pineypenny t1_jakbcba wrote on March 2, 2023 at 1:09 AM

The people warning you to stay away from Southbridge are probably racist. There are very nice suburban neighborhoods, rural areas, decent amenities for a town of its size. Anything is what you make it and it’s a fine place to live.

Highway access sucks, especially the further south and east you go in town. Schools are not good & I say that having worked in those schools. That would be the deal breaker for me - if I had kids and valued a public education that’s just not the place.

Depending on why the Southbridge location works for you and what you’re looking for in a community Thompson or Putnam CT may serve you better.

mrch1ck3nn t1_jakd4f8 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 1:22 AM

not racist i grew up there and am a Colon lmao depends what side of main st you pick honestly if you can live in the rural area and shop in sturbridge it’s fine but downtown and the other side of town is a dump. It sucks.

apple-masher OP t1_jakjzdz wrote on March 2, 2023 at 2:12 AM

no kids, so that's not a concern.

Bruins0615 t1_jakwl0y wrote on March 2, 2023 at 3:49 AM

what does race have to do with it? it’s objectively not a good town to live in and hasn’t been for decades. same as a number of other towns in the area like athol

halfhorror t1_jakho65 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 1:55 AM

Yes yes yes a thousand times yes. Anything near the hospital is very nice. I want to repeat your first sentence a thousand times.