Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

activehobbies t1_j5yxr2m wrote

Reply to CT's legislature salaries are starvation wages, $28k/year. You have to be retired or rich to serve. This is regressive and should be changed. by MormonReformist

How about you prioritize increasing teachers' salaries first? THOSE are more important.

It's good to keep the legislature's wage low. Otherwise, you get the problem the overall US congress has; people who use their positions to reap all manner of profit with just enough credibility to keep getting elected, all but guaranteeing they serve their entire lives.

Low legislature wage makes your legislature more honest as lame-duck legislatures are more likely to find better money elsewhere.

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Whaddaulookinat OP t1_j5yx188 wrote

Reply to CT affordable housing law 8-30g would change under GOP bill by Whaddaulookinat

Posting this with a few thoughts:

A) CTGOP already made this pitch state-wide and did abysmally.

B) Just a continuation of trying to patch up poor decisions over the decades of PNZ boards.

C) The entire premise is just silly because already existing old stock "naturally affordable" is already calculated in the schedule, just not at a 1:1 ratio to minimum threshold.

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b_writes t1_j5yu7x3 wrote

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

100%. Even though the market sucks, there’s still a fucking ton of other people that are also interested in buying and they don’t care.

We bought earlier in the year but I’ll always remember a house we looked at in a “less than desirable” town that backed a lot owned by the town and was being remedied for contaminated soil (which of course was not listed anywhere in the listing). The lot sloped into this house’s backyard and we were concerned that the house’s soil was contaminated too, so asked the realtor if the owners were willing to do a soil test to ensure the backyard was safe (as it also had a well). The realtor laughed and said that they already had multiple offers waiving any inspections so a soil test was the last thing on their mind. A few days later, the house sells and a family with four young kids is posted by the realtor congratulating them on their purchase.

So yeah, unfortunately, even asking for basic safety net things is still out the window in this market.

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TituspulloXIII t1_j5yr7bd wrote

Reply to comment by phunky_1 in Opinion: CT’s trash and recycling crisis is here now by IndicationOver

Aluminum is the best, plastic containers need to go away and just use cans. Easy to recycle. If i buy something, I try my best to buy it out of an aluminum can if at all.

As far as cardboard/paper goes. I heat the house with wood. All Cardboard/paper just gets thrown into the stove (save it in the basement during the summer)

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chickennugar OP t1_j5yqwzb wrote

Reply to comment by igetmoneyyuhuurd in apartments in the bristol area? by chickennugar

we were both homeschooled and met through a private social forum our highschool has. we've known eachother for almost three years, have done lots of calls and what not, and even met in person last november. we're trying to close the distance so we can date in person. and he will live in his own place incase we don't work out. he isn't "just some boy". you sound like every other arrogant person that doesn't think ldrs are valid relationships. and ftr he's only half the country away :)

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