I get brand spanking new ps5 stuff from the library. Put it on hold from your phone while you’re bored on the couch and go pick it up when they shoot u a text.

That being said there’s a place here in Shrewsbury on main st about halfway between the library and dean park that has second-hand games. It’s called Lady Mo’s Attic Treasures but I haven’t been in there yet.

Houghton St is fine, day or night.

I don't think there's any area on Houghton Street that is outright dangerous. However, there is a definite distinction between the side toward Heywood Street, which is much more characterized by single-family homes and the side toward Grafton Street, which is much more densely-populated.

I assume you'll be towards the Grafton Street end, since you're renting an apartment. That section tends to be lower income, which often means social problems, and there is public housing on Addison Street, right off of Houghton. This is a turnoff for some people, but, honestly, I've walked around the area at all times and never ran into any problems with anyone. The bigger issue I'd worry about is your building: make sure the apartment is a decent apartment, no pests, etc.

ETA: I hope you have a car, because if you are going to one of the universities, the commute would be pretty bad by Worcester public transit. It's free, but you would take a long time to get to Clark or WPI from Houghton Street if you're relying on bus. If you're not driving, you should consider somewhere closer to the school.

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Depending on which end you’re on, it can be a bit sketchy. But people live there, people raise kids there, you’ll be fine.

Hi! Could i ask for that info as well? Was just thinking of booking with them.

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Everything else was great. Pizza was meh. If they were solely Albanian food they'd be a top notch spot for me. We've got enough mediocre pizza spots in the city.

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I have wavy/loose curly hair and am always very pleased with Sage & Grace Salon! They're also vegan if you have strong interests in what type of products they use.

>If things are fine as they are in any given situation, e.g. the Grafton Hill's array of street names, telling someone not to intervene to make a change is sensible.

So literally your only argument is that all change is inherently bad and has to be hyper-justified. There's a lot more examples of that in the city for you to freak out about than just the name of one street. Frankly I'm just disregarding this argument entirely, in the wake of all the changes Worcester has gone through I think pretending anyone cares about one street name is truly disingenuous.

>The fact that some people here, yours truly not included, don't know the history is further proof of the argument that no one views "plantation" in some historical sense.

You can know the connotations of the word "plantation" without knowing the specific history of Quinsigamond plantation. This is like arguing that if you know what a castle is, then you must know the history of Windsor castle.

>not the slavery that didn't even exist in the area when Quinsigamond Plantation was named.

As established earlier, there was slavery in the area - the enslavement of Native Americans. Like I said, nobody who's mad about this change knows anything about the history of Quinsigamond Plantation, including you.

>It is very important to the history of the area and country.

Literally everything that happens is technically important to history. But "it's important to history" and "people in the area know and/or care about it" are two different statements.

>The Johnson massacre.

Ah, so the one thing you knew is "well the natives killed some people too". Convenient.

>A distraction?

Yes, a way for you to avoid the actual point, which is that the Quinsigamond Plantation does have a history with slavery and genocide. Your little "oh who said anything about AFRICAN slavery" schtick was just stalling for time.

>I use sites like still made in the US and others before I purchase most things.

And where do those companies get their materials from? Do you think you can circumvent international capitalism with smart choices from a website?

>It really does not matter to the conversation though, as I am not trying to change the name of anything.

You are trying to preserve the name of something that you have no genuine reason to care about. Also, it does matter to the conversation, since your main reason that UMASS shouldn't advocate for the name being changed is that you personally believe they aren't morally pure enough to "deserve" it.

>No reason? Why do you say that?

I mean you don't really care. Nobody in this thread does. Pretending that a street name being changed is somehow offensive or disgusting to you is obviously fake shit. What you actually care about is the idea of things becoming "more PC", hence why a street name has become the flashpoint for all of Worcester's dingy little conservatives to crawl out of the darkness and pretend they have something important to say.

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Curly hair here. Headshop hair factory has some great stylists. I’ll PM the names of the two I visit. Love them both.

I bought a bed frame from them. Broke in less than a year. It was horribly designed

We love the pizza there

Root and press

Lmao thought the same thing. I think my homie Phil is doing a show in his basement.

WPD isn’t on the guest list though.

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Fucktangle is the word I was looking for, thx

Good to know. Thank you

Best advice I can give you is to visit the place/area during the day and later at night. Should give you a good idea of the area will be like. Also make sure the street isn't a cut through and is well lit, that can be annoying if you have on street parking.

You can also call the Worcester PD non emergent number and ask them. There are also resources online that will show you police reports / crimes for that street and area.

Keep in mind this is a city, so you'll always want to have your head on a swivel no matter what. But as cities go Worcester is far from the worst. (I use to live in Springfield).

If anyone is wondering why they can't find punk shows anymore, it's because dumbasses like this have gotten them shut down by sqeaking like a rat about it on the internet. Not cool.

Agreed. Worcester has far more serious problems. Get some genuine school reform. Some genuine childcare alternatives. Some genuine WFH opportunities for single parents. Anything but taking up time with this fucktangle of meaningless nonsense.

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