Recent comments in /f/WorcesterMA

YukaBazuka t1_jdvrrph wrote

Reply to comment by my_ashy_paintbox in Electricity Bill by dj88masterchief

I do too! My place has the smart home ac/heat system. What Ive found interesting is that is better to let it sit at a certain temp. When im at work i leave it at 68. The ac/heats kicks in for maybe 10 mins every time it goes bellow 68. When i get home i set it up to 70-71 and turn back down to 68 before bed. Somehow this is less expensive than turning it off, let the apartment cooldown bellow 60 then heating it back up.

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_jdvmpb8 wrote

Reply to comment by husky5050 in Masshole Moment by AverageUhhhh

When I was in 3rd or 4th grade and geography was still taught, I remember our textbook had a picture of Worcester in it. The caption under that picture said, "Worcester Massachusetts, the industrial capital of the world." It said Worcester's claim to fame was having more manufacturing per square mile than any other place on the planet. Worcester at the time had steel mills, shoe manufactures, plastics factories, envelope factories, textile mills, foundries, factories that made precision measure devices, a factory that made industrial scales, another that made textile looms. There were hundreds of small shops that made just about every type of small goods. There were three major baking companies, one of which made only pies. The largest employers that I remember were Norton Abrasives, Wyman Gordon, Heald Machine, Crompton and Knowles, Reed and Prince, Curtis and Marble, Washburn Steel and Wire, Brown Shoe, David Clark Co and Orbit Co both made products for the space program. Pullman standard built train cars, White and Bagley made Oilzum products which were high quality lubricants, Dapol plastics, Harrington Richardson made guns for WWII and Viet Nam. The repurposed mill buildings in Worcester and the ruins and scars of old manufacturing sites represent only a small percentage of the factories that once existed. Every three decker in Worcester was built as cheap housing for mill workers. There's still hundreds of those standing but thousands that disappeared as the city declined and tried to reshape it self. When 290 went in whole neighborhoods disappeared and Worcester has many empty back streets where mills once stood. Every large neighborhood in Worcester except the west side housed manufacturing. Very little remains. I prefaced your answer with all of this to give you an idea of the enormity of Worcester's industrial past which began in the 1800s. The boom time began during WWII and ended in the mid to late 70s. During that time Worcester had one of the fastest growing middle class in the country and what is no suburban was once rural. I want to add that all of the major manufacturers contributed billions in endowments to many of Worcester colleges and universities and large amounts to the Arts.

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sunshinepills t1_jdvesz8 wrote

Reply to Why do ppl seem to hate ziggy bombs? I went there and the food isn’t great but it’s def better than some ppl make it out to be. by Sithlordbelichick

FWIW, I think the food there is fine. It's not the best, it's not the worst. I probably wouldn't regularly spend $17+ on a steak and cheese but if you want to occasionally treat yourself to something that will taste as unhealthy as it is, it fits the bill. I think they built a really tight brand that they've been able to grow and grow into, and it helped them gain a loyal following early. Their hype may have been manufactured (when it was still just a truck people would wait an hour for their sandwich when it should never take that long to churn out steak bombs) but it got them noticed and talked about. The owner might kinda suck as a person but that's a lot of restaurant workers. So in total I think people are just finding points about this place that they disagree with the most. There are definitely better spots in Worcester, and there are also worse ones.

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sunshinepills t1_jdvdhc7 wrote

Reply to Miso and Kewpie Mayo by birdofdestiny

The Price Chopper on Cambridge Street has a surprisingly good Asian section, as does the Shaws on Gold Star. But if you want better prices and even more selection, then the Asian Supermarket on Mill Street is really where you want to go.

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