YokeGuy413 t1_iqpghe7 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 3:24 AM

No. Not enough good paying jobs and better living options elsewhere. A place like Holyoke is more likely because it’s already seeing the spillover from easthampton and Northampton.

radwagondesign t1_iqqvzbl wrote on October 2, 2022 at 1:22 PM

and holyoke is starting to make those moves. i'm starting to see the potential for this city to take off, and i just hope people embrace that instead of grasping at negative perceptions.

YokeGuy413 t1_iqqzva7 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 1:53 PM

It should. The older holyokers with those negative perceptions are slowly losing power. The younger holyokers are getting more involve and don’t necessarily have those negative perceptions.

XHIBAD t1_iqqyvbp wrote on October 2, 2022 at 1:45 PM

Underlining this, they’re also about to lose their second biggest employer (Smith and Wesson) and many of their other job drivers aren’t exactly prime for growth (US Postal Service and the Springfield Republican, for example).

Their only real hope for growth is in logistics-they need an Amazon or a Walmart to build a supercenter there

kingsaget_ t1_iqtlfay wrote on October 3, 2022 at 12:06 AM

And they have canals and that’s cool to me for some reason

YokeGuy413 t1_iqtlxp7 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 12:10 AM

The canals offer hydroelectricity to the businesses on them. The dam gives the city most of its power.

kingsaget_ t1_iqtsdu0 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 12:59 AM

See! That’s a really cool fact about Holyoke.