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CoolAbdul t1_iyn83f7 wrote

Reply to comment by legalpretzel in Moving to bell hill any info would help by Alexp223

> They act like it’s war zone and comments about some neighborhoods are routinely “don’t go there” because of racism/classicism/parroting crap someone else said.

Oh bullshit. I've lived in this city my entire life. Bell Hill is rough territory. Regardless of any "isms".

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NovelNo87 t1_iyntur4 wrote

It’s definitely exaggerated by people who either don’t live here or haven’t lived here since the 90s. I see the same stuff with people talking about downtown when reviewing restaurants. Worcester has some rough areas but it’s not LA lol.

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CoolAbdul t1_iyoedqa wrote

Yeah well, that's people from Holden who think June Street is ghetto, you know what I mean? Holy Cross students think this entire city is some sort of Mogadishu and they're too scared to ever come off the hill. It's ridiculous.

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NovelNo87 t1_iyp1p0a wrote

I see the HC cross country team jogging down Blackstone River rd once in a while but yeah, basically.

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legalpretzel t1_iz84svk wrote

I didn’t say it’s a lovely area, it’s definitely crustier and has higher crime rates than other parts of the city.

But Worcester as a whole is generally a very safe city, and Belmont Hill is a far cry from codman Sq. or the H-block in Boston.

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