[JViello]

Originally Posted by JayCT

I was simmply responding to the figures you provided links to.

Jay, I love ya, but you're not reading the entire posts.

Originally Posted by JViello

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data (Just select the date range you want.)

It defaults to 2001.

[bobtn]

Jay:"In January 1990 we had 1,718,036 jobs which is only slightly more than we have today. The difference is that we just had an economic recession that we are recovering from. "

50 states had the same recession, 49 are still up in jobs vs 1990. CT is down.

Kabish?

When 1 state is doing that much worse than 49 others, its beyond sad.

[Beeker2211]

Originally Posted by bobtn

When 1 state is doing that much worse than 49 others, its beyond sad.

The recession destroyed +6M jobs nationally. It was essentially like all gains from 1990-2008 were literally for naught.

As well, I don't know how to put it plainer but CT had job growth over the period you're looking at but mostly among the self employed.

http://cteconomy.uconn.edu/TCE_Issues/Fall_2010.pdf (Page 14)

~Cheers

[bobtn]

Per BLS, the official record-keeper (the one Obama touts when he gloats over monthly reports) 49 states gained, Ct lost. Are you calling the president a lair? LOL!

[MPC2000]

you forgot the third W...working class, of which there are plenty...and besides, nobody in CT is leaving...they eventually end up coming back because the South sucks and the West is flimsy, and the Midwest is natural disaster laden...they come back becuaSE they like the fact that the east coast is for the most part smarter than most other states. I voted for Foley, but I'm not rep...I just can't stand Listening to Brad's Wrinkled behind talk about job losses while he HAS a job...and then you have DAN who's probably working there part time...and has a reason to complain......Oh, and I meant Brad Davis and Dan Lovallo....gotta love their rants, they're very entertaining with Brad repeating himself for about four hours before Mary Jones come through.

[Tetto]

Originally Posted by MPC2000

you forgot the third W...working class, of which there are plenty...and besides, nobody in CT is leaving...they eventually end up coming back because the South sucks and the West is flimsy, and the Midwest is natural disaster laden...they come back becuaSE they like the fact that the east coast is for the most part smarter than most other states. I voted for Foley, but I'm not rep...I just can't stand Listening to Brad's Wrinkled behind talk about job losses while he HAS a job...and then you have DAN who's probably working there part time...and has a reason to complain......Oh, and I meant Brad Davis and Dan Lovallo....gotta love their rants, they're very entertaining with Brad repeating himself for about four hours before Mary Jones come through.

Don't listen then..

[bobtn]

250,000 fled in the 90s, several dozen in my family. 0 came back. Of remaining under 12 family in Ct, 4 more are leaving by July 15th. 3 homes sold, 2 going south, 2 going west..to join prior families who left. That 250k is why Ct LOST Congressman #6, and next Census #5 goes bye-bye.

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by bobtn

250,000 fled in the 90s, several dozen in my family. 0 came back. Of remaining under 12 family in Ct, 4 more are leaving by July 15th. 3 homes sold, 2 going south, 2 going west..to join prior families who left. That 250k is why Ct LOST Congressman #6, and next Census #5 goes bye-bye.

Were those homes sold to spiritual buyers?

[bobtn]

from city data:
The influx of European immigrants increased the number of foreign-born in the state from 38,518 in 1850 to about 800,000 by World War I. After World War II, the rush of middle-class whites (many from neighboring states) to Connecticut suburbs, propelled in part by the "baby boom" that followed the war, was accompanied by the flow of minority groups to the cities. All told, Connecticut had a net increase from migration of 561,000 between 1940 and 1970, followed by a net loss of 113,000 from 1970 to 1990. Between 1990 and 1998, the state had a net loss of 217,000 residents in domestic migration, and a net gain of 68,000 in international migration. In 1998, Connecticut admitted 7,780 foreign immigrants. Between 1990 and 1998, the state's overall population decreased by 0.4%. In the period 1995–2000, 260,823 people moved into the state and 325,433 moved out, for a net loss of 64,610.


link: //www.city-data.com/states/Conn...Migration.html

All 3 homes were sold at deep losses.

1990s Weickers income tax and Ct's biggest loss of residents in history.

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by bobtn

All 3 homes were sold at deep losses.

Loss/Profit isn't the topic though.

Your contention is that population is fleeing. My question is: How did these 3 homes sell if everybody is supposedly leaving????