I could spend all day in this thread just raging.....

What I will say is that the roads are filled with people trying to get to work, people trying to get home from work, and, I shit you not, people who are CURRENTLY WORKING. F*** your relaxing Sunday drive, get out of my way. I have Karen's groceries in my trunk and if her organic chick pea crust pizza is even slightly thawed, I will have my tip replaced with a 1 star review. My rule after a couple years running groceries: if you cut me off you will either be going the same speed as me or you will be getting passed, there is no happy medium. It's just how it's going to happen.

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I could spend all day in this thread just raging..... What I will say is that the roads are filled with people trying to get to work, people trying to get home from work, and, I shit you not, people who are CURRENTLY WORKING. Fuck your Sunday drive, get the fuck out of my way. I have Karen's groceries in my trunk and if her organic chick pea crust pizza is even slightly thawed, I will get no tip and a 1-star review. My rule after dealing with dumbasses for a couple years running groceries: if you cut me off you will either be going the same speed as me or you will be getting passed, there is no happy medium. It's just how it's going to happen. Also people should have their licenses revoked at age 70.

I look at it as if you are doing it once in a while like OP said, it's not a big deal. You could almost make a little trip around it where SO meets them for dinner after work. If you did it 5x a week, then sure. I would just pick better towns.

Yeah, I say it out loud at least once a day, but you don't stop for a fucking rotary unless it's full. Swear I could spend all day on this thread

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I'm 64 and I have never seen a winter like this before. A warm day here and there is common. But it's been so consistently warm this year with only an occasional cold day here and there.

I feel like some of them were made by democrats way back in the day and then the state turned extremely Republican and they just never changed the motto

This winter has felt like spring

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Good lord.

Except we can do something about it

Thanks for the reply! There's a new complex going up in North Uxbridge. New street called Pouts Lane? The houses looked very nice.

We can’t do anything about it, so we might as well enjoy it.

You’re disgusted by people that think differently with you? I voted for Biden, and I’m glad you left. Like I said, entitled asshole.

Once a man followed me to work and got out of his car and started threatening me all because I… checks notes…

passed him

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I feel like there are spots of less conservative towns like Amherst, south hadley, Northampton, and Easthampton as well before you hit the Berkshires.

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This is truly an amazing comment. You made me laugh out loud before I even had my morning coffee

We put a large array on my house a number of years ago. When we were researching options we spoke to a realtor friend of ours about leasing. He said leasing can be problematic if you don't intend to be in your home for the life of the panels. He has seen home sales get really murky over folks who don't want to pay the lease. Not that it would happen to you, just what he cautioned us about. We ended up buying them outright and as another poster said their are many incentives/loan forgiveness programs and other things out there to help reduce the cost.

It’s a small, welcoming working class town that’s a great place to raise a family. You come off as an entitled asshole.

You know after being radicalized against cars and supporting public transportation I started to notice something. I do get angry when I drive.

It's apparently a thing, a psychological event that people experience when driving but I never really noticed it until recently.

I get tense, squeeze the steering wheel, yell at people. I always thought it was like normal to drive aggressively bc everyone else is and I have to look out for myself etc etc but the anger that comes with that mindset is easily overlooked.

Beautiful! Do you sell your work? I love your Holyoke paintings…

And there is a chance they might have to start commuting to Cambridge again. OP doesn't say it but the employment pendulum could be swinging back towards employers.