Some of the best public services in the country. Great education, healthcare, and jobs. Its a great place to live.

Depends on where you rent, apartment buildings downtown yeah. But if you find a multi family or other rental situation further out most have parking available.

Depends.. most residential neighborhoods no you can park on the street if you're lucky you have an apartment with a driveway available or you're in a complex that has parking but finding that parking can suck it's a battle for street parking a lot of neighborhoods are packed in tight.. downtown the canal District there's metered parking and then there are parking garages that would cost money.

Does parking cost money?

I live in palm beach county FL now. Bestplaces.net says where i live now is 16-33% more expensive than worcester but the wages here are lower than in mass.

Is the cost of worcester reasonable if im just trying to rent a very tiny 600sqft studio or 1 room with a roommate?

Cheaper than Boston but still plenty expensive.

Worcester, Providence, and Portland (ME) are all decent small to midsized cities if New England is where you want to be. I’m not sold on New England as a great region to settle down in unless it’s education, Health Care or biotech you’re into. High taxes, high rents and not stellar public services. But definitely worth a visit to check out the vibe.

I think the thing you'll struggle witht he most is the weather. It can get very cold here, and we can get gobs of snow. OTOH, you're within reach of Boston and an hour away from Northampton (about as liberal an area as you're going to find in MA). If you like outdoors, the white mountains are just north, the berkshires are just west. Plenty of outdoors stuff.

Worcester is a mixed bag politically, so you'll find both ends of the spectrum, but you'll be able to find comfortable spaces to be yourself and socialize.

But just like any area, making social connections can be hard for some, easy for others.

Depending on your career if you move here you might just be taking jobs elsewhere .. it is more affordable to live in Worcester than Boston but rents are increasing realize that you're moving to a residential city that is trying to pass itself off as a walking city but it really isn't because we don't have something like the T we have city buses.. I wouldn't call it an easy way to get around the city so if you have a car that's a plus at a minimum rent here something like 1400 to 1600 a month and up from there

Some neighborhoods are better than others just like any city

A lot of restaurants opening and closing all the time..lol the good one surviving for the most part I won't get into the Polar Park controversy.. but I would say in the last 10 years have been a lot of growth and future potential with this city

Parking is tough. Winter makes it worst.

Honestly despite what anybody says about the city I would come up here and spend a few days before you make a decision

Job opportunities in which field? There's a lot of work in healthcare and education, but outside of that and the trades it can be tough.

Yea I was looking into this more today, specifically your example of CEO of IBM.First, I was a tech recruiter for a decade on the company side. I learned a few things. You never just take the next person up. Ever. You always challenge that person with what the market will present so you are always making analytical decisions based on the quality of the talent you can access. The only difference is in hard to find engineering talent. You typically need a group of whatever discipline you are looking for. That can be based more on opportunity. You are always looking and engage when you can develop someone interested.

As to your example of CEO at IBM. Yes, Arvind Krishna was internal. Ginni Rometty was internal. They know whose next, more than likely. If they haven't decided they know it is one of a few people. Because they have a leadership development program and are nurturing leaders. They don't have a next person or they don't know what they will do. Apples and oranges. And even they hired externally in 1993 when the business was in a bad place. Another example is Intel, whose current CEO left the company for 10 years and ran EMC and VMWare before they hired him as CEO last year. And we aren't even talking about the right level here. IBM has nearly 300k employees, Intel has over 100k. Worcester has a few thousand.

And I am personally fine with Batista. Much more than his predecessor. They did him no favors doing this the way they did. One councilor even addressed accusations of back room deals during the last meeting. I don't have any info about anything like that , but they shouldn't be surprised about the accusations. They did it to themselves. Now they are going to put him in front of community meetings? This idea that they couldn't wait to let him do these meetings before appointing him is absolutely absurd. They have hundreds of openings is the reason? Almost all those hires will be levels away from the CM and who the CM is has no effect on their lives. People take jobs for money, benefits, and their immediate report. Not their manager's manager's manager's manager. Especially in a govt job. Its all absurd.

When Eric chose to speak up in support of a search, when he could have chosen silence, that was him saying he was confident. Just play it out and look like you did your job. Not like Augustus chose his successor.

I can't wait till the spring when they bring back the live music outside

Ralph’s Diner

They are coming to my home town next month, hoping to see them then!

Beyond Wrestling starts in 15 minutes, always a good time

Just went to the Free play bar arcade last night. So much fun!

Tso this weekend drag brunch at MB Lounge on Sunday

Trans siberian orchestra at the DCU center Saturday.

steel & wire cocktail bar is open, so is ralph’s rock diner - both of them usually have live music going on too!

A bit away but salvage angel in Norwood, or The Faucet Thrift in North Attleboro!

You can also check the ReStore on Lincoln St- they have small furniture and some household items in addition to larger furniture/doors/paint/appliances

What u talking about

Crompton Collective in the Canal District. Open Saturdays and Sundays.

There’s one in grafton that has a room full of housewares. See pictures in googlemaps:

Treasures Thrift Store (774) 293-1564 https://maps.app.goo.gl/WRQsXvWbKE8xxQqz9?g_st=ic

Little bit of a hike from Worcester, but Blessing Barn in Mendon is great for these things.