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11BMasshole t1_iqr37cx wrote

Reply to comment by itallendsintears in The Future of Springfield MA by nofog2234

Holyoke is the cesspool of Western Mass. I don’t know of anyone who actively looks to buy a house there. The schools are ranked at the bottom of the state rankings. A drive down Main Street tells you all you need to know about Holyoke.

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itallendsintears t1_iqr7rrs wrote

Wrong.

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11BMasshole t1_iqr8nzl wrote

Absolutely not wrong. Hell I’d even say Holyoke isn’t even top ten in Hampden County of desirable places to live.

Longmeadow East Longmeadow Wilbraham Ludlow West Springfield Agawam Westfield Southwick Hampden Chicopee Springfield And Holyoke would fall somewhere down below all of these places.

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itallendsintears t1_iqr96c9 wrote

You just listed a bunch of suburban hellholes nobody outside of boomers and people with young families want to live. I lived in East longmeadow. Absolutely hated it. Rolling blackouts everytime it sprinkles. And longmeadow infrastructure is equally crap. Holyoke has hydroelectric and a water reservoir on mt tom. You want to cling to some capitalistic scam where everyone in your neighborhood has an Audi, have a blast.

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11BMasshole t1_iqr9tek wrote

Better than living in a rundown semi urban hellhole. 90% of Holyoke is a burnt up ghetto. I used to own a building on South Canal street. Sold it for Pennie’s on the dollar after the 3rd fire and 2nd dead body found. There’s nothing redeeming about Holyoke. Keep telling yourself you love it there , but we all know in reality it’s the only place you can afford.

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itallendsintears t1_iqra2nu wrote

Cute. Don’t you have a landscaper to pay or some golf balls to drive? Gag

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scarwig t1_iqs4tt2 wrote

Goes to show youve only "gone down main St"

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YokeGuy413 t1_iqxqw7j wrote

Really? Because Holyoke houses are selling at a quicker rate than Northampton or Easthampton. Plenty of people moving into Holyoke and starting to send their kids to HPS because of the dual language schools.

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11BMasshole t1_iqxr7pu wrote

More and Cheaper inventory in Holyoke. People who can afford to get out do. Those who can only afford Holyoke make that sacrifice for home ownership. No one who values their child’s education is willfully sending them to HPS.

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YokeGuy413 t1_iqxs33y wrote

Except people are willingly sending their kids to HPS. I know families that have chosen HPS who would have decided to school choice out but because of the dual language programs are now staying.

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11BMasshole t1_iqxsefj wrote

You can believe what fallacy you want. But the reality is that the only people moving to Holyoke are doing so because that’s all they could afford. Same as the schools, they are sending them there because that’s where they could afford to live.

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