tfl03 t1_je571qe wrote on March 29, 2023 at 2:30 PM

I’ve long held a theory that if you were able to combine Hartford & New Haven you’d get one of the best smaller cities in the country. Hartford brings state government, large companies/jobs, Trinity College and good hospitals. New Haven brings Yale, museums, culture, music venues more jobs in different industries and great food.

Alas, they’re 30 miles apart.

No-Ant9517 t1_je5bopa wrote on March 29, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Build a bunch of stuff along the Hartford-new haven corridor and upgrade the train service along it to be high speed (faster than 80 or so)

Suddenly it’s super easy to live in Hartford work at travelers and head to New Haven for shows and whatever or easy to live in New Haven and go to your job in Hartford etc.

timmahfast t1_je5cr5c wrote on March 29, 2023 at 3:08 PM

I can't wait for the day we have high speed rail in this state

No-Ant9517 t1_je5do75 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 3:14 PM

I’ll take anything, it doesn’t have to be the whole Boston-NYC corridor, (but we should go for that) even Hartford-new haven would be a huge deal, right now that trip is 46 mins, give me something that can do it in 30

Mascbro26 t1_je7rwiu wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:51 AM

Hartford has Wadsworth museum, real artways, food truck parks, great restaurants and live music venues. New Haven has Yale New Haven hospital, Yale museums, the warf food trucks, great restaurants and live music venues. They both have almost the same options.

JaKr8 t1_je7upnf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:12 AM

Minneapolis-St.Paul do this rather well...