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dpceee t1_j4u8zxs wrote

No one's really answered your public transit question. If you are expecting something robust in that department, you will be disappointed. There is the train station with Union Station, but that's the only stop in Worcester, the bus system leaves a lot of room to improve, that's the nice way of putting it. Without a car in Worcester, you will find doing a lot of basic things rather challenging.

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Working-Efficiency44 OP t1_j4utpj7 wrote

Thank you for this. Are the buses at least consistent in the city?

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dpceee t1_j4ve8jo wrote

Consistently bad. They are usually timely enough, it's just that the routes that they run are very sparse and weekend service is rather limited. I highly recommend getting a car, if you can afford it, even a $2000 clunker.

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Working-Efficiency44 OP t1_j4x6k49 wrote

Any good auto dealers up there?

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dpceee t1_j4xanun wrote

Definitely, but I will be honest, I have had the same car since 2012, so I have no experience.

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destroyeddieficflesh t1_j4yrhr3 wrote

The bus system isn't too shabby. (compared to where I came from where there was only two buses that only went to Walmart and another that went to the local hospital) Where the buses don't reach, just use Uber/Lyft.

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dpceee t1_j4z6kfn wrote

Yikes, if the WRTA is considered not too shabby by your terms, then where you came from basically had nonexistent transit.

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