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After 25 years as a high-profile Canal District business catering to a unique clientele, the Dive Bar in Worcester -- known for its hard-to-find beers and cash-only rules -- closed permanently in 2019. In late October, news broke Sean Woods, co-owner of deadhorse hill restaurant on Main Street, plans to fill the space with a new bar called the Sundown, part of a new wave of businesses and developments in the neighborhood and throughout the city.

As new developments and businesses come in, do you think Worcester is maintaining its unique character?
Yes (74%, 114 VOTES)
No (26%, 41 VOTES)
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After 25 years as a high-profile Canal District business catering to a unique clientele, the Dive Bar in Worcester -- known for its hard-to-find beers and cash-only rules -- closed permanently in 2019. In late October, news broke Sean Woods, co-owner of deadhorse hill restaurant on Main Street, plans to fill the space with a new bar called the Sundown, part of a new wave of businesses and developments in the neighborhood and throughout the city.

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4 Comments

  • November 2, 2021

    I agree with the person who commented that this question is misleading. I came to Worcester five years ago and I realize the pandemic has adversely affected the city, but it's so called "charm" escapes me. It needs further gentrification and improvements. All the trash in the streets, the common is a minefield of social problems, drug use., etc. The city needs all the help it can get.

  • November 2, 2021
    "They're not kicking out the poors quickly enough for my liking" is an interesting take.
  • Sharyn Williams Williams
    November 2, 2021

    To me, this is a leading and ridiculous question that reminds me of all the status quoers out there who don't want anything to change. I would suggest finding a better question to ask.

  • November 2, 2021
    We recently sold our loft in Worcester. We had moved there from Providence four years ago with the expectation that Worcester would eventually gentrify as Providence did. I used to say that Worcester was Providence 20 years ago. In the time we lived there, due to economics and then the pandemic, things really didn’t go the way I had hoped. I never felt like I found my place there and didn’t feel other than Shrewsbury, that there was shopping or even enough restaurants that we would go to. I came from a brand new huge LA Fitness five minutes from my house in Providence to no good replacement near us on the east side of town. I am hopeful that Worcester continues to gentrify, but we are no longer invested there.