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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_j5wwl0r wrote

Reply to comment by The_eldritch_bitch in Cape Cod bridges, old and obsolete, frustrate locals and tourists. And there’s no good solution in sight. by HRJafael

So then they get to decide whether its worth it and then their wages magically go up when the supply of labor tightens. I can see why nothing ever gets fixed around this state. Too many people see every last negative possibility and then nothing happens. Nothing except KB warriors downvoting actual solutions to problems....DV away.

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frankybling t1_j5wu6l8 wrote

Reply to Boston or MA Gyms by [deleted]

I wish I could recommend anything other than fighter type training places… and really I don’t know if those places I would suggest are still around because I got hurt and stopped attending. I used to like the Boston Athletic Club but I think they’re gone. I also liked a place in Charlestown that taught specifically Krav Maga but they didn’t really have a name and I think they’re gone too… there’s a few boxing gyms in the area but nothing that does outdoor training. I’m sure someone knows of places around though.

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Lazy_Football_511 t1_j5wtjqu wrote

Reply to comment by nocolon in Chicopee has a death rate from traffic violence that's 2-3 times higher than the rest of Massachusetts, and drivers there have killed 8 victims – most of them pedestrians – since September: by streetsblogmass

Uh...I think not. I think Brockton drivers are so used to people jaywalking their minds can not comprehend a pedestrian on a crosswalk so it does not register with them. Then again, most Brockton drivers see a crosswalk at an intersection as the spot to stop with their front seat between the two lines.

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nocolon t1_j5wmmvv wrote

Reply to comment by Lazy_Football_511 in Chicopee has a death rate from traffic violence that's 2-3 times higher than the rest of Massachusetts, and drivers there have killed 8 victims – most of them pedestrians – since September: by streetsblogmass

Ironically you're probably more safe as a pedestrian in Brockton given that the pedestrians there are more likely to just randomly walk into the middle of the road with no regard for traffic or the placement of crosswalks. I feel more nervous as a driver in Brockton assuming that someone is going to just suddenly decide "I need to be on that side of the road now."

Source: Lived in Brockton for 20 years.

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notmyrealname17 t1_j5wlwo7 wrote

Reply to Chicopee has a death rate from traffic violence that's 2-3 times higher than the rest of Massachusetts, and drivers there have killed 8 victims – most of them pedestrians – since September: by streetsblogmass

Chicopee is weird, I lived there for 3 years and while everything about my experience there was pretty solid something about the town always just felt a little off. That city also has some of the most poorly planned intersections ever, my old house was 1.8 miles from the pike exit and it took 10-15 minutes every time because of endless timed lights with no sensors.

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