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If you're a single person or don't have kids, there are some nice areas towards Charlton. The school systems are pretty bad!

Ya, anything west of Worcester and some areas of Worcester are very fun down. It’s sad because it’s where all the immigrants have to live.

There are a lot of drugs in southbridge. The main thing I noticed is how run down it is. Some areas are totally a slum. The houses all are falling apart, the stores look like they haven’t changed since the 50s. Just no maintenance ever done.

Such as?

[edit] Of course they delete their comment purporting that an alleged friend is a teacher in Southbridge and has seen horrible things in the school, whilst providing no examples.

>It’s just run down and kind of shitty™

That could be the slogan for most of central mass

Ohhhhh is that why Deadham is south of Southampton??

Southbridge as a whole is definitely better than main south

Best bbq in the state is one town over.

Yeah. When I worked at a few that smelled bad at the plant your nose gets accustomed to the smell, but now I’m out of that world it hits me pretty hard lol

I go to school in Worcester but live in Southbridge. Basically we don’t really care much about the smell anymore. We kinda just got used to it

Grew up in Sutton, currently live in Southbridge. Never had any problems with crime ( just be sensible, lock your car and doors)

The school system is abysmal though. My children attended Trinity Catholic Academy. Trinity is a great little school right in the center of town. I would not send my kids to the SB public school system

Funny; no one in the Facebook groups ever mentions the smell. Do your research:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/557763081415544

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FocusedOnSouthbridge

Community Television - videos of all Town business

https://www.youtube.com/@southbridgecable

I don't know for certain, but I would imagine that they do this for their own safety. People here turn into deranged maniacs when they drive, so having them zooming past workers who have to be in the street is pretty dangerous. Blocking the street with the truck protects the workers, and I don't blame them if that's their aim. Much better for drivers to wait a minute or two than for a collector to get hurt or killed.

Once upon Amherst

Best tacos I've ever had can be found at a taco truck in Southbridge. Hell Pain Death tacos? Yes please!

Yes!!! That’s what I was thinking. It’s pretty comparable to Fitchburg. I have worked in both cities… They’re very economically depressed, poorly managed, way too many “human service” sites per capita, and lots of the population seems to have sort of given up.

I don't think it's dangerous. However if you have kids the school system is garbage. I personally wouldn't want my kids in the Southbridge Public school system.

Southbridge like many New England towns is a dead mill town. It was once home to the defunct American Optical Co, the town's only major employer. When AO folded so did Southbridge and to add insult to injury, Massachusetts opened a major welfare office there. I'm not going to get into what that does to a community but every negative statistic skyrocketted after that. Southbridge is for the most part an impoverished town with all the problems associated with poverty. It is like some of Worcester's worse neighborhoods.

the horror stories I heard were of the high school, so maybe the elementary schools aren't bad

My kids went to elementary school there (K-2) and every teacher they’ve had were amazing.

Grace in Oxford was an excellent value. Preschool and preK.

Where are you? I have chickens and fresh eggs.

Everyone drives a pick up truck and smokes cigarettes! At least from my experiences each time I visited

Children's Nest Academy is excellent. If you don't need full day care and can handle a school year schedule, Turn Back Time in Paxton 's program is wonderful as well. Kids have to be preschool age for it. It's a farm school/ nature program, not 5 days a week.