I live off of Millbury and didn't even need to shovel the sidewalk. Thanks, foot traffic!

Having flashback of the burg's snow plows taking out my first car and mangling me in the process. Stay safe and enjoy the snow filling in the potholes!

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Having bought a condo here after living with 5 other guys in an old house in Somerville, with no smoke detectors and 1300/per person rent, I will gladly put on the beer goggles for Worcester 😂. I am older, mid-30s, so the Boston life didn’t appeal to me much anymore. Just my opinion

I bought a portable steam bath from Amazon and it's awesome.

https://www.amazon.com/ZONEMEL-Portable-Steamer-Personal-Control/dp/B09Y5WS771

Fits in smaller places so living area size is not an issue.

Temperature generally decrease 3.5 degrees F for every 1000 feet of elevation. Downtown Worcester is about 500’ above sea level, Holden is about 900. That couple degrees of temperature is the difference in this case between snow and rain. Also imagine it was 20 degrees and this was light fluffy snow it would be more like 3 feet. FYI at my house I got at least 24”.

was in a musical yrs ago whose rehearsal was at anna maria...had to drive between paxton and worcester for a few months that had snow...made me start to wonder how exactly they anyone descides to draw town line 'cause more than once the rain/snow line was literally the worcester/paxton line.

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What do you do already in your area for teens that you aren’t finding here? That might be able to help people point you in the right direction.

I'm In south Worcester near Holy cross and we barely got 6" of snow that actually accumulated.

We’re literally always directly on the line between the greater and lesser amounts. And it really depends on whether you’re downslope or upslope in Fitchburg. Massive amounts of snow up by Oakhill every time.

Central Mass is wicked close to everything. You both are almost old enough to drive over here, so that's cool. There's an endless supply of things to do within an hour's drive.

Worcester is the heart of a pretty fantastic hardcore metal scene, and we have a great venue called the Palladium that hosts tons of shows. Also a few dozen smaller clubs and two or three larger concert venues.

Also we're pretty central to frisbee golf, and Pyramids and Maple Hill are local courses that anyone who plays the game will know about.

We have a top level art museum with the biggest collection of arms and armor outside of Europe.

We have something like a dozen colleges, lots of them host a bunch of events all the time. What is it you're looking for?

The snow amount differences were insane!

Got about 20” in Rutland, but not far from us folks got practically nothing.

there’s a good deal of stuff to do but I wouldn’t let a 15y/o wander around certain parts of worcester. My go to activity is actually taking the commuter rail into boston or natick (the natick mall is really nice and they have an arcade). the Massachusetts train system has a weekend pass that lets you ride the commuter rail as much as you want for 10$ on saturday and sunday. Within Worcester theres a couple of strip malls to go to but nothing particularly interesting. The library we have is actually pretty nice and they give out coupons that you can use at popular Massachusetts museums/zoos/aquarium. If your mom drives you theres a lot of stuff in the surrounding area too (ice cream, movie theatre, etc). My only advice for you personally is to be careful where you walk alone, and to avoid the homeless in worcester. Most will leave you alone but theres a couple of nasty ones that will pickpocket or aggressively follow you around for money (like 20$, not just pocket change) and you can never tell which are which.

I guess if you’re in countryside of Ireland, Worcester will have more to do. If you live in a massive city, not sure.

There are lots of Irish descended folks here. So you would at least find some fellow Irish!

There's GAA clubs here if you're into trad sports.

That rain/snow line was basically hovering over Worcester. I’m surprised it started snowing as early as it did by me. Oh well, sun’s out now, it’ll all be gone by Saturday.

Southern Worcester County here. Total snow accumulation all winter less than 10”. Barely a dusting yesterday.

Depending on the neighborhood, Worcester can be a great place to live. I haven't lived anywhere with better food options. It's very pretty here in the fall. The traffic isn't bad for a city. You're a half hour plus from RI and Boston, only a couple hours from Cape Cod, the Berkshires, the White Mountains, Vermont, CT, Maine.

In what way is what I said “woke?” There are not roving gangs going from Irish pub to Irish pub, sorry my man. That’s delusional.

That does sound like a woke statement to me, and if our friend finds that desirable it will certainly convince them to move to this shithole out of all the great places in America or even what better there is in Massachusetts generally than here.

From Worcester there are so many things within an hour or so away: Boston, providence, Cape Cod (beaches), Skiing & Snowboarding, concerts and shows, Six Flags (rollercoasters), shopping outlets and malls, aquariums, whale watches, hiking, kayaking, stand up paddle board, camping & backpacking, lots of amazing restaurants, baseball stadiums, hockey, basketball, other arena shows like monster trucks, ice skating shows, comic book and gaming conventions - I could go on. It’s not just about what’s in Worcester, it’s about about what you can spend a day trip going and doing.

Stay in Ireland lol you don’t want to be over here