100% - I could practically hear his voice in my head speaking as I read this. He has a very distinctive patter.

Nostalgia. I remember going there as a kid to the stamp collector's store to get supplies.

Up until maybe 4-5 years ago, that store was still there.

As a secondary reason, it's a building that was still seeing a lot of active use from groups renting it out. It's not as though it was completely vacant. It had tenants.

These digital kiosks would be cool, but I get a sense in Worcester that somebody would feel they were too pristine-looking, and feel the need to vandalize them in some way.

Yeah - that seems to be a fair analysis.

From her talking points, she doesn't womp you over the head with the anti-vaccination thing, but tries to carefully soften the language to diffuse it a bit.

Somebody had posted this from her Ballotpedia responses :

"Our public health agencies have been narrowly focused on infectious disease and the pharmaceutical model. A broader approach that includes supporting true health will benefit both the physical and mental health crises, reduce costs, improve productivity, and make us more resilient in the face of another pandemic. It also improves quality of life. Public health should be supportive, not coercive. Medical mandates erode trust in our public health institutions, create worker shortages, financially hurt hard-working families, and have negative physical and psychological impacts."

This doesn't surprise me, really. When I worked there decades ago, the one I was at was so desperate for a closer, they had one of the underaged teens closing the place. It seems like this is a rule they were willing to bend/break as needed, until they got caught.

Still - I think you have to pick your battles. Worcester and Leominster are within fairly close proximity to each other. I think there are other cities in the immediate area that would be better targets for this sort of proposition, in terms of the utility. (Providence)

Begin by linking up the 'big' cities, and from there, you can start to expand further.

I'm not 100% opposed to the idea, but I think I-190 is pretty serviceable as a means of getting between Worcester and Leominster.

If I had to pick between using a commuter rail to go there, or driving, I probably would drive, more often than not.

[Now - Worcester and Providence? That would be something I'd be a little more on-board with.]