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whoeve t1_jeb1q39 wrote

Reply to comment by DeliPaper in A new report found that Mass. has the highest GDP per capita in the country and is among the states least dependent on federal dollars. by truthseeeker

If people couldn't afford housing the prices would come down.

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DeliPaper t1_jeb2241 wrote

Not quite how the market works. What it actually does is inflate pay, which ripples along the chain and further inflates pay umtil sole services are priced out. And prices go up everywhere else. I know people who commute from Palmer to Boston daily because housing in Boston is too expensive

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whoeve t1_jeb2btr wrote

I don't know what that has to do with development in Worcester or other cities, however. I also don't know how the state governs development in Boston but not in Worcester.

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DeliPaper t1_jeb2qyh wrote

>I don't know what that has to do with development in Worcester or other cities, however.

You think they want to commute 2-3 hours each way while paying hefty tolls because I-90 is the only viable road every day? If their need for work could be handled by Worcester or Springfield, it would dramatically improve their lives.

>I also don't know how the state governs development in Boston but not in Worcester.

Whenever any policy is up for discussion, they choose to pursue Boston's wants and desires over everyone else's needs, which is how eleven gotten into this pickle to begin with.

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whoeve t1_jeb6r59 wrote

Can you point to some specifics concerning this particular thing? IE, when the state has passed policies that make it so businesses have to develop in Boston instead of those other places?

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DeliPaper t1_jeb74x9 wrote

Shutting down S&W because people around Boston hate guns is the most obvious recent one. But truly, it goes all the way back to the time they bought greenbacks for pennies on the dollar from farmers because they knew the feds were about to pay them out.

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