'the Ghettos of Massachusetts..including towns'..100+ photos that will likely change your perception of Massachusetts (Boston: low income, 2015)

[wror]

"21 Massachusetts Towns & Cities [ That Are Bigger Dumps Than Worcester]"
TURTLEBOY INVESTIGATES
POSTED ON APRIL 24, 2015

Story and Photos here:
"'We sent multiple people to check out over 50 towns and cities in Massachusetts and we all came to a consensus as to which were the dumpiest based on the photographs...'"
21 Massachusetts Towns & Cities That Are Bigger Dumps Than Worcester – Turtleboy


Sample photos:
Southbridge
And who needs a Market Basket when you’ve got yourself a Big Bunny Market?
//www.city-data.com/forum/attac...1&d=1489353622

Springfield
There is a never ending supply of chillin going on
//www.city-data.com/forum/attac...1&d=1489353975

[civis]

The whole NE is like that, one big ghetto, with a few prosperous places, where everyone wants to live, but cannot afford. Midwest is not far.

[Whatsnext75]

there are crappy areas everywhere. Every town has it's ghetto so to speak. He mentioned southie....really?? i mean yeah southie has it's ghetto areas, but overall it's filled with well to do young professionals.

[Arya Stark]

Hysterical. Thanks. Grateful that I don't live any of those places including the honorable mentions.

[wror]

Someone was asking about Southbridge in another Thread. Southbridge is in the list. That someone best check the photos and commentary.


A number of towns in Western Mass made the list. Charlemont comes to mind:
Charlemont:
" assumed that everyone who lived up here was rich....Charlemont apparently is – an oversized trailer park in the middle of nowhere"

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by wror

Someone was asking about Southbridge in another Thread. Southbridge is in the list. That someone best check the photos and commentary.
A number of towns in Western Mass made the list. Charlemont comes to mind:
Charlemont:" assumed that everyone who lived up here was rich....Charlemont apparently is – an oversized trailer park in the middle of nowhere"

I think i would take Charlemont over Athol, Ware, Dudley or Lawrence.

I have never understood why nothing is done about these towns. I mean might it not make some sense for the state to be able to take them over and re vitalize them? Like the do with school districts that are failing?

[massnative71]

You forgot Easton.

[CaseyB]

This will be a fun thread! Good competition for the diarrhea one in the Boston forum.

[bolehboleh]

This is such an offensive and idiotic thread. Yes, there are some bad areas in parts of cities, but the state is hardly a cesspool.

Besides that, are "people chilling" really a sign that a neighborhood is bad?

[Whatsnext75]

It is pretty snobby...and sad to be honest. Turtleboysports or whoever is basically picking on low income people. I guess not eveyone can be a hipster hanging out on their front porch drinking a latte or a craft beer. It's one thing to point out low income areas and say, hey look at the income inequality in this state but it seems these folks are like, wow look at how poor and trashy these people look-let's look at how pathetic they are.