I had some seafood at anthony's the other day with my wife, if I only new how good they were I would've gone to burger king!

Unfortunately, Marlborough's economic condition has a lot to do with trusting companies like Evergreen Solar and Fidelity-- both companies shafted the city, along with costing nearly two thousand local jobs. They saw the city as easy prey, and they were right.

Those losses translate into losses in local taxes, which translates into less money being available for public services and works, right when the economy needs it most. Education, Infrastructure-- everything suffers due to the dishonesty of these companies.

It's time we hold those who sell out America to move jobs offshore accountable, if only for the promises they make and don't honor.

Marlboro has turned into a dump.

Cities and their government structure are not as agile as towns. They are two different political systems in decision making as well and can not be graded side by side as equals as this study has done.

Then there's the sociological and economic differences, also a very heavy factor in the issues each city or town must face and deal with. Those heavily impact the areas compared in the study.The numbers alone then do not work as a method of ranking or comparison.

Conclusion, Its not reliable as a comparative study based on stats alone because problems that differing social, city v town government structures, local economic realities, taxable base for budget plus how decisions are made in these entities make this report a "Stats only" with results that do not make any useful sense.

How a bout a study that is based on these realities with cities compared to cities and towns compared only to towns. Thats a genuine reality check, not what this report has shown.

Neil Licht