Kensington Auto, Town Line auto - both in Berlin. Guys at modern tire on the pike have always been solid but that’s a high volume shop

With a 10-15% drop, wouldn’t home prices still be well above pre pandemic levels?

So you just want to add some more lanes which will inevitably get clogged up? What happens when there’s an accident, highway still gets rocked. Faster mass transit and more if it is the best strategy

This is very concerning, given that Fairfield County and Stamford at this point are very important economic hubs for CT, practically the only part of the state growing, and far more desirable for new employers and employees alike.

If we can’t solve our traffic issues (likely via public transport), our economy won’t improve.

You can definitely drive through an hour of traffic in LA to arrive at a place that looks a lottt like Bridgeport

Have you never ridden metro north? Train is packed and everyone gets off at stops in Fairfield County…there’s barely anyone left by New Haven lol

That’s not the problem with the train - it’s just that it’s slow as fuck. And aside from like Norwalk and Stamford, there’s no office space or jobs near the actual stations. Even Stamford is fairly spread out. Trains need to speed up, and need to build up around the stations (even in our cities - New Haven has nothing by the train!!)

New Haven is very bureaucratic (ex: tearing down church st south took forever, and redeveloping around Union Station hasn’t even commenced)

City can’t get out of its own way

OP of this post is not looking in Fairfield County - and it makes sense to segment the state up anyways when talking about housing given that Fairfield County skews the state’s overall data

Does that $326k average include Fairfield County though?

Carve out Fairfield County from the CT’s average and see what it is - guarantee it’s a lot lower. Every house south of Monroe is close to a million or more. Central CT is a lot more affordable

No subsidies from Boston or MA (they don’t need to give out subsidies to attract companies).

They’re leaving for the better talent pool that Boston attracts. CT desperately needs to invest in New Haven (Hartford is a lost cause barring federal money for big infra projects)

Statistically New Haven used to be one of the most dangerous cities in the country. It’s better today but safety could be improved.

My recommendations are primarily about increasing economic opportunity and prosperity in the city and for the state.

Also market rate housing is what the market (majority) can afford

What long time residents? As I already said there’s no housing in the east or west lot, and now there’s none across the street.

All of what I described is needed if you want New Haven to be a more prosperous, safer, nicer, and modern place to live

Here’s some detail on preliminary plans none of which is moving fast enough:

https://unionstationnewhaven.com/

They’re on the docket for dealing crack, homicide, shooting and hitting a school bus, and were known as one of CT’s worst gangs. Definitely weren’t making the neighborhood any nicer

And for anyone interacting with the jungle boys in the 90s

Lol it was the center of a federal investigation into crack distribution. Place should’ve been leveled years ago. CT completely squanders the area around Union Station

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040490-story.html

To be clear I’m not just talking about the station itself but the area around it. Union Station is among the top ten busiest train stations in the country, and CT’s most important crossroad between bus transit, Amtrak, Metro North, the Hartford Line, the Shoreline East, and local university shuttles.

Despite being so important to the state:

• there is essentially no housing around the station whatsoever except for what appears to be a low income complex. They finally tore down the dilapidated church st projects across the street…and now that huge lot just sits empty. There should be a significant number of market rate apartments surrounding the train station so that people can live nearby and use public transit, creating a walkable neighborhood

• There is zero mixed use development around the train station - no offices, no shops, no coffee bars, no restaurants…literally nothing. This could be a vibrant neighborhood. It makes logical sense to have offices - employers would locate there because their employees could commute to the station for work or commute from the station to FFD County / NYC for meetings. It’s insane that the only food options people using the train station have are Sbarros and Dunkin Donuts…

• The actual layout for traffic around the station is terrible. I commute from Union Station at least three times a week - the local shuttles park out front blocking one full lane of traffic and leaving any oncoming traffic completely blind to card exiting the drop off out front

Those are just some ways this important price if CT infrastructure is being wasted

It’s safe - just order an Uber/Lyft though…the taxis ripped my friend off not long ago on his trip from Union Station ($40 ride or so to $100).

Side note - this post is yet another example of why union station needs to be redeveloped and become a center of economic activity for the state of CT

I’m in the same situation as that one person. I’m really just lamenting our poor infrastructure in the northeast

That’s awesome

FL prices have gone up lot in desirable areas. And desirability is no longer dictated solely on proximity to the beach. Miami is a great example of this (Miami is much or than south beach or even brickell, but the entire geographic region is much much more expensive than it was circa 2012)

Agree. Side note - it’s sad that a 60 mile commute turns into more than an hour. That’s really not far highway driving. Traffic and a lack of public transport do the north east dirty

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