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Better Days Ahoy

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21. Not true, friend. No evidence to back your assertion. DU is better than that.

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 08:21 AM

Jan 2023

Be careful not to billboard an opinion without a single shred of support.

I've lived here 17 years and own a small business. Massachusetts is a diverse, well-run and welcoming Commonwealth with its share of issues just like any other state.

This state has plenty of social services available. Quite generous, actually. The last governor, Charlie Baker, was formerly a healthcare exec. And with new guv Maura Healey, that will step up. It already has. She and her team will place even more emphasis on the western past of Massachusetts. The woman in the article is in a small coastal town. She must make her way to the services available. No one should live in a car.

We're the home of the Affordable Care Act's predecessor (MassHealth) -- still going strong -- and a Commonwealth with many services that outpace other states, like opioid treatment services. We take care of people here.

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What Happens When You Lose Your Home At 72? - (WGBH) [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2023 OP

Good grief! I'm so tempted to try to find her. Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #1

Terrific, security is critical esp in this demographic. How kind of you to think of Judith. The appalachiablue Jan 2023 #3

Great heartfelt idea. Check the cemeteries and find the one where she stays? So sad, but maybe? Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #5

Maybe contact the reporter News Junkie Jan 2023 #19

Thank you to everything me who offered ideas! Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #20

This is so heartbreaking, Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #2

Well this doesn't help. Rich cities in Massachusetts doesn't want low income housing. jimfields33 Jan 2023 #7

--- ain't just Massachusetts. I live in N.J. Retired. I am in a hiking club and there are several 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #17

Not true, friend. No evidence to back your assertion. DU is better than that. Better Days Ahoy Jan 2023 #21

Why I always tell younger women.... CousinIT Jan 2023 #14

Things are slowly getting better Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #15

I agree. All good points. CousinIT Jan 2023 #16

All good points, Cousin IT! I agree 100% Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #22

No excuse for this in the richest country in the world. None. Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #4

See my number 7. What can you do when residents don't want low income housing? jimfields33 Jan 2023 #8

non-caring, rich people will never resolve issues. They could. But won't It's up to the rest of us. Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #23

Check, plus appalachiablue Jan 2023 #11

Nomadland the movie progressoid Jan 2023 #6

That's an amazing movie. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #13

I had an uncle by marriage who later divorced my aunt when he remarried a younger woman (another kimbutgar Jan 2023 #9

Heartbreaking story. progressoid Jan 2023 #18

Tax the rich, Lift all boats. hydrolastic Jan 2023 #10

We're #1! The richest country in the world, and yet a huge number of the unhoused. niyad Jan 2023 #12

I spent some 25 years as a stay at home mom. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #24