North Orange is pretty, at least the little I’ve seen of it

Western Mass is Bestern Mass.

Moved here (Greenfield) recently and can feel my blood pressure drop as soon as I get out of the Boston Metro traffic.

Unless they're all just enforcing each other.

This new "Mod Team" doesn't find discussion about this subreddit appropriate for this subreddit. 🤷🏻

But they’re not underrated. I mean maybe Easthampton is if you’re from Boston and don’t know anything past Worcester.

For all those mocking Orange, I think you will eat your words in a few years. It has a makers space, a brewery, a riverside kayak business, the annual river rat race. A nyc investor bought a riverside brick building a few years ago. Check out the aerial views on the intro to the show Castlerock. They are stunning. Also, the old Victoria homes featured in the show. Finally, look at Athol, next door. If one had bought in athol 10 years ago, it’s more than doubled. Athol has everything now. Cinema, chain stores, new roads and traffic lights. Oh, and Tully Lake in Orange is gorgeous.

Do they all stand with Ukraine?

With a message from the "Mod Team" that the sub is only for discussing the goings on in the state of MA.

I didn't know Ukraine was located in MA.

So does Amherst and Easthampton.

As someone who's lived in Western Mass for a few years now, I can definitely vouch for the fact that there are some seriously underrated towns in this part of the state. From the quirky art scene in Northampton to the charming, small-town feel of Shelburne Falls, there's a lot to love about this region. If you're looking for somewhere to visit that's a bit off the beaten path, I'd highly recommend checking out some of the spots on this list!

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TL;DR the mod drama? Is it the same as what’s going on at r/worcesterma?

Our Subreddit's ( r/Massachusetts ) objective is to discuss topics of interest and awareness concerning the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America. - If you are seeing this message, it means your topic was outside the scope of that objective, and it may not belong in our Subreddit.

And it’s deleted…

I'm honestly not sure. I counted 9 mods. I know the top one is inactive, I know some are bots.

Based on everything that went down it seems unlikely that the mod would risk anyone going against him. Just my assumption, hopefully I am wrong

Godspeed my friend, I wish I could make it down to Springfield tonight but I really can't. There's lots of community support behind this project even if we can't all be there to tell them.

What was the point of this? You tried to correct someone who actually does the thing you’re talking about, then when they say that people (who actually do the thing) self describe otherwise, you pivot to disparaging them?

Why? Think about why you’re doing this and not something that would make the world better._

Ah yes, I was assuming the east portion applied to the second question too. Lanesborough is definitely farther from Worcester than Middleboro is.

Ffs. That's what I wasn't sure of. If they were actually reasonable people with moderation experience, or this one dude's personal enforcement team. 🤦🏻

Thanks, I'll check them out!

Edit: Grammar

There’s more mods because the one active one we had was banning people for having opinions people disagreed with. More mods means there’s less of a chance one goes rogue and drives everyone away.

Seriously. Florida doesn't give a shit about the law at all. Total rogue state.

>What are people so afraid of that 9 moderators are needed?

The way I understand it, it's not "people" who appoint mods. It's mods (or, in this case, mod) who appoint mods. Also, not all of the mods are people.

I'm also not getting the impression that anyone is scared of anything.

People just want the sub to go back to being a MA sub rather than continue to be a constantly censored echo chamber for the one dude with access to the control switches.

What about Lanesborough?

Are you planning to stay close by to the family so you're able to offer your help when they'll inevitably admit they need it? Ugh, I felt this post... family relationships can be so very draining. I'm hoping you've found somewhere temporary for the time being? Or at the very least I hope that if you're still living with your family, they're not actively criticizing and bullying you. This sounds very painful and very dramatic.

In any event, if you're planning to stay in Massachusetts, do you have a budget in mind? You mentioned wanting some resources to help find some more immediate shelter options like hotels and motels. Which kinda sounds like you might have the funds at least for a bit? But if you don't have a job or income lined up here, i was going to suggest to look into the emergency shelter through department of transitional assistance. They can get you into a shelter and you get assigned a caseworker to help guide you into more permanent housing situations, like public housing, lottery/ raffle type housing options, etc.

If that's not something you need or that you want to pursue, as others have mentioned, air bnb can often turn up some nice places that are probably cheaper, cleaner, any more private than hotels. And if you're super adventurous, there are a number of sites that could help you find safe places to couch surf (I'm blocking on the names but they're sites that exist specifically to allow both parties the ability to screen the other to make sure no one gets murdered and chopped up- pretty sure Google search will be fine to turn up what I'm referring to). And since I'm on a roll with these super wordy suggestions (and successfully avoiding what I need to actually be doing in this moment), might I also suggest looking into other websites that allow folks needing house sitting to seek out and screen others who are willing to house sit. This may be a gamble, but as far as I know, it can't hurt to look into it. I don't think there's upfront costs or anything, it's like a care.com set up but for house sitting.

Thanks for reading my rambling list of suggestions!! If you've got questions about the emergency shelter process, in happy to provide more details from my own experience going through that. That's the only one of the above suggestions that i have personally gone through. I truly hope you find somewhere... anywhere to find solace. This has gotta be really rough. Be kind to yourself as much as you possibly can.

Best of luck!