Worcester, Massachusetts, the second-largest city in New England, is undergoing something of a renaissance. Downtown has a professional theater and great places to eat. In a major coup a few years back, the city pulled what was then the Pawtucket Red Sox to town and built a state-of-the-art ballpark to house them. Worcester has several world-class colleges. An art museum. And despite its size, and despite some traffic buildup on Park Avenue and I-290 during the evening rush hour, the city never feels congested. I grew up in Massachusetts, went to college in Worcester, and I now live in nearby New Hampshire. Worcester’s transformation from a post-industrial, working-class town to a thriving city has been nothing short of impressive.
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