Hope you folks crush it. I love gaming and redemption rock and this sounds awesome. I’ll have to try to get out for the next go-round

Haha this is exactly the kinda snark I sign into Reddit for

BT has good Nashville fried chicken. Korean restaurant you should try in Westborough MA. Didn't see any good ones around Worcester!

Before 2010, America had the absolute best healthcare in the world, Best in every conceivable category especially the cost. Along came talk about the Affordable Care Act and people were gushing over the idea. They were enthralled with the new president/messiah who promised so much and delivered nothing. I knew we were in trouble even before Obamacare became the law of the land. It hadn't got much press here at first but it did in Canada. A cousin in Quebec called me to warn me, she said that it was like deja vu. Everything she saw on American television was exactly the same BS Canada had used to promote Canadian Medicare (their health system). I remember something particularly chilling she said then, she said, "people die in the ERs up here, wait times can be days." I told her that sounded a bit exaggerated, she swore it was not. They live close to the US border and for a time were shopping here for prescription drugs but that fell apart after 2014. So when people are blowing rainbows out their ass over some new government program, beware.

This answe isn’t gonna make you happy but staff shortages are killing the hospitals. Why do you think those exist?

It’s not much better here. I have healthcare through Partners and I’m basically giving up on getting a PCP even though I’ve got some things I need checked out.

Am an EMT that's worked in the Worcester County area for years...Unfortunately with the staffing issues and high patient counts, we end up "holding the wall" basically every transport. Had a possible STEMI patient and still ended up holding the wall. Used to work at St. Vs and UMASS but unfortunately like I said, such a staffing shortage that it affects patient treatment and turn around time. Sorry you had to experience that.

Oh, so rubberstamping every extrabudgetary police expenditure and groveling to developers counts for nothing now???

100% — we are failing miserably. Two of my close friends are nurses. The stress they experience at work sounds awful. I work in human services which is also insanely under-staffed, over-worked & under-paid. Been this way since the start of COVID & it’s not getting any better. I don’t even know what to think about it at this point. I’m just burnt out.

Good call. I also think a lot of what’s happening in Worcester has to do with Boston pushing people west.

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This puts the entire onus on the minority group in the council though, ask yourself this: what has candy mero Carlson or Kate Toomey EVER done in their years in the position? I have infinite respect for these new councilors trying to drag the Worcester old guard into 2022.

Seriously. I used to go there once a week. That place was perfection. When a place that is so incredibly good shuts down like that you have to wonder what it takes to make it in the restaurant industry. I would kill for some Korean fried chicken and bibimbap right now.

Agree 💯👍🏼

I came here to say something similar to this, as I agree with it.

Things like this also worry me when I see a new Shawarma place opening up every few months. I love both cafes and shawarma, but too many of the same businesses would in theory hurt everyone. I'm not doubling my coffee intake just because cafes doubled in numbers.

The part about prioritizing profits over staff and customers — i’m not a nurse but this sounds a lot like my job/work environment 😒 I get it.

Choose and Mix chicken is ok. 6/10

Capt. Louie in the Auburn Mall (The Cajun place) has the best KFC in the area though. 8/10. They only do wings though, which is sad.

But as the others have said, Simjang used to be it.

They closed right at the end of 2019, too. Abandoned us just before our time of need, I would've spent my whole stimmy on curbside chicken, I tell you what.

Came here to say this about simjang.. that was my favorite place to eat. So sad they didn’t make it.

Dead Horse owned Simjang so the Korean fried chicken will still pop up there too

But if they transfer you from Clinton ER in an ambulance to UMass, you don't wait, you get seen immediately.

I had a gallbladder attack about ten years ago. Walked right in, they drugged me up and my surgery was the next morning. The nurses there were the best I ever had. The place was kind and quiet.

Now you got me missing Simjang, you wascal.

You might like the Karaage at Chashu. Dead Horse also occasionally does a hot chicken that isn't exactly Nashville but if you like Nashville you will probably like.

My brother is a type one diabetic with guillemot barre. We once waited for 8 hours while he was in DKA. He lost one toe and two meta tarsals. It’s really devastating how they test people

BT's has a good Nashville hot chicken sandwich and that is about it from what I can tell.

Casualty of Success would be a cool band name (or darkly ironic city motto)