[markfromct]

What on Earth is wrong with CT?

What on Earth is wrong with Connecticut?

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by NickL28

I can't speak for the city of Hartford but most of the rest of Hartford county (along with New Haven & Fairfield Cty) seem to be booming with construction everywhere and malls & stores jam packed on any weekend or weeknight

Malls are jammed? Do you have a time machine?

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by markfromct

What on Earth is wrong with CT?

What on Earth is wrong with Connecticut?

This article was already posted. It is full of WRONG information. It says companies that has never been in Connecticut have left. I emailed The Atlantic about the incorrect references and they immediately revised the original article. You do have to wonder about the validity of a media outlet that does not do any fact checking before publishing an article. They seem more interested in promoting their agenda and sensationalizing events than presenting the facts. Jay

[Matrix2791]

Originally Posted by NickL28

I can't speak for the city of Hartford but most of the rest of Hartford county (along with New Haven & Fairfield Cty) seem to be booming with construction everywhere and malls & stores jam packed on any weekend or weeknight

Really? Because the Westfield Shopping Mall in Meriden looks pretty damn dead every time I visit on the weekends? I can't see Sears lasting long over there. But heck what do I know? I just live in reality.

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by Matrix2791

Really? Because the Westfield Shopping Mall in Meriden looks pretty damn dead every time I visit on the weekends? I can't see Sears lasting long over there. But heck what do I know? I just live in reality.

Trumbull and Milford mall is packed

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Trumbull and Milford mall is packed

As is Westfarms and Buckland. I am also pretty sure Danbury and Stamford are rowed as well. Jay

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by JayCT

This article was already posted. It is full of WRONG information. It says companies that has never been in Connecticut have left. I emailed The Atlantic about the incorrect references and they immediately revised the original article. You do have to wonder about the validity of a media outlet that does not do any fact checking before publishing an article. They seem more interested in promoting their agenda and sensationalizing events than presenting the facts. Jay

That's all media in 2017. Sad.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

That's all media in 2017. Sad.

I agree. . Jay

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Trumbull and Milford mall is packed

Milford isn't packed whenever I go. Bear in mind, we are looking at a parking footprint far smaller than it was in the 90s, as sq ft expanded at parking's expense. That gives an illusion of "packed".

Macy's and Sear's each time I go have few customers, next to no checkout lines. Penneys did not close cause it was packed. Much of lower level near Target is unoccupied. Many Westfield "Refreshment stands".

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

Milford isn't packed whenever I go. Bear in mind, we are looking at a parking footprint far smaller than it was in the 90s, as sq ft expanded at parking's expense. That gives an illusion of "packed".

Macy's and Sear's each time I go have few customers, next to no checkout lines. Penneys did not close cause it was packed. Much of lower level near Target is unoccupied. Many Westfield "Refreshment stands".

I agree. The front parking lot is always jammed, but it's not that big. Rear and parking garage largely empty for the most part.

The Target, Dick's, movie theater, and restaurants are very busy. Moderately busy in the causeways near Target. Dead at the dept stores.