This is one of the most expensive places in the country to live with one of the lamest job market around. You should try to find a more welcoming area if possible. Landlords around here are scum and the people are rude.

still not sure why you're singling out schools for this. also, that's a weirdly flippant statement for a school to make about shootings, so it's a strange thing to expect after Columbine.

As someone who moved to New England a few years ago…MA people are nowhere near kind. Think a better word would be ignorant

Oh I saw the honey dew and wasn’t sure what had happened, thanks for the info.

November project Worcester too. They run the bleachers at Holy Cross in the summer but do running work outs in the morning around the city too.

Where do you live where stangers will start talking to you in lines? This is not New England vibes. Don't give a new person a false sense of the culture around here. People will not be waving to him at the big box stores.

For newbies u/michrubio, this is how it goes:

New England/MA people will seem standoff-ish at first. This is because we don't deal with fake friendliness. We're typically very tempered in our interactions with people we don't know. We are respectful of your time out in the world getting shit done, as we are getting shit done ourselves and don't want to dilly-dally. Doing errands is a focused endevor. If you wave to us we're going to be confused and think you are waving to someone you know. But if we're friendly, we mean it. We're not disingenuous and we follow through. If we say we'll show up to help you clear your side walk from snow, we will show up. We may seem prickly at first but that's just until we get to know you. (Like don't be upset your new neighbors aren't knocking on your door with the welcome wagon... that's not what we do...but it doesn't mean the neighbors won't eventually become friendly...) The attitude around the region is that we don't fake any false sense of familiarity with people. If it's not authentic, we're not going to bother you. But it just means that when we are friendly and warm, it's absolutely authentic and we are not blowing wind up your skirt.

There is a saying of the differences between someone from CA and someone from MA: "people in California are nice, but not kind...while people in Massachusetts are not nice, but are kind".

That was good!!👏👏👏👏and no, cab over engine (coe) passage vehicles are just cool!! The big 3 American car manufacturers all offered coe vans in the 1960s

Do you play futbol? Strong community here in Worcester and a great way to make friends. I’m white but most of my teammates are Spanish and i’ve met so many amazing people through the ⚽️ community.

Steve Minor at Remax, offices above free play arcade

Purgatory Chasm is right down 146 in Sutton

Cali-Ritos on Belmont has the best burritos in the city IMO. I know it’s not like sit down Mexican but if you’re feeling like take out one night, I promise you won’t be disappointed! Hugeee portions too. Welcome to Worcester man, enjoy!

Redemption Rock Brewing has a running club that meets on Mondays and I'm not sure if Sneakerama still does their Thursday jogs.

Thank you! I’ll try to get in touch with them.

They both look pretty good, thank you!

Thank you for letting me know!! NorthEast properties have constantly popped up and I was actually going to call tomorrow. Will not be doing that anymore. My fiancé’s family loves Mexicali so I’m sure I’ll get to try it out. Born and raised in Mexico and that sense of community is one of the pillars of my heritage, I’m sure I will find comfort in it!

Thank you so much!! I’ll check them out.

I used Chris Collette with Compass. He was great for my wife and I when we were looking in the area.

Rail trail pizza is the spot for lunch

Best places for Mexican food would be EL Patron 192 Harding St, Worcester, MA 01604 or Pepe’s Taqueria 645 Chandler St, Worcester, MA 01602 both are great Mexican restaurants

Not sure about what places to go with but DO NOT go to a NorthEast Properties location. They sing a good song but have a terrible history of tenant and employee abuse.

As for Mexican…New England isn’t known for it. I’m originally from here and hardly ever had any until I moved to Nuevo, CA and had the opportunity to have truly authentic Mexican food. The closest thing we’ve had to that (out here) is Mexicali Cantina Grill, in Spencer. It’s not going to stack up to what you’re used to but my wife (a native Californian) chooses to go there when she wants some Mexican.

Welcome to a wonderful place. Enjoy the trees, hunker down for the winter, and get ready to wave to strangers because everyone is now your friend (people here will start talking to you in line - it’s a sense of community, not that they want anything from you - I love it and desperately missed it). That was something my wife had to get used to but now she appreciates.

Happy hunting!

I used Martha Convers at Lamacchia to buy my house, I believe she does rentals as well. If not someone else at Lamacchia does. She and several others there are also bilingual Spanish/English speakers if you'd find that helpful.

Hi Tracy!!! I know you and I connected. I hope that you were able to talk to OP, too! Thanks again.

Ahh my heart just broke, but that’s okay thank you! I’ll have to check out those groceries though. I know there’s some overlap so maybe I’ll find some things! Thank you for the realtor recommendations.

I have not!! Just joined the sub hahah but I’ll check it out thank you!

Kayla Gibney at LaMacchia Realty and Seven Hills Properties.

As far as Mexican food, if you like the Caribbean coast, you’ll love it. There are a lot of grocery stores that cater to the Caribbean & Central America. If you’re thinking northern, central or Pacific Mexico, well, treasure the time you have & your trips home! I have yet to find a mole, tamale, or verde sauce that beats or meets the SW.