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Please contact the Worcester PD, some folks scammed a woman in a target parkinglot yesterday with a similar tactic.

Yeah and the crazy thing is he gets loose all the time. He had the skinniest cheapest tie out attached to him. These people are on unit capable of owning him

Not that I'm advocating violence towards animals, but what too many people don't get is if you're bitten by a dog, you're allowed to immediately escalate to lethal force against the dog.

that in itself should be a reason for people to secure their dogs

Unless the producers want to end up at the bottom of Lake Quinsigamond, they had better let go of the Candace Scola suicide case. The Earlier the better.

If you don't mind driving, the Assabet River Rail Trail is almost exactly 5 miles from end to end, you can park your car in Marlborough or at the East Hudson trail head and run out and back to your car. There's one spot where the trail disappears and you have to run on the sidewalk for a bit, but that's about it. If you don't want to do an out and back, there's plenty of sidewalk infrastructure around the trail, especially thru Hudson, if you want to branch off the trail.

i tried to listen to this and i really wanted to like it but it's just not well done. 22 minute episodes with about 8 minutes of actual content, volume jumps all over the place and the same exact 3 second audio loop over and over and over and over and over. the guy who hosts does a good job but man this podcast needs a decent producer badly.

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Thank you that is the plan. Animal control said they haven’t gotten a complaint yet which I’m shocked about. The neighbors probably don’t want to piss them off. They don’t seem like reasonable people. The neighbor I talked to said they only recently moved there too

Irresponsible dog owners are the worst. Just keep calling the police and asking the neighbors to keep calling. You have to make it their problem or nothing will get done.

I am so happy he only followed you and not more. My dog has been approached now 4 times by an off leash dog, we’ve only been in the neighborhood 1 month. He is never dog aggressive but he did stick up for himself today I had to pin him down so the situation didn’t escalate. I could NOT BELIEVE how little the “owners” cared once they slowly walked over. They didn’t even say a word. Then managed to drop his leash again. Like what? I hope they don’t beat him after these instances. They seem like the type

Yeah, I feel for that dog who is very young, and really badly trained. My dog is terrified of him. They keep him tied out on a way too short chain and he barks and snarls at anything that walks by. He was loose the other day, so I picked up my dog and carried her, and he followed us sniffing at my back while his owner just kinda stood there and halfheartedly tried to wave him back. He’d probably be a nice dog if he was better trained. A real shame

A lot of these rules really limit the options kids like some I know here in Worcester who have to work to support themselves and/or their families. Some places don't enforce the rules, and some of the kids skirt the rules by having a couple jobs.

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Try the West Boylston rail trail. Trail is about 8 out and back, but there's lots of good options to tag extra mileage.

Surprisingly no, I'm usually able to sneak across without waiting more than 10 or 15 seconds. If it's really backed up and looks like it's going to be a minute then I will just turn up Mill but I think I've only ever done it once.

Oof Havelock, that is some hill pain. Could also add a little loop up Manhattan Rd and loop around Rydal to get back to Chandler to really brutalize yourself.

Out of curiosity, do you typically need to wait at the light at Chandler and Mill? I was following along and expected you to run up Mill to get to Pleasant.

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I can't help with your area directly without knowing what street you're on, but you should be able to connect to some of my longer loops without issue (likely via W. Boylston Street). My go-to almost-10 mile loop is, from my house, Newton Square, east down Highland, left onto Park, cut into Institute Park boardwalk via Rumford Ave, cruise down Grove St, stay right onto Humboldt, left onto Salisbury, right back onto Grove and on to Main St for a downtown run, up Elm Street back to Elm Park (you can look around Elm Park for extra distance), down Park Ave, right onto Chandler all the way to Tatnuck Square, right onto Pleasant St, Pleasant back to Newton Square. I will sometimes cut across June St and do Pleasant before Chandler depending on what kind of hill situation I want to deal with (going up Chandler is mostly uphill but fairly gradual; going up Pleasant is extremely steep but gets it over with). Also the hill up Elm St from downtown is a beast but short and satisfying. If you really want some hill pain I suggest adding miles on where the map says June Street--Morningside, Havelock, Colonial, Westview--or between Highland and Park/Institute Park you could do Germain and Farnum up to Bancroft Tower. I will add that only Pleasant St has relatively shitty sidewalks; you could cut back to Chandler along May St (or any other route) if it was particularly bothersome.

Here's the route: https://onthegomap.com/s/fvrulaal

Only major slowdowns are intersections at Highland and Park, Grove and Main, and Elm and Park. For most of the rest of it you shouldn't get too bogged down at intersections if you stay on the inside of the loop.

Bonus is that it's very easy to turn off this route pretty much anywhere to cut into some other neighborhoods and add more mileage. I'd say just about any street inside of this route will have sidewalks or, if not, will have next to no traffic and is safe for road running. I added Richmond and Vassar to that route to show a common loop I'll throw in for an extra mile ish.

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Mill Street is about three miles long from Park Ave to Tatnuck Square and it has sidewalks on both sides all the way down. There are only a couple of side streets on it that get a meaningful amount of turning traffic so your chances of a mostly uninterrupted run are quite good. So not quite 10 miles but there you go. Mill street is also very flat which is nice. You could extend the run and add a hill by going up the street that brings you to the Washington heights apartment complex off Mill (Williamsburg Dr) There is a network of mostly gravel streets up in those hills that is easy to kinda get lost in without a gps but there's almost no traffic.

I would suggest you poke around on Google Maps regarding this area to see what I mean about the street network on the hill. I might be misremembering which street takes you there. If it's not Williamsburg it is First, Second or Third Ave off of Mill.

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Haha oh sorry my bad.

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I wouldn't necessarily expect you to know this but Milwaukee is east of the Mississippi. The Mississippi runs along the western WI border with MN through the Twin Cities southward. Milwaukee is in South Eastern WI on the shore of Lake Michigan just about 80 miles or so north of Chicago.

Regardless your point is well taken the Midwest is much more spread out than New England for sure. I also feel like the Midwestern cities are "newer" i.e. they were founded after the advent of modern urban planning which I think makes a difference.