Worcester, Taxachusetts

Worcester MA is a fabulous city!! Yet, strangely, it is invisible!!

Worcester is located in the indistinct Far West of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (i.e., past I-495). Its gauzy hills are studded with classic New England villages, and its vales teem with sparkling fresh waters (but I digress...) The city itself shows an ugly side to those whizzing past from New York to Maine. This is a clever ploy on the city's part to keep the Rest of the World at bay.

A few important things happened here, most notably Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's encounter with higher education at The Collleg of the Holy Cross. Here, he learned about Black Power. Fortunately, he had an anagnorisis.

Another player, of slightly less significance, was [the original] Isaiah Thomas, who published the Massachsetts Spy, a pre-internet version of Daily Show.