lord I am so tired of this argument

It has been 3 0 days since this sub posted something about high taxes/cost of living

Unlike normal working class guy Bob Stefanowski.

I wonder what Trade School he went to to learn how to scam people with payday loans? Is that something you learn at DeVry?

Yeah idk what kind of fantasyland people live in where there are no taxes but we all live in a great society, but I'd love to see like... ONE example

I don't love exercising, but I do it anyway. It's part of being an adult.

Why not both

Totally makes sense and I get it. but I still have to tease them for Reasons

> 40 year old dude proposing that he get a 20 year old college student pregnant and baby trap her just to, what, prove a point, is funny, juxtaposition or not

I didn't even go to Yale.

Its hard to make perfect sweeping generalizations but I do my best :-D

As a sort-of Jewish person, the way people casually say anti-Semitic things is weird. Like if I get a good deal on something, someone has said to me "You're such a Jew."

OK??? Who doesn't like saving money????

Yeah a friend of mine lost her job there :(

I get why -- to save money (the co owners currently tend bar so they can do it themselves) -- but it still sucks

Meh. They took out the sound system and don't do shows anymore and the food used to be like super vegetarian-friendly and it kinda is now but idk since the reno I just don't feel the same about it

ymmv

Does it help that I also disgust myself

I actually heard son NPR once that kids who go to state schools are far more likely to settle down in-state.

I'm speaking from a historical sense, heh. I first went out with a Yalie when I was like 29 years old.

Though Yale grad students and scientists come in a pretty wide variety of ages, and I was mostly talking about FRIENDSHIP

Hahaha I mean... parking has to have rules right. Idk. He's a good dude, mostly. :P

Yeah a lot of them are fine its more like figuring out who is worth the effort

The way I figure, if you get someone pregnant and get stuck here, you're a proper New Havener :)

Same shit in New Haven lol no idea. I guess since nobody is enforcing it it’s just open season now

I mean I basically had to use the unregulated market for the last 25 years. Not my fault they took several decades to come up with a sensible policy. :-D

Great post, and I agree with much of what you say. UConn certainly does have quite a lot of bureaucracy, wasteful spending, etc.

However, I do think we need to think about what these schools provide and who they're for. I say this as a former student of both CCSU and UConn.

• UConn's mission is to be a top-flight research and public university, attracting high-end students both locally and from across the United States
• UConn also wants to provide the "full college experience" in terms of dorms, Student Unions, people living on campus and having that whole thing.
• ConnSCU's have a similar-ish thing, but almost all of them are also commuter-first universities. Most kids don't live on campus, but in surrounding towns where they grew up, maybe with their friends or parents.
• Community colleges are often attended by people returning to education or working full-time and working on an education. They don't want or need on-campus leaving (afaik). They need a schedule that works for them and is flexible and also affordable.
• Ideally, you have flexibility to move between the different "tiers" of education in the system, though I prefer not to think of it that way since its not really better or worse, just different experiences.
• Community college is free in Connecticut now. That's amazing. Maybe we do need more funding but you have to admit this is a great step.
• Tuition is also much cheaper for ConnCSU -- 11K for SCSU right now, 18K for UConn, not considering room and board, other fees, etc.
• As far as bureaucratic waste, I mean... that's large scale academic institutions for you. I worked at Yale. Its not exclusive to UConn. I suspect this is a nationwide problem, if not even bigger.

I would like to see more equity for sure, though. I was more just explaining why I think there may be an "appropriate" divide in spending between different systems due to those different needs. And I think UConn should look out for the entire state education system, though its hard because institutions tend to look out for themselves.

Anyway, great post. Just wanted to add some thoughts.

Yeah I've used this as well it shows where the bus is (theoretically). It's not perfect but it usually shows GPS of the bus on the route so you at least have some idea of whats happening.

I also sometimes double-check on Google Maps but I am not sure they are getting real-time data.

I know the buses have GPS, maybe we need to develop a tracker website.

Makes you wonder how many times this happened before we had videos and there were absolutely no consequences.