help! South to North

[georgiacowgirl]

I don't think I own enough clothes for 29 degree weather! I'm used to 106 degree augusts and 60 degree januarys. Oh, Well. Price to pay for a good education right?

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by georgiacowgirl

I don't think I own enough clothes for 29 degree weather! I'm used to 106 degree augusts and 60 degree januarys. Oh, Well. Price to pay for a good education right?

Worcester is a very strange community - parts of it are very rough, it's definitely a classic NE blue-collar community in a lot of ways, but WPI (which is where I'm assuming you're going since you said "good education") has a really nice little campus area.

So yeah - there will be an adjustment, and you'll probably want to avoid entire stretches of town after dark, but they're all relatively minor. There will be a language "culture shock" but on the whole it's not much different.

Also, the "Wooster" is much more like "WUSS-ta" in practice. We'll hold off on the ropes course for now, though - just know you're asking for a soda (not a Coke), a "bubbler" is not just a device for marijuana, and the Western Mass kids will just be weirder than anything you've ever seen before, but you'll eventually get used to it.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Also, the "Wooster" is much more like "WUSS-ta" in practice. We'll hold off on the ropes course for now, though - just know you're asking for a soda (not a Coke), a "bubbler" is not just a device for marijuana, and the Western Mass kids will just be weirder than anything you've ever seen before, but you'll eventually get used to it.

Aw, soda. I'm so used to hearing "pop" now. Drives me crazy.

Bubbler is the most entertaining thing to say when you're not in NE. I have had people guess the most unusual things when trying to figure out what that is. Hilarious.