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Old 07-05-2017, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Originally Posted by Mr_250 View Post
They did change it. They have a footnote stating the error.
They also removed the references to IBM, Pepsi and Xerox. Interesting. They did not reply to my email. Jay

 
Old 07-05-2017, 06:37 PM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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Originally Posted by BobNJ1960 View Post
Excuses aside, this portrays an accurate, gloomy long-term forecast fot Ct.
It's very accurate, another interpretation of the woes outlined in the article I posted.

CT's suburbs treated our cities like a cancerous growth for years. Now we need vibrant cities more than ever.

We should be doing everything we can to attract more companies to Stamford and New Haven, which are showing healthy vitals and economic growth, and a growing youth interest. I'm at a loss for Hartford and Bridgeport honestly. Maybe bankruptcy would help Hartford.
 
Old 07-05-2017, 06:58 PM
 
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Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod View Post
Rhode Island might have geographic advantages. Not as many are going to migrate to NYC. And it's so close to Boston it's already practically a suburb.
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Originally Posted by ayoskillz View Post
The same way ff county is pretty much the suburb of nyc... pretty much the same.
Exactamundo!
The in between is slowly becoming no man's land.
 
Old 07-05-2017, 07:33 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Stylo View Post
It's very accurate, another interpretation of the woes outlined in the article I posted.

CT's suburbs treated our cities like a cancerous growth for years. .
It was deserved. Bridgeport's murder rate per capita at one time under Ganim was outrageous, leading to installation of Jersey barriers to curb I95 drug trade.

IN BRIDGEPOPRT, A SHARP RISE IN MURDER RATE - NYTimes.com
 
Old 07-05-2017, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Ubique
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Originally Posted by MrGompers View Post
The poor are least likely to vote. This is common knowledge, so I don't know why people keep harping about this. You can research the data here all you want. But I will provide a quick highlight from 2014

Avon - percent of registered voters who actually voted 68%
Bridgeport - percent of registered voters who actually voted 38%

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The percent who actually voted includes D, R, I , Unaffliated. If you drilled down to parties the numbers would be more skewed. I believe Avon Republicans had a voter turnout of 85-90% and Bridgeport Democrats had a turnout of 50-55%.

I had made this analysis in a previous post.
Avon may have had 90% turnout, yet it only managed to yield 4k Republican voters. The lower turnout in Bridgeport still yielded 45k voters for Democrats.

BTW, Hartford had 40k, and New Haven had 52k Democrat voters.

Turnout is a fairly useless statistic when comparing towns of such big differences in absolute numbers.


Didn't know that Lee decided to leave, and I feel for it. I used to play beach volleyball and beer afterwards with Lee guys and gals in the summer up until a few years ago at Clinton's town beach. Sad.
 
Old 07-05-2017, 09:18 PM
 
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Avon may have had 90% turnout, yet it only managed to yield 4k Republican voters. The lower turnout in Bridgeport still yielded 45k voters for Democrats.

BTW, Hartford had 40k, and New Haven had 52k Democrat voters.

Turnout is a fairly useless statistic when comparing towns of such big differences in absolute numbers.




Didn't know that Lee decided to leave, and I feel for it. I used to play beach volleyball and beer afterwards with Lee guys and gals in the summer up until a few years ago at Clinton's town beach. Sad.
They haven't..yet, but if they do, Ct has only itself to blame for that loss.
 
Old 07-05-2017, 09:27 PM
 
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The Atlantic article links to this one on Slate:

Something is wrong with Connecticut.

Which states:

"According to accounting firm Ernst & Young, Connecticut’s total effective business tax rate is the lowest in the country."

linking to this:

http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAs...ember-2016.pdf

Not sure what to make of that but it's kind of glossed over.
 
Old 07-06-2017, 07:28 AM
 
Location: JC
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Originally Posted by basehead617 View Post
The Atlantic article links to this one on Slate:

Something is wrong with Connecticut.

Which states:

"According to accounting firm Ernst & Young, Connecticut’s total effective business tax rate is the lowest in the country."

linking to this:

http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAs...ember-2016.pdf

Not sure what to make of that but it's kind of glossed over.
Because of local/state tax incentives the big employers are paying very little business taxes. The taxes that hit the most are on individuals income and property.
 
Old 07-07-2017, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Fairfield County CT
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Some good news between the gloom and doom. Sorry if this was posted already.

"EB (Electric Boat) spokeswoman Elizabeth Power said the shipyard hopes to hire 2,000 new employees this year and already has hired about half of them."

"The company (Pratt & Whitney) hopes to hire an additional 25,000 people worldwide in the next decade – about 8,000 in Connecticut—to cope with retirements and a boost in business."

https://ctmirror.org/2017/07/03/mili...form=hootsuite
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