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This post is intended for people who live in the city and agree that we are among feral drivers who make us feel unsafe all the time. Please direct your browser to r/urbanplanning

Im convinced it’s a mix of drugs, elderly drivers, and cell phones.

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Anecdotal so it doesn’t mean shit, but I’ve noticed there are a lot of drivers who don’t seem to understand basic traffic laws. Many times I’ve yielded entering the rotaries of the city only for the person already in it to yield to me. Right turn on red after a full stop is another one.

I blame Rhode Island drivers who cross the border.

Also, if you're interested in making Worcester less car-dependant so that fewer people drive and the roads are safer for those who do, consider coming to the urbanist meetup at Nu kitchen, Mondays 5:30-7.

Inadequate or poorly planned infrastructure.

More ppl run the red intersection in front of the police station than anywhere else I’ve seen.

I guess its hard for people to pay attention to traffic around them over the din of their 06 civic shitbox with a muffler-that-sounds-like-a-really-bad-exhaust-leak while blasting reggaeton which turns into scary clown music when the doppler effect kicks in.

a commercial plate vehicle took off my government vehicle’s rear view mirror yesterday then ran a red light to accomplish the hit and run

They could print money giving tickets to the amount of people flying up and down Pleasant St if they wanted to.

I like my house for the most part. It's old and needs a lot of work, but we have almost half an acre of land and bought it when prices were lower (2016). It would probably go for $350-400k nowadays.

Give yourself credit. I just read about 2 full bathrooms

meh. I've spent hours in that location for no good reason, and not by choice. 5 minute issue.

And let's not forget that many IT related jobs, coding jobs, data analyst jobs, etc have become remote. More people can move wherever they want now. And I don't see someone who has that flexibility choosing Worcester.

Do we have the same house?! Lol. We also have a 4br/1ba; it will be 1.75 bath once we enclose the laundry room with the random toilet and shower in the basement. But, it's cheaper than the rent for these studio apartments. Even adding in property taxes it's still cheaper than a studio.

All comments on cost aside, these modern, stick built apartments that are getting slapped up everywhere in the country are ugly as fuck.

Yup. Anyone with wealthy parents who is in Worcester for school.

also medical students, wealthy college students, early career pharmacists/physicians

Yay! SO glad.

Are they actually out of overpriced downtown apartment units? Because most of those seem like they'd be more appealing to that audience than this, if a closer town to Boston isn't available.

I hope there's enough parking for everyone in this one at least. It's stuck between the interstate and train tracks, so basically nothing is walkable except I guess the Market 32.

Outrageous pricing, for a miserable location. I'm glad I was able to get a house before the interest rates started getting out of hand.

the turbine has been spinning non-stop for two weeks now. I hope the school is reaping the benefits

You're not seeing the counterfactual. Imagine a world where this housing doesn't get built. Would prices be lower?

Also just because they're trying to get this rent now doesn't mean that they'll be able to rent it at that level. There were some similar apartments that went up near me in the city I was living a couple years ago. Units they were trying to rent for $2200-$2400 are now going for $1700. At the end of the day, prices are driven by supply and demand.