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Old 03-24-2016, 10:11 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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You're sure it's not 95 between New Haven and Greenwich?
Yes, the highest Average Daily Traffic volume in the state occurs on I-84 west of downtown Hartford with about 173,000 vehicles per day. The highest volume on I-95 is about 162,000 which occurs in Bridgeport west of Route 8 (I know I did not believe it either). The second highest volume is in Norwalk between Darien and Route 7 with just under 154,000 vehicles. Over the years I have checked this using data from CTDOT's website. The link is below. Use the Expressway Cycle tabs to confirm the volumes above. Jay

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Old 03-24-2016, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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Not true. The busiest highway in the state is I-84 west of downtown Hartford. Plus Hartford has highways coming in from the north, south, east and west. Stamford just from the east and west. Definitely more traffic in and around Hartford, but more roads to handle it. Jay
The Merritt certainly adds a lot of vehicles crossing through Stamford
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Old 03-24-2016, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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Which city is economic engine of the state ?
None of the above.
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Old 03-25-2016, 02:39 AM
 
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So, having not been there in a long time, has the Brass Mill mall in Waterbury really gotten that bad? In the years after it first opened I spent a lot of time there with friends and found it to be pretty great. Best theater in a WIDE radius, full of stores, diverse clientele age-wise and demographically. Never any incidents that I witnessed or heard about anyway. It was worlds better than the Naugatuck Valley Mall.

It was by no means upscale but from the comments here, I guess it really went downhill over the years
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Old 03-25-2016, 08:32 AM
 
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So, having not been there in a long time, has the Brass Mill mall in Waterbury really gotten that bad? In the years after it first opened I spent a lot of time there with friends and found it to be pretty great. Best theater in a WIDE radius, full of stores, diverse clientele age-wise and demographically. Never any incidents that I witnessed or heard about anyway. It was worlds better than the Naugatuck Valley Mall.

It was by no means upscale but from the comments here, I guess it really went downhill over the years
In my own opinion...growing up in high school great place to go hang out during school or for a date. However, I feel it's a bit run down and better driving an extra 10 to the Meriden Mall, a much better mall. The theater is old and you can find better theater's in the area for the same price.

Not many stores at the mall to check out. Think Gap left just Gap Kids might still be there now. FYE has seen better days. They have an Old Navy, an H&M, Ambercombie, A&E, a few shoe stores, a hat store, a candle store, and a body shop store.

I mean within 30 minutes you have Danbury Mall, Milford Mall, and WestFarms Mall that offer better selection of stores.

Meriden Mall would say little safer then the Waterbury Mall.

You have a good mix of stores, better food court, a Target, and a Best Buys in the Meriden Mall.

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Old 03-25-2016, 03:14 PM
 
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So, having not been there in a long time, has the Brass Mill mall in Waterbury really gotten that bad? In the years after it first opened I spent a lot of time there with friends and found it to be pretty great. Best theater in a WIDE radius, full of stores, diverse clientele age-wise and demographically. Never any incidents that I witnessed or heard about anyway. It was worlds better than the Naugatuck Valley Mall.

It was by no means upscale but from the comments here, I guess it really went downhill over the years
If you know or have an idea of what you want and want to be in and out, then the Brass Mill still works. Even during holiday time, I found some good things that I didn't think I would. For a wider selection of stores, you're better off with Danbury or one of the Westfields.

The danger factor I'm apparently completely oblivious to as I haven't really seen it. I think I saw one fight that lasted about fifty seconds a while ago at a weird time of night. Occasionally I'll see some panhandling going on outside which is usually stopped when someone in the mall finds out, but that's everywhere in Waterbury lately. Fortunately, it's not at the level I've seen in New Haven, where you'll be followed in and out of the store. But I still want it squashed. So while I wonder what more the mall can do to enhance, I wouldn't put it on the downhill yet. I witnessed the slow deaths of the old NVL Mall and the Ansonia Mall and Brass Mill is nowhere near that right now.

Over at the commons, the bookstore is still one of the best I've seen and Michael's and Toys R Us are good. The restaurants there do well too. Again, though - I don't think you have to be any more mindful there than you would any other mall.
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Old 03-27-2016, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Northeast states
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How Bristol, Norwich, New London now and days ?
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Old 03-27-2016, 10:43 AM
 
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I actually like New London it has a ways to go, but doing good. I think they still need to keep crime in check though. Post mentioned recently New London has a great train station, waterfront area, great restaurants, great apartments, tourist attractions in and around the area, sports are nearby, near two concert venues, Casinos, a mall, a outlet mall, great hiking locations, and some of the best beaches in CT. You can take a train to New Haven to the City and drive to Providence take a train to Boston. You have a decent hotel to stay the night in while traveling. You have golf courses, history, aquariums, and so forth. Can travel to Block Island.

It just really needs to continue working on addressing crime. Another issue is the job market is mainly focused on restaurants, hotels, city/state jobs, tourism jobs, goverment jobs, marine/sea jobs, and healthcare jobs. It needs to boost it's job market to be more expansive I say some tech/insurance/white collar jobs.

Has decent private and military colleges, but lacks state higher educaton colleges. Only ones are two satellite campuses in the area, a CC about 15 miles out, and UCONN way out there.
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Old 03-28-2016, 10:22 PM
 
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Notice that most of the rising cities are within a reasonable commute to NYC, Stamford and Norwalk.

Increasing speeds on the New Haven line to bring Bridgeport (And cities past it like Stratford and Milford) into reasonable commuting range, and maybe even New Haven, would spread those benefits up the line. Same for increasing service and speed on the Danbury Branch and Waterbury Branch. Fairfield and New Haven county are tied to the greater NYC economy more than ever before, might as well embrace that. Manufacturing isn't coming back, and attracting high paying jobs will require a substantial investment in 100+ year old infrastructure.

Hartford and New London require different solutions obviously, but this would help a good chunk of the state's population.
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Old 03-28-2016, 10:26 PM
 
Location: Northeast states
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Notice that most of the rising cities are within a reasonable commute to NYC, Stamford and Norwalk.

Increasing speeds on the New Haven line to bring Bridgeport (And cities past it like Stratford and Milford) into reasonable commuting range, and maybe even New Haven, would spread those benefits up the line. Same for increasing service and speed on the Danbury Branch and Waterbury Branch. Fairfield and New Haven county are tied to the greater NYC economy more than ever before, might as well embrace that. Manufacturing isn't coming back, and attracting high paying jobs will require a substantial investment in 100+ year old infrastructure.

Hartford and New London require different solutions obviously, but this would help a good chunk of the state's population.
The trains to Grand Central from Stamford run 6 times a hour, 9 times during rush hour, trains beyond Stamford run 2 times a hour, 4 times a hour during rush hour.
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