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1234nameuser t1_jcovjmp wrote

Reply to comment by Marlinspikehall32 in $105 Billion Train to NYC in 45ish minutes by EliteDetonater

Back in reality......tons of folks in New haven would be pushed into outer burbs due to lack of affordability.

CT cannot expand housing supply quick enough.

But yes, no doubt it'd be great for rich folks to have new toys.

Climate change loves the idea of your ridiculous commute.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jcowblu wrote

I was responding to the question of why it would be good. But this would help provide more jobs in the area. New Haven has seen a huge expansion in housing(notice I didn’t use the word affordable). I expect the developers are expecting this to actually happen. But it would be bad for those that suffer when gentrification happens. Not wealthy myself but myself and my cohort would do better financially. Maybe allow me to be middle class instead of lower middle class living paycheck to paycheck

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johnsonutah t1_jcrjul5 wrote

People already prefer the burbs over New Haven. You can’t even send your kids to school in New Haven, the education system there is so bad.

New Haven could explode with growth and prosperity but it can’t ever get out of its own way (local alderman politics), nor does the state sufficiently rally around it. I mean look at New Haven union station and the area around it - what should be a bustling economic center, linked by transit to one of the most prosperous metropolises in the world (nyc), yet it’s a joke.

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