900k is gunna be tight for the good parts of ct, but you can definitely swing it. We’d love to have you

I know you didn’t just argue that working at a McDonald’s requires more skills than being an analyst or a business owner

Need more info here friend

Yes let’s pay cashiers a bonus for doing a job a monkey could do. Devaluing skilled labor and devaluing those who are educated will do great things for the nation

Edit: negotiate?? What negotiating power does a cashier have? Ask for a higher salary and get fired. There’s no shortage of unskilled labor.

If you’re going to do anything at all, go back to the retro royal blue with white lettering. But I’ve lived in 5 states and CT has by far the best standard and the best options. The antique plates are awesome and the save the sound ones are great as well.

This sub in a nutshell: raise minimum wage! No one can afford to live here anymore! ….. hey why are my utilities so expensive?????

I see that as an income issue not a travel issue, you’d be hard pressed to find the salary that unskilled labor gets in CT outside of CT. It may not be enough but it’s a whole hell of a lot better than elsewhere. Out of curiosity although I may disagree, how do you think this issue would be solved. I feel like we may disagree morally on this issue but I am always happy to learn how others feel these issues can be fixed. There is a middle ground somewhere and that’s how we fix these issues

However long it takes to get from a community that they can comfortably afford, like this isn’t some wild notion. And you’re very wrong the lower class does benefit from this system as well. They make good money that would otherwise be unavailable to them.

Slavery? That’s a bit of a stretch. I’d argue it’s more of an argument for trickle down economics. Are you suggesting everyone should make the exact same amount of money regardless and all houses should cost the exact same? If so that’s alright but I do disagree with that mentality

That is very wrong, affordable housing may not have as much risk cash flow wise if it’s part of a government program, but there are forms of affordable housing where the government is not paying the rent. That is just as likely to default as market rate rent for less potential profits. Additionally. In a building that is 10% affordable housing, that 10% often times makes up over 40% of damage to apartments and common areas.

Another important issue is to stop making this issue about poor people getting to live in rich towns at a reduced price because that will always be polarizing and quite frankly will never and should never happen. Make it about redeveloping neglected cities like Bridgeport where the infrastructure is already there to support population growth and housing development.

That’s incorrect. It is significantly easier to make money developing non affordable housing

Yea everything you said is correct and I agree with it. I think the divide is those who think that system is a problem or not.

I personally disagree that my taxes should benefit communities other than my own but that’s completely ok to disagree on. It definitely could work but I don’t think that idea would make it past the folks that think like me.

Edit: for example, compare Greenwich’s public schools to Florida’s.

So should the wealthy communities be taking their own tax revenue to build housing in poor cities? Fairfield county already funds the majority of the state with its taxes

I personally don’t see an issue with an area relying on lower demographics to do unskilled labor and blue collar work. That’s how it’s been for centuries. It also benefits both parties. I can speak on the trades because I work with and am friends with many tradies. They don’t want to live in Greenwich but they’re happy to upcharge the shit out of them to mow their lawns then go home to their lower income communities with a large paycheck. Never understood the argument that if you work in a city you should be able to afford it

Say it louder for the people in the back. I have no idea where this idea started but for some reason people feel entitled to live wherever they want. That has never been and should never be the case. Some areas and states even will never be affordable. Just move elsewhere

There needs to be a real reason to build affordable housing or even just housing slightly below market rate. Right now the only way to profit off of it is by selling tax credits which can be great but often does not outweigh the profits from market rate dev. Another huge issue is that developers don’t want to build below market rate in area that they hold property because it devalues their other developments. It’s an unpopular opinion but I personally believe that affordable housing hurts more than it helps because developers will just go to other states and build to avoid regulation. That hurts our supply of housing this driving the cost up