Recent comments in /f/WorcesterMA

ladybug1259 t1_jcw83lb wrote

Reply to The newest /r/massachusetts mod is a META/Facebook employee and seems a little unhinged. This seems like an issue, no? by TheCozierDaemon

Definitely an issue. The mod banned a ton of people from that sub for a post where an Indian person was asking for input from other Indian people about western Mass communities and whether people had had racist or welcoming experiences. He claimed that asking about people's experiences was racist and as bad as the KKK. Then someone made another post calling out his behavior, someone else posted the first post with all the responses and I got banned for saying that his "asking whether people have had racist experiences is racist and discriminatory" take was shitty.

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TheCozierDaemon OP t1_jcw64b6 wrote

Reply to comment by Quirky_Butterfly_946 in The newest /r/massachusetts mod is a META/Facebook employee and seems a little unhinged. This seems like an issue, no? by TheCozierDaemon

Unfortunately moderation skews and directs the type of content that is posted on a sub and that is my biggest concern here. Look through their post history, it's so weird.

Most recent post of them talking about working at Facebook.

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Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_jcw5vll wrote

Reply to The newest /r/massachusetts mod is a META/Facebook employee and seems a little unhinged. This seems like an issue, no? by TheCozierDaemon

Anything or anyone from Meta/FB is going to do a disservice to any posters. I would like to see a 1yr hiatus from anything M/FB before allowing to moderate.

M/FB is a toxic and skewed social media platform that has done some real damage to society as a whole. I would not want to see that culture here.

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vegetablefoood t1_jcvco7o wrote

Reply to Cultural sections by MOTOMOMMA

Pretty sure the Worcester historical museum has a map that lays out all the different neighborhoods and what groups of people settled there. I was there a few weeks ago and I vaguely remember seeing this

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iterable t1_jcv3zzf wrote

Reply to comment by Flat_Construction395 in Rent Hike by sbenzing100

But Worcester had to have s stadium that no one at least I know cares about. I doubt home owners even showed up to the city council meeting to debate the cost. But in the end the renters take the hit due to apathy in local politics. I also heard a rumor that it may get a lot worse. Seeing a number of city employees leaving before the news drops.

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_jcuoyt6 wrote

Reply to Cultural sections by MOTOMOMMA

Shrewsbury St was the Worcester's Little Italy, Green Island, hemmed in by Millbury St, Quinsigamond Ave and Green Island Blvd, was Polish, Vernon Hill was Lithuanian, Main South was densely Irish but also somewhat Franco American, Greendale was predominantly Swedish, Water St, Columbia St, Harrison St and Providence St hemmed in the Jewish section. Worcester's west side was once inhabited by wealthy WASPS but many Jews eventually migrated there. Summer St and the area that is now Plummley Village was mostly Blacks. Hispanics came late to Worcester, (mid 1960s) and then only Cubans who were the only Caribbean representatives until the 1970s. This is based on my recollections from the 50s,60s,70s. Worcester certainly had many other ethnic groups but the numbers did not rise enough to cover broad areas and did not own ethnic businesses. Worcester hasn't had ethnically dense areas for a long time.

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your_city_councilor t1_jcuj9tp wrote

Reply to comment by legalpretzel in Cultural sections by MOTOMOMMA

The West Side became Jewish later on, though. Earlier, it was centered around Providence Street (lots of synagogues were there), and water street had tons of Jewish bakeries, delis, etc. The last one closed just a few years ago, but even through the 80s, Water Street had Widoff's, Liderman's, and some other places that were Jewish go-tos.

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mco711 t1_jcuixi4 wrote

Reply to Cultural sections by MOTOMOMMA

My maternal grandfather grew up on Bell Hill in the 20s and 30s (50/50 Irish & Swedish). My maternal 100% Irish grandmother grew up on Main st in the 30s and Paris Ave ( I think) in the 40s. My grandmother went to Our Lady of the Angels. When my grandparents married they lived on Park Ave in the 40s and early 50s.

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