, it’s not that bad. Everything you need including highway access via 84 and the Mass Pike is pretty close by.

Hi neighbor!

Lol I remember trucks getting stuck under the bridge

I feel bad for everyone here. My bin is always left exactly where it was, and the zip tie is still on.

We used first friends on Park Ave. highly recommend. Also looked at Shrewsbury children’s center and liked it. This was several years ago.

When looking I avoided kindercare based on stories from staff in other locations but maybe the Shrewsbury one is that bad.

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the thing is worcester is so diverse you can’t rly make this statement fully imo. you could say “you’d be better off in main south”, but there’s a lot of great low crime areas in worcester lol.

Worked there for 4 years. It's FINE. For how economically "not great" it is, crime is relatively low, and safety is high. The back part of town is beautiful, quite literally farm land, and has insanely cheap real estate. (Dresser Hill). Depends what you mean "bad". I'd rather go our in Worcester for dinner, but I'd rather walk down main St Southbridge at night any day to compare. Schools though...