Recent comments in /f/WorcesterMA

Watchfull_Hosemaster t1_itsiu2a wrote

Reply to What’s the point of the airport if the flights are always going to get cancelled? ORH to JFK flight this morning cancelled. by gm33

This is why we need a massive upgrade to our passenger rail system in the northeast. We shouldn't even need to fly between Massachusetts and New York. It's such a hassle to fly and if we consider the door to door time of flying (how long it takes from when you leave your home to getting to your meeting), you're probably not even saving much time compared to driving directly to NYC or driving to the Metro North line in New Haven and hopping on that.

A train trip from Union Station to Grand Central Station on a high speed rail would be far more efficient than a flight from the edge of Worcester to an airport on the south coast of Queens that still requires a decent amount of travel just to get into Manhattan.

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cjboffoli t1_itsa3bf wrote

Reply to Back in the day, Worcester had its own big Citgo sign... at the top of Belmont Hill. Okay, big-ish. by CoolAbdul

I think I remember that sign from childhood. The OP is correct. The Atlantic gas station at left of frame (Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO)) is now an Irving gas station at Belmont and Natick St. The building just behind the sign is now D&B Auto Body. The image focal length is compressed because it was shot with a long lens. But the Citgo must have been right at the junction of Shrewsbury Street and Belmont, just across the street from what was then United Chevrolet (now U-Haul). The cars in the distance (coming down the hill) are probably stopped at the light at Plantation Street.

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legalpretzel t1_itrqwkp wrote

Reply to comment by motherof16paws in Are the worcester buses wheelchair accessible? by crippledcommie

Worcester’s paratransit is super-trash compared to Boston’s. They’ll only go to places on a bus line, which is absurd given how many areas of Worcester and surrounding towns aren’t serviced by a bus line. The Ride in Boston isn’t amazing, but it covers almost the entire metro-Boston area without question.

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legalpretzel t1_itroemr wrote

Reply to comment by hookhands in What’s the point of the airport if the flights are always going to get cancelled? ORH to JFK flight this morning cancelled. by gm33

We booked a jet blue flight out of providence in January with a 5:30 departure time on a Friday. Two weeks after booking they notified us that the flight schedule had changed and departure was now 9am. We had to reschedule to fly out of Logan, which wasn’t a huge issue but it does mean we have to leave Worcester much earlier than if we were flying out of providence.

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ganduvo t1_itrlid5 wrote

Reply to What's wrong with Waste Management? by pra_com001

The absolute best part is that there's nowhere you can take general trash to get rid of. Worcester DPW weighed one of my trash bags once and it was 1 pound overweight, so they slapped a sticker on it and wouldn't take it. When I asked where I could get rid of it they told me I had to split the bag up and wait until next week. It was after Thanksgiving and full of an old turkey carcass, rotting food, and dog shit. Glad I have family in a neighboring town, easier to just bring it there and use their bin.

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IamaMentalGiant t1_itrg3jg wrote

Reply to What’s the point of the airport if the flights are always going to get cancelled? ORH to JFK flight this morning cancelled. by gm33

ORH is a total boondoggle. It's difficult to get to from the highway, in a terrible place for weather and has managed to attract only a handful of daily flights. It's got to be incredibly expensive to keep the infrastructure open for the number of passengers it serves. But that's Massport I guess. You certainly take a big risk booking flights there.

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