And don't forget the neighboring Easthampton, which is smaller and more quaint. I get very progressive vibes in town without the crowds Noho brings.

This made me realize how little I know about Eastern MA. Thanks for the bit of fun.

Its not a big buffet by any means. They have a better selection on weekends.

My favorite out of the limited few I've tried has been Priya in Chicopee. Their chicken Tikka Masala is usually very good! Other dishes have also been good and they have a buffet at lunch time.

Thiccy Mouse.

I'm pretty sure it is never just ok for shoppers to go back into a mall after a shooting, suspect apprehended or not lol. Like do we expect the mall employees to just go back to business as usual after a traumatic event?

Yeah. We saw people just casually walking by towards where it happened when we were hiding at the back of Lens Crafters about 10mins after the event. There wasn't any visible security at that end of the mall. People were still trying to enter the mall as we left the back exit with the employees. It just felt very disorganized. There should have been police/security by every main entrance to alert people.

We were in lens crafters. They had us go to the back to hide.

Thank you for the concern. In the moment I wasn't too scared, just alarmed. Once I read the news in a restaurant confirming it was indeed a shooting, it started to sink in. Its a mix of emotions that's hard to process right now. I hope you were able to find some peace with the scary incident you went through.

Yep. Today I was bored and said "fuck it I'll go to the mall to walk around and get out". I had this intrusive though that there could be a shooting because they are so common now. Lo and behold it happens when we are there. I was not even surprised, just shaken after the fact finding out it was indeed a shooting.

Thanks, we are too. Its just a whirlwind of emotions overall.

Seems like it may have been gang related. It was a bit of mass confusion, no one knew what was going on. People were still showing up to the mall like nothing happened.

Finally some news. We were there and escaped, it was scary and confusing. I didn't hear anything but we hid in a store.

Welcome from a fellow Western MA guy. We do exist.

Next door to Holyoke also agrees. Whenever I see these high stats for this state I think "those must be the places no one can afford to live".

If you read the article, it sounds more like the fines from their accidental pollution of the adjacent river in 2019 made it hard for them to stay profitable.

Oh yeah for sure. I am in SH after less than a minute on the road haha.

Are you referring to South Hadley or Chicopee? Not familiar with whats going on.

Yep, I've lived in this area my whole life! I wish it were better but it could be much worse lol.

I'm close to Fairview Elementary (feels weird saying that as it was a middle school when I went there!)

Same, are you my neighbor? 😅

I wonder what happens if you go over a year with an expired inspection. Do you need to get 2 inspections lmao.