Used to see them frequently in central CT (Berlin/meriden/southington) - now only see them maybe 3-5 times in a whole year.

Coyotes decimated them where I am. I hear the coyotes almost every night

Just ban nips, they serve no purpose

I know an HVAC tech who got knocked out in Hartford and tools stolen while on the job. Unfortunately incidents like that weight on the reputation of the area. You should still be able to find someone though

Would like to see more of our taxes go to overhauling infrastructure and building up our cities

Agree. I do the same drive to New Haven and take the express to Stamford (sometimes to NYC). We’ve probably been on the same metro north train many times - what time are you usually riding in the morning?

Could also live in Berlin + drive to New Haven and catch express train to grand central (metro north)

Sorry but this blog is wayyy off - Yale students leave New Haven because there isn’t enough employment opportunity there and because the city isn’t really growing.

Most people go to school to prepare themselves for a career, and then they move to where the best opportunity exists. Unfortunately CT just doesn’t have nearly as much opportunity as say, NYC or Boston, and it’s just not growing like the south is (for example Charlotte NC).

New Haven is just stuck in the mud unfortunately, but I have high hopes for it in the long run given proximity to NYC

Agree it’s exactly what ct need. There’s no excuse not develop around transit oriented areas like Norwalk

Ah got it, that makes sense

Just curious what banking roles are in Rhodey? I work in IB in CT and would love to find an IB, PE, or private credit role in RI but did not think there were many opps

Be better off with a new rehab facility than this, IMO

HSR lines through CT that have stops in CT (doesn’t need to be many) would turbo charge our economy. As it stands, outside of certain parts of Fairfield County, much of CT is looked at as an economic no-go for employers because it just makes more sense to locate directly in Boston or NYC…

You’re so worried about equity but you seem to not realize that our cities will simply continue to languish unless something changes dramatically. I think the state could do better with what it has too (just take a look at the area around Union Station…where is the development…what a waste) - but the reality is that our recent favorable budget position is largely due to federal stimulus and we can easily go back to a scenario where we are struggling to make it balance every year.

Orrrr current ct residents will also have access to the job market in nyc…

Flip side - CT’s cities would become more attractive places to live, resulting in a development boom & reinvestment. Burbs are burbs, cities are cities…except our cities don’t build up and are barely thriving.

Doesn’t seem that expensive. That’s like 10 F35 planes for the air force lol.

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.

Correct - one of the problems in CT’s cities are that you can’t use the land because abandoned, contaminated buildings are sitting on top of them.

Bridgeport is still cheap.

We don’t have affordable housing because the state government can’t afford to remediate the shit ton of old industrial buildings littering Bridgeport, New Haven etc, which is (part of) what’s needed to entice actual development and new housing in our cities.

Agree it would make sense in the case of some towns, not make sense in others, and be politically infeasible in many cases

Thanks - I figured that as $3400/mo seemed heavy for just a mortgage payment in Woodbridge

Feel like many of our employers are in Fairfield County and that’s the preferred destination in CT. Stamford has a ton of businesses but shitty housing options

Does your mortgage include property taxes?

Gillette Consignment on Silas deane highway. They deliver, and have an online store you can browse (although not everything is on there I think)

Glasco HVAC if central ct

Lol numerous people have OD’d in the New Haven green in one weekend along - it’s getting used for much more than just a “public space”.

It’s just a shame is all, because it could be a boon for New Haven but instead it’s widely known (and accurately so) as a place mostly for drug addicts and severely mentally ill to do whatever the fuck they want