What if you're not into gaming though and you're just an introvert in general?

The buses on the routes that run more than once an hour are packed. But if your bus is unreliable and won't show up for more than an hour if you miss it, you stop relying on it and riding on it.

Free buses are great and the hop on hop off nature is fantastic but I walk an extra half a mile to main street because the buses on main Street will show up in 15 mins or so. My bus down the street will maybe show up and if I miss it, the next one is in an hour and a half.

They need to make the buses more reliable/predictable or more frequent.

Please spend this money on new bin tops for the recycling containers

Well now you have my attention. This sounds (looks?) rad as hell.

It is typically the third thursday of every month, so I think it should be this upcoming thursday? they advertise it on their facebook page, if you keep a look out this week when they post their events it should give a concrete date/time!

In response to one or two of the comments here I'd like to say this:

There are tangential and incremental benefits to having more people physically present in a downtown. Not saying this one single place is the silver bullet solution, it's something that gains momentum and grows over time.

Scene: A downtown begins to have increased levels of foot traffic, people coming and going, not even close to Times Square but hey, it's something. Think more like... Downtown Worcester today.

Maybe these people are just doing the mundane like going into an office, or walking to the common to eat the packed lunch they brought from home, or walking back to their car or public transit to go home. Who ever knows where and what any person is doing or going in a city, right? And it doesn't matter.

So perhaps--as the naysayers claim--perhaps these folks don't immediately contribute to the economy of nearby businesses. For the sake of this scene I will grant that maybe these non-contributors come in, and like someone else said, eat food from home, and go back at the end of their day.

Still with me?

But before long--hey now, the downtown is beginning to look lively. And then more places, more businesses like this one here see this new activity, and decide to open a store there (overly simplified, but you get the picture). Which now, in turn, attract more people still.

Insert snowball effect here.

Suddenly (there's no such thing as 'overnight successes'!), you have all these people in the downtown. They may or may not work there. They may have some other business there--City Hall. A restaurant. Medical appointment. Sales visit. Perhaps they're staying at one of the new hotels. Or going to one of the other businesses that have sprung up due to this renaissance.

These things aren't always easily quantifiable.

But one thing that is measurable--as Worcester can sadly attest--is that a dearth of foot traffic in a downtown is a death sentence. No one goes where no one is or wants to be.

In conclusion: I say, take your sad, defeatist, let's-declare-failure-before-we-even-try attitude and keep on leaving the city as fast as you can.

Big problem is scheduling. Unfortunately RTAs across MA have been underfunded by the state for years

Forever grateful your store exists and survived 2020. Thank you for your service.

Didnt even know Sake Bomb closed, that section of Park Ave has been rough recently first Park Grill and now Sake Bomb

You can read the report here

I love the idea of free transportation but almost every bus I see is 95% empty.

Maybe just bad timing.

Are the schedules/routes just not great? Could smaller busses/vans be used in some cases to save money?

I recommend throwing on The Tossers and drinking yourself into a stupor if nothing else pans out.

When is this?

I know a kid from Whitinsville, he’s one of my seniors and says the town is tiny

Thanks

I actually work there! If you're a tabletop rpg player we have some one-shot nights coming up that still have open spots. Totally free. Just give us a call to sign up. :)

This is all I want.

I’ve been in the plant and unfortunately it isn’t aesthetically appealing and there are a good amount of fork lifts whipping around. It is not very conducive to a tour but I understand the desire

I like Cherry limeade. Jalapeño is definitely not my favorite but it delivers on its promise. Ginger lime is great

I’m taking a class that has prep for Security+ and I’m relatively new to the area so I wouldn’t mind making friends. I’m currently aiming for an undergraduate in Cybersecurity, which I know isn’t necessary, but I want to conduct research in the future.

I love it there! We discovered it over the holidays and the folks that run the place are great! My kid goes there for MTG and my fam is set up for comics. Ad an aside, Friendly Liquors is in the same park and they are also fantastic.

They 100% exist I’ve seen employees with them but probably not for sale. I imagine it’s a a Cintas uniform purchase

I know it sounds scary as an introvert to do this but I forced myself to go to one of the board game/TTRPG nights at redemption rock brewery and now I'm playing two games with two separate groups of people. First time I've had extracurriculars since college, highly recommend you try it out! I think the next one might be next week?

I've worked in a NOC/SOC in non-technical role, and decided I wanted join the cool kids on the other side of the room (they were a tight knit group, always went to lunch together and hung out outside of work). Also was laid off during COVID, and cybersec is job security, you don't have to worry about your position being offshored to a low cost center like Bangalore, due to the nature of the work most security roles require you to be onshore or legal resident for compliance purposes.

Not in Security, but considering it. What did you think of it or what led you to it?

Currently in classes for my CompTiA+ as well as aws and a few other things.

Also have some certs for Microsoft products as well as Adobe indesign, illustrator, and photoshop.