Damn the state economy, the poor, and anyone younger than me. I want to spend my last days staring at cornfields.

The housing market is already so heavily distorted, so who knows what will happen. And for what it's worth, outside of New London; out shoreline communities are out of reach of the median Connecticut family.

The environmental damage is already done too. Just because you've got a couple trees in your backyard doesn't mean you haven't caused environmental damage.

Single family housing on large lots is the desirable and economic form of housing, that's why we need to mandate it through zoning laws. /S

>The property is worth more like that and there’s demand for that.

Big if true. Lookup rea estate in new jerseys coastal cities, it isn't any cheaper in the denser areas than CT's shoreline communities.

Try Westchester market.

Are you in Ellington? I know it's pretty mild, but it feels too early.

Yeah Toro is trash, but by and large the staff and institutional ability are good.

Look at long term trends in populating growth, the number of traditional college age people isn't rising.

I've got coworkers from central and from UConn, I'd take the central guys anyway. The only aspect that UConn is superior is their post grad degrees.

Your other point about the brain drain, I don't think it's too related to going to school in CT. It's about retaining them after graduation. For that you need engaging jobs and greater access to housing. Some of which CT offers, some not so much.

Yes, the majority of democrats are less progressive then Nixon, that's my point.

Yeah I'd like to vote for a politician marginally to the left of Nixon.

I really hate the form of condos that are built in our state. They're built in this manner cut off from local roads and distanced from surrounding neighborhoods and amenities. You get to live in a dense neighborhood, but you still need to drive anywhere to do anything and don't receive the same services as your fellow town members.

Torrington has some bold architectural choices, but I wouldn't call the aesthetics bad.

What's ridiculous with the "Fastrak" system schedule from Bristol to union station is an hour. Driving, that's 20 minutes without traffic. Half of that trip is on a separated bus way. I acknowledge that a bus should have a dwelling time, but the states premier express bus that takes three times as long as a car to get somewhere is fairly ridiculous. It's now way to provide public transportation that would meaningfully reduce car usage.

Further investment in our public transit system is vital to reducing our highway congestion and reducing overall vehicle miles traveled and emissions.

The bus in that accident might have served OPs line. Taking a bus out of rotation and shutting down the highway would definitely mess up scheduling.

The bus in that accident might have served OPs line. Taking a bus out of rotation and shutting down the highway would definitely mess scheduling.

Sure, but then you don't get to complain when your muni raises it's tax levy to pay linemen salaries.

Probably comes from their energy mix. Looking at the chart they provide, it's something like 50 % natural gas, 25% nuclear, 11% renewables and 10% coal. I think that's more natural gas than ever source buys so that doesn't exactly make sense.

Pipeline is not the only source of supply. Rail and road freight are adequate to supply natural gas plants.

It is profitable, but riskier. At least that was the analysis 15 or so years ago when the market decided on natural gas as the "best" option for power generation in New England.

Newer cars have their cars are generally raised higher off the roads compared to typical sedans so even low beams can be disruptive. Furthermore, newer headlights tend to have greater intensity and personally they cause me some discomfort.

Like to keep to themselves, but demand that the mere existence of queer people is kept from school children.

I'm in Bloomfield every day it's not blighted. It's where the headquarters for Cygna are. It's just typical suburban Connecticut. By blighted, do you just mean that poorer people live there.
Where are you getting all these vacant properties from, just looking on Zillow I can count the number of foreclosures for all of these towns on just my two hands. Are you some kind of wannabe slumlord trolling real estate boards and complaining when all there is to buy is slums?

Yeah, there's poverty out here, but that does not mean blighted. Blighted has a legal definition, there are municipal departments that deal with that. It does not mean that it needs to match your aesthetic ideals.

Out of all those towns only new Britain and Hartford have noticeably low median household incomes. The other towns and cities hover around the state median household income.

Buddy, I wouldn't call all these places blighted or undesirable. Sure there are run down areas, maybe the occasional abandoned property, or old factory, but calling these communities blighted is ridiculous.

Furthermore the whole state needs to carry the burden of providing housing for all workers in the state. We've seen what happens when poverty is concentrated in a few areas. State disinvestment followed by the greatest ills of poverty.