Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

ImperialCobalt t1_j6avmhz wrote

How does having a gun prevent you from being tazed by law enforcement? I understand the other commenter's point about counter-protestors -- being armed for this purpose is a good thing to me. Just wondering how being armed would make you seem like less of a threat and thus less likely to be attacked by police

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frissonFry t1_j6au1kg wrote

Mine was just over $300, with the Constellation supplier rate. My bill would have been $100 higher with Eversource as the supplier... This is the highest electricity bill I've ever had. Some of my usage was offset by my solar panels, but I usually run out of banked solar power in late November, so I start getting bills higher than the connection fee in December through February. I can't imagine not having solar with these rates, it's fucking insane.

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ayoungjacknicholson t1_j6au1h6 wrote

I mean, I’m a liberal, but I’ve seen people on both the left and the right refer to the other side as ā€˜nazis’. I’ve seen it as far back as Dubya, and it was probably going on earlier than that. It seems more like your first two bullet points are just him making jokes in very poor taste.

As for the last two, who hasn’t complained about taxes or laughed at Trump? I think Tim Allen may be a POS for a lot of reasons, but yeah I’d still call him a moderate republican.

Home Improvement slaps, too.

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TheDiabeticSenpai t1_j6atjpp wrote

I think certain parts of East Hartford are fine (Manchester line towards MCC and close to Glastonbury). But as someone who lived in EH for the majority of their life, I wouldn’t do it again. I know you don’t want kids, but the school system sucks. I lived really close to Burnside Ave. If you didn’t hear car backfire going off at 3am, it was ambulances all the time. The drivers suck. I deliver for DoorDash currently too. East Hartford residents have single handedly tried to report lost/stolen food the most out of any town (and ironically the second is Manchester). I’m one for going out late at night, and I’ve never really believed in ā€œNothing good happens after midnight.ā€ But EH is one of the places that that saying holds true. Manchester on the other hand is interesting. I personally wouldn’t rent from, but I’d buy a house there. The houses up towards Glastonbury and even towards South Windsor are really nice (I don’t plan on buying anytime soon, but I’ll acknowledge some parts are nice like EH). However, the traffic in Manchester is HORRIBLE. I do enjoy buckland, but I find evergreen walk boring. The food options are fantastic. But personally it’s not worth the traffic. As someone who drives basically 10 hours a day, Vernon would be my #1 choice for an apartment, East Granby and Windsor come in a close second.

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maggot_flavored t1_j6atbyn wrote

Im still not going to budge on that opinion that no matter what all cops should have body cams, and they should not be controlled by the cops. Can’t turn them off or tamper with them. Third party controlled.

After all, it’s my tax dollars paying these clowns

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Larrik t1_j6ast09 wrote

I have quite a bit of experience, across two states. Adopted 3 boys through it (one was extremely complex and doesn’t officially count though). I’ll admit a lot of my experience is pre-covid though.

What part of the ā€œprocessā€ are you actually in?

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Allemaengel t1_j6assln wrote

I can tell you that keeping your own coop isn't that much work if you do your research and plan well. I started mine last spring and never looked back.

Now I have to unload my extras to friends and family just to avoid them piling up.

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the_lamou t1_j6asj07 wrote

That's not what Ranked Choice Voting gets you, though. What if gets you is the same "least of all evils" candidate, except with extra steps and less chance of getting someone you really like. It's a system that mostly keeps you from getting anyone truly terrible at the expense of also preventing you from getting anyone truly great.

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Whaddaulookinat OP t1_j6ars70 wrote

Oh there's certainly underused industrial land that can be used, however the number of parcels that would be a good fit for a change to residential is far less than what you may think. From groundwater, soil, and asbestos pollution all the way to just being islands far from transit and commerce.

> Why force multi family and apartments in SFH neighborhoods when there’s so many other options?

Because the issue is simply that big. That's the truth. There's really no way around it. It's also an odd framing of the issue, because exclusionary zoning was designed to force that type of housing stock out. It was immoral then, it's immoral now. It was known to be bad for the economy when those regulations were written, and it is the single biggest issue now.

And the infrastructure issue is pretty much garbage. How is allowing a few more units per area going to put any real pressures on the system? It just won't.

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