Try a temp agency. They found me a good job where I saved enough money to pay for my CDL and everything has been good ever since.

Edit: Trash companies need laborers. Note this is extremely back breaking work. In this industry I worked with bank robbers, murderers, gang members, sex offenders, etc. The trucking industry as a whole is very welcoming of everybody.

Connecticut mass border 91N in the median

They're already here st the mass border 91N

Price Rite is where it's at. Big Y is too expensive.

Subs need to be open to all opinions. We can't live in echo chambers.

Welcome to Mass! Specially Western Mass. You will love it here.

Mass Health for all please!

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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/201-Westford-Cir-Springfield-MA-01109/56233401_zpid/?

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Houses here are 150k and up. Mortgages cost less than an apartment. Wages are relatively high thus making house payments at an 80k salary not out of reach.

Some people like being able to move around and not being tied up to a mortgage.

At 80k in western Mass... What's stopping you from succeeding?

I wouldn't say it's insanity. Massachusetts is a very desirable place to live and people want to be here. Homes aren't being built fast enough to accommodate with locals wanting to purchase their own home and people moving here from other states. Competition high, housing is in high demand.

Homes are being built but not fast enough.

To be honest. I love reading posts like these and immediately started laughing my ass off when you mentioned living close to Boston on a teacher's salary.

Honestly. Your best option would be Western Massachusetts specifically the City of Springfield. This city had a bad reputation something like 20 years ago, hell in 2011 it was bad but today Springfield is an amazing place to live in.

There is so much diversity, history and things to do. Oh and the jobs, lots and lots and lots of jobs. Specially in the public sector.

It is surprisingly affordable not as much as it used to be in 2019 but it is a lot more affordable than Worcester or Boston Metro.

People from other states have this idea that the further away from the city the cheaper it gets... that is not true in Massachusetts, people here value their privacy. The further you go the more expensive it gets. The cities are the usually the cheapest areas to live in with the exception being Boston Metro

Check out Springfield and it's surrounding towns. Don't listen to the people who shit on this city. Most of them don't live there or have never even visited they mostly mouth off what someone else has told them.

This city has changed so much, there is so much money being invested here. You have access with a relatively short drive to Boston, NYC, Hartford, Upstate NY, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.

If you are adamant on living near Boston, your cheapest option will be to rent a room which are going for about $1000 at the moment.

Western Mass is the place to be in my opinion.

I love living in this state. This winter was extremely mild if we could even have called it a winter. But most winters here are harsh. Even with the harsh winters we chose to live hete because the quality of life is high, the incomes are high, the quality education is high even on public schools. There is good public support that the state provides (with your tax dollars) to get you back on your feet if you fall on hard times. Like Mass health and the FMLA.

Overall this state is awesome and wherever you chose to go you will succeed.

Note that we have a lot of traffic. This is true. We moved out of Chelsea Mass because the traffic was awful it was fucking awful. A ten minute drive without traffic was usually 50 minutes bumper to bumper at peak hour.

Traffic used to be light in Springfield but after covid hit holy shit we had so many people move here. The traffic has definitely picked up.

The houses here are still affordable on a 45k yr wage. Have a good time searching for your next place to live.

>you could start casually using the phrase "Concarn it"

Lol first time hearing that. He's bilingual and speaks a mix of both at home. He's heard me say quite a few bad words in spanish but never repeats them.

I think he just likes the phrase and sees that we like using too.

Lol he's a little young for that.

I think this as well.

That's a good way to change the habit. I will work on using those words instead. It's my mothers favorite phrase and she gets a giggle whenever I say it. OH MY GA its what we actually say.

Respectfully, I could give a fuck about your lord and draw mohammed as much as you want.

Thank you for your words

Thank you for your words

I agree

Why would we change our very normal and non vulgar vocabulary at home because a religious nut wants to be offended by the word god?

I agree but I am going to wait a bit.

I don't want to be very confrontational with her. I will try to work with my kid but if it keeps getting bad I will have to meet with her

>One of the drawbacks of Western Massachusetts is that there aren't a lot of school options, it's not like you could just take your kid out ( Not that you would ever want to do that) and put him in another local elementary school,

This is true. They are now limiting the schools you can opt your kid into. He only has two options and those are the closest to his home.

I don't understand the getting caught comment. He now knows he's not supposed to say it in school because his teacher gets upset but it's a common phrase we have always used at home. Just recently within the past month or so it has become an issue at school.