Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

thesbaine t1_j5u1mm9 wrote

Reply to local over the air tv channels? by beowolf66

When I lived in a town with a Radio Shack, their number one same day returned item was antennas. Between trees, hills, buildings, and other obstacles it was nearly impossible to get a station.

Antennas aren't magic. If you're looking for local stations get a fire stick and watch through Tubi.

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DaddyWarBucks26 t1_j5u0ihs wrote

Reply to comment by sadswirlofme in The inventory of houses suck by KindaEgotistical

Just moved to Fairfield county in 2022 and I can say that New Haven is a very interesting place.

A couple unique things I noticed living close by:

There are seemingly biker gangs out constantly in New Haven (4 wheeler and motor trikes). Always loud and obnoxious. No city in the USA I've seen has had this many trike riders around. Truly a phenomenon.

New Haven during summer does not feel like a safe place to be at night. And I'm 30 M. (When Yale police are out everywhere it's different.)

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mkt853 t1_j5u0des wrote

Reply to comment by TreeEleben in The inventory of houses suck by KindaEgotistical

Take this one step further: you will be provided a roof over your head, health care, and even staples like food in exchange for your labor. That's where this is headed. I feel like we tried this once before though and it didn't end well.

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usernamedunbeentaken t1_j5tzf0p wrote

Reply to comment by grottycrumpet in LEGO leaving Enfield for new U.S. HQ in Boston by gyokuro

We will never have better cities, at least enough to compete with NY and Boston. There is no scenario where Hartford becomes as attractive as NY or Boston to young people.

Sure, we can improve Hartford and New Haven, but the cost involved would be better spent on tax cuts, at least as far as attracting businesses and jobs and high income individuals (who pay taxes).

In the last century, Fairfield county became a hub for financial services such as hedge funds because of the low tax rate, not because Greenwich and Stamford were cooler for young people than Manhattan. We still have a legacy benefit of that, but have since squandered that advantage to a great extent by implementing and raising the income tax.

If we want to attract businesses and workers in an increasingly remote work environment, the best value for the buck is lower taxes.

/although that said, paying down our fiscal obligations is the best thing to do with any temporary windfall, which is what Lamont is prudently doing.

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TreeEleben t1_j5tyl5n wrote

Reply to The inventory of houses suck by KindaEgotistical

Big corporations are buying up single family homes as fast as they can. Won't be long until all housing is corporate owned and we will pay exorbitant rent that goes up every year for our entire lives while owning absolutely nothing.

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TheOtherMark t1_j5ty49l wrote

Reply to comment by Delicious_Score_551 in The inventory of houses suck by KindaEgotistical

Those are valid negotiation strategies, and they can protect you from walking into bad deals. But in the meantime, the other buyers are offering above asking price, waiving inspections, or they're corporate landlords/flippers making all-cash offers.

The sellers will still go after the easy money. So playing hardball and walking is fine, but you're still basically waiting for an irrational market to calm TF down.

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AtomWorker t1_j5txwxt wrote

Reply to comment by Luis__FIGO in A Bill Would Require Insurance Companies To Provide Equal Coverage to Dog Owners by NewsHugh

There are exemptions to those bans, but it's not like the US where any random asshole can just go buy whatever dog they want. There are a ton of bureaucratic hoops, the dog must be registered and they could reject ownership anyway. That said, I've been told that they have a thriving black market.

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grottycrumpet t1_j5txutj wrote

Reply to comment by usernamedunbeentaken in LEGO leaving Enfield for new U.S. HQ in Boston by gyokuro

If I’m a knowledge based company competing for skilled workers, it’s not really a choice. Go where the talent is or get out-innovated and die.

If I’m a low skill company that can operate anywhere, yeah cost of living is more important. And I’ll go to a low cost of living state.

GE, Lego, Aetna (before being purchased by CVS), MassMutual & Empower all left because kids do not stay in this sad, boring ass state after college. I know HR folks and managers in several of these big companies, hell if you read the article you’d see Lego said it too. It’s and uphill battle getting kids to move here for their internships/first jobs out of college.

CT is competing for skilled workers. That’s what this article is talking about. We’ll never be able to compete with low density/low education/low skill states for low skilled workers/companies. We need to keep young talent. We’re failing at it because we don’t have what young people want—which is walkability, culture, places to hang out with to other young people and drink without worrying about driving. We need better cities.

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linzy t1_j5txbub wrote

Reply to UI Customer supplier change by FinnDool

Just go with whoever is cheapest; my understanding is that the customer experience is pretty much the same for any of the suppliers.

A lot of people went with Constellation because it was lowest when the Eversource/UI rate change was first announced, but the prices have changed since then.

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