The people warning you to stay away from Southbridge are probably racist. There are very nice suburban neighborhoods, rural areas, decent amenities for a town of its size. Anything is what you make it and it’s a fine place to live.

Highway access sucks, especially the further south and east you go in town. Schools are not good & I say that having worked in those schools. That would be the deal breaker for me - if I had kids and valued a public education that’s just not the place.

Depending on why the Southbridge location works for you and what you’re looking for in a community Thompson or Putnam CT may serve you better.

Ernie’s does have automatic in addition to the bays

So all of these responses are talking a lot about acute and major care. For regular maintenance, I really prefer Reliant to UMass for primary care and access to specialists. Been with both for years and just always felt more like Reliant did a better job communicating/making information available across the system and like I got what I needed without long waits or being jerked around.

I’m now with Brigham for everything since my health has gotten a lot more complicated and I’m not here to fuck around. If I were to get hit by a car in Worcester though, honestly, I’d be fine being brought to either.