Boston/Cambridge/Somerville have world-class restaurants and more than a few James Beard honors.

You know what I've come to realize more than anything else using this sub? I hate food snobs. Hate them. Despise them. Scum of the earth.

Whether it's the ones who look down on any place that doesn't run you at least $150 for a dinner for two, or the ones who think it isn't worth it unless they serve your food the rotting bark of a swamp tree instead of plates, or the ones who say it isn't cultured unless it's in a rat infested basement whose last residents were murdered in a gang initiation, or the ones who say they won't eat anywhere other than AsianIndianSalvadoreanDanish fusion...

If you are one of those you're the worst. The absolute worst. Insufferable clown.

Thank you for attending my rant.

Yeah, Rte 5 is bad. I just took a teeth rattling jaunt down Damon Rd. in Northampton. It was worse than usual.

Soooooo good. With that honey butter.

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Cambridge is great

I have seen beavers while kayaking on Ipswich river.

Her biscuits are deadly. Just sayin'

Driving into Connecticut or New Hampshire especially

Most of 126 through bellingham is shit. Once you cross into Medway or even Woonsocket, the road becomes 100x smoother

Should start the fine off for the heaviest vehicles. Pickup trucks and large suv

Call the governor, you may have stumbled onto a gold mine here

That’s a beefy woman

Yes I’m aware, NJB calls it his strong town series since it’s about the books called the same thing, which is why I called it the strong towns series

A big part of the issue is that the road was originally paved with concrete. Since then the area has grown exponentially. I remember a time when the Showcase Theater was there almost by it itself and there was very little development on the northbound side of rt 5. Anyhow concrete and asphalt don’t play well together, the reality is that the concrete should be torn up and replaced with asphalt, the other part of the problem is that the infrastructure beneath the road is failing ( same as many other areas) so the road is always getting torn up.

It just degrades faster due to higher usage

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Nope haha

The Boston food scene is mediocre.

It was a federal initiative and they paid for the original construction but part of the deal was the state was responsible for maintenance.

The most ironic thing is that it was lobbied by Springfield to increase commerce but it made 75% of the waterfront unusable and it just acts as a way to pass through the city to VT and the Pike.

THE WORST!!! I don’t understand why they don’t ever fix it!!!

Not to mention the controversy around the recent election with Mayor Moore. That really shined a light on the type of man Neal is.

I agree! I think the general condition of the roads and highways in western Massachusetts are deplorable. I live in one of the towns north of Chicopee and our local streets and roads look like they've been bomb. Awful.

I also agree with your sentiments of Congressman Neal. He hasn't done much for our area and his mediocre help in retaining S&W is a tragedy.

FYI Not Just Bikes was talking about Strong Towns. Strong Towns itself was created by Chuck Marohn Jr. He has written some books: Strong Towns and Confessions of a Recovering Engineer.