Considering that it was 66° in the middle of February, I believe it! In a long life as a New Englander, I have never seen a winter as warm as this one. Can I start panicking now?

It's funny, because the way a lot of people talk about boomers now is exactly the same way we talked about older generations ourselves! Selfish, close-minded, evil old bastards. I guess it's a reminder that stereotypes are never wholly true.

Personally I grew up with the 0.01%, in the third richest town in America. We weren't rich, and I was bullied constantly. That gave me an enormous hatred of bullies and the rich that has lasted all my life. It also gave me a great understanding of the psychology of the elite. They really don't see us as human beings; we're cattle to them, profitable but potentially dangerous cattle who must be exploited and controlled.

People laughed at me for saying so, but as the decades passed my predictions came true again and again - not that it helped me at all. The role of Cassandra is pretty damned frustrating, and saying "I told you so" doesn't make it any better.

Despite the cliches, the older I got the more politically radical I've become. At this point I see the system as terminal, corrupt beyond repair. Reform isn't possible. Our only hope for survival as a species (if it's not too late) is taking to the streets, shutting the worldwide economy down, and overthrowing the power elites - including the oligarchs, the media, the corporations, and ALL the politicians.

If that's possible.

I'm on the old side - the last of the boomers, by some accounts - and things have never been as bad in my lifetime as they are now.

I'm honestly wondering how much longer things can go on this way. I'm better off than most of my friends, and things are terribly tight for me. I have a feeling that There are a hell of a lot of quietly desperate people out there, and they are going to start falling off the edge of the cliff one by one.

We're really overdue for riots in the streets!

I'm definitely feeling the pressure. Food costs have doubled since last year, bills and other costs have gone up 15% to 50%, and my income hasn't kept pace.

Wikipedia says not.

If you're talking about the DQ on Route 1 in North Attleborough, that's also the worst DQ I've ever seen. Check out their reviews on Google Maps; there are so many canned apology responses from the owner that it's absolutely hysterical!

I did some more research and found a map of regions on mass.gov. As far as I can tell, the area in question is divided between Southeast (which includes Cape Cod and the islands) and Metro West, which is confusingly east of the central and western regions.

I guess the question is, does that area have any cohesive characteristic of its own? People talk about the Cape, and Western Mass, and greater Boston. But people don't seem to talk about that area, which I am awfully glad no one has yet called "the armpit" due to its position on the map.

Mass HHS Regions Map

Here are a couple of maps showing the area I'm talking about. They're not west in any way, and they're certainly not Cape Cod.

https://imgur.com/gallery/4aNRC4W

Higgins Armory back. And Pixels & Pints. I'd like a damned good video arcade, too.

Looks like you were right, they ARE garage bays! My mistake!

We have a winner! Thank you!

I'm kind of disappointed that it's a warehouse, though. That's a boring part of Route 1. It needs something more fun than a warehouse.

The windows were on the other side, the southern side. I don't normally go that way, but I'll try to get some photos next time. At least some of them had arched tops. I was driving so I didn't get a really good look, but they really looked like large windows, not garage bays.

Good idea! But that still doesn't jibe with large windows on the ground floor. I'm pretty sure that movie studios wouldn't want natural light coming in. Also, I'd be frankly amazed if that large a movie studio came into Massachusetts.

Do Amazon facilities have large ground-level windows? I picture them as being more like fortresses to protect Jeff Bezos's wealth against a possible uprising of the peasantry. And why would you have windows in such a place? You don't want people looking in to see workers urinating into bottles and being crushed by robotic machinery, and you certainly don't want the workers to get a glimpse of freedom outside.

Seriously, none of it makes sense to me. There's no parking garage going up nearby or anything like that.

The closest major section is a roundabout, sort of. It links Route 1 and 95.

I drove by the place again about an hour ago, and it's a few minutes south of the Foxborough town line. It's at least three or four stories tall, and there are large windows along the ground floor level, many of them arched. That doesn't fit with it being a warehouse, a Costco, a BJ's, or a Sam's Club. Nor does it fit with being a mall! Not that I would expect anyone to be building a mall these days, what with the retail apocalypse and the Emerald Mall (and most others) going down the drain!

I can't imagine Amazon building a facility that size around here without it getting into the news. Hell, it would have had to have gone through the legislature, wouldn't it?

They tend to keep the big chains out. A lot of places in Maine are the same way.

The White Mountains. It's like traveling back in time.

Why do the French have so much more balls than we do?

We are SO overdue for a reenactment of the French Revolution!

Well, they also have a bulletin board where people advertise their games.

That's Entertainment would be a good place to start. I believe they have weekly open D&D games.