Nu Kitchen if you’re looking for a chill sippin oat latte by some plants vibe

Dippin donut if you’re looking for desert in a cup

Birch tree for the ✨vibes✨ (also their coffee is very good so bonus)

Acoustic Java!!! Best espresso around

I think that would be a cool idea! I went to a private school by the way and especially for the more prestigious private schools like Philips, BBNS, Noble and Greenough, etc, there is more of an 'advantage' to Ivy League compared to regular private schools or regular public schools.

I don't think it's a racist word. I was just stating the argument - should have put quotes.

I've found that a lot of the time, this "look at all the progressive things we're doing!" stuff that corporations do is a fig leaf for actual problems they're making.

You, though, sound like a mensch. Imagine if they did that, if they just paid the same salary they're giving the DEI guy (probably they could hire two coordinators for the guidance councilors!) to just keep a pipeline from North, South, Doherty, Burncoat, UPHS, Claremont...that would do wonders for the community.

I really hope someone will say this part especially at the city council meeting.

Personally I would choose a private school. Then a less expensive town to live.

There’s a school and prison on plantation street!

What is it named for? If the connection has nothing to do with Plantations proper or slavery there is no need to change it. It’s all about intent.

This^

TBF from 290 it's always looked closed.

Also, Happy Cake Day!

Yeah I know, but for me (selfishly!) the Oxford one is easier to get to--all highway. Getting to that area of Rt 20 (again, for me) is probably a similar length of time, but a pain in the ass of non-highway roads.

FWIW, the same holds true for relatives who live not far off West Mountain St. Just easier to get to Oxford than that area of Shrewsbury.

Is it a spirit Halloween yet?

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Where is it?

There’s one going in in Shrewsbury

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You mean crime ?

I don't tend to have a strong opinion on these sorts of things, but this feels like nonsense so some idiots can fill bureaucracies with pointless debate and busy work to pay themselves on the back. Why not leave the fucking street name alone and go try to fix problems with traffic and road quality?

You have a problem with the word "plantation" and only associate it with negative connotations? Promote a dialog with your friends and family about how words carry various meanings in certain contexts. Do not waste a single cent of tax payer money on committee meetings and opinion polls and, god forbid you actually get your way, new street signs, property signs, and updates to all the maps and other resources where the name appears.

Coffee is 😙🤌 chef kiss approved. If you’re feeling something sweeter opt for one of the frozen blended coffees

BirchTree is prob one if the best

Cafe Reyes

Cafe Noir

InHouse Coffee

Crust Artisan Bakeshop

Seriously, they're the friendliest comic shop around. If you're not an asshole they'll let you read the titles all day long.

Have money? Want to live away from people who don't have money? Holden it is.

They even talked the WRTA into removing the Worcester-Holden bus line, so you won't have to look at those nasty, filthy poors who don't even own cars.

No. #1 for me is the corruption and negligence in city hall/WPD. Its pretty bad. This city absolutely excels at losing millions in lawsuits because of it.

Holden sewer dispute - $14 million (2022 - lost bc city didn’t follow existing agreement w/Holden)

Sky bridge suit - $12.5 million (settlement 2018, lost bc city didn’t abide their promise to build the bridge from major Taylor garage to Hilton Garden inn)

Public records suit - $100k (2022, city got reamed by the judge for illegally withholding police records)

Various police misconduct suits - at least $12 million since 2010 (there are still several pending cases)

At least $38.5 million since 2018.

I didn’t move there bc of the name

>Put your money where your mouth is UMASS and do something about real problems not some BS feel good renaming of a street.

Do you imagine this is an either/or scenario? If the street continues to be named "Plantation St", do you think this will help poor people and homeless people get help faster? Do you imagine that UMASS is choosing between feeding the homeless and renaming a street?

You can say it's a pointless publicity stunt, and I'd probably agree. But you're acting like renaming the street is somehow preventing them from giving aid to the homeless. It isn't. It's not even their street to rename, they're just saying that the city government should do it.

That's exactly it. It would cost a goddamn fortune to update every map, every address, every form, every street sign. They couldn't do this if they wanted to, which means they have no intention of actually going through with it. In other words, this is 100% virtue signalling, designed to show the world how 'woke' and 'ree-ree' they are without actually doing anything.