[LMPA]

Originally Posted by ayoskillz

Article is about 4 to 5 years old I can tell you know half of those cities are not on the updated list

Recent Census shows which states are growing:

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pres...tes-idaho.html

Not one New England state in top 10 in numeric or percentage growth.

Recent census on fastest growing cities:

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pres...subcounty.html

Not one New England city in the top 15.

I will take a guess that the main thing in common on both of these lists is job growth and/or lower taxes/COL. Most of these states or cities are warmer than New England, but not all.

It doesn't matter how you add it up, Connecticut is losing ground. No job growth, COL, high taxes. Connecticut has lost 15,000 jobs since June with New London county area being the worst (lost 4,000) I can't imagine what the numbers would have looked like if it wasn't for General Dynamics. That is a BIG problem.

https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-engl...cticut.htm#eag

https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-engl...norwich_mn.htm


Connecticut Job Losses Mount As Employers Shed Another 3,500 In November - Hartford Courant


The numbers a year from now will be stagnant or far worse.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by LMPA

Not one New England state in top 10 in numeric or percentage growth.

What's growing in Massachusetts, and I presume in Connecticut, is the number of 6 figure jobs. If you're an educated professional with 21st century job skills, you're moving to places like that. If you don't fall into that category, the housing costs and overall cost of living are probably chasing you out. Nobody is moving to Greenwich to take a $15/hour factory job. They're moving to Alabama. Welcome to the world of income stratification.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Connecticut has failed cities with enormous safety net costs. Medicaid is 25% of the state budget. The red states just let their poor people die. It’s not a Connecticut thing, it’s a blue state thing.

The high paying intellectual property creation jobs are predominantly in the blue states. The red states are all about labor cost arbitrage. Do you want $15/hour semi-skilled factory jobs or 6 figure white collar jobs? If you’re capable of creating intellectual property, you probably want to be in a cluster of highly educated blue people.

There are pockets of it in the red states mostly clustered around strong universities. Nashville, Austin, Huntsville, Raleigh-Durham. Those are dwarfed by the blue state high IPR creation areas. If you look at venture capital flow, California gets 10x more than anybody else. Boston and NYC are the next tier. The little pockets of IPR creation in the red states see nothing like that kind of investment.

I notice you did not address Ct's onerous legacy costs vs smarter states that did not burden themselves paying for past service already paid for.

BTW: I lived in a Southeastern region with plenty of BOTH 6 figure jobs and $20 something an hour blue collar jobs. They are not mutually exclusive.

Red states hardly let people die. Tn had a large TennCare program, long before ACA was even a concept.

[LMPA]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

What's growing in Massachusetts, and I presume in Connecticut, is the number of 6 figure jobs. If you're an educated professional with 21st century job skills, you're moving to places like that. If you don't fall into that category, the housing costs and overall cost of living are probably chasing you out. Nobody is moving to Greenwich to take a $15/hour factory job. They're moving to Alabama. Welcome to the world of income stratification.

I don't know.. but what is clear is a whole lotta money left Connecticut (again)

https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-t...data-2015-2016

[JimG2]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

What's growing in Massachusetts, and I presume in Connecticut, is the number of 6 figure jobs. If you're an educated professional with 21st century job skills, you're moving to places like that. If you don't fall into that category, the housing costs and overall cost of living are probably chasing you out. Nobody is moving to Greenwich to take a $15/hour factory job. They're moving to Alabama. Welcome to the world of income stratification.

Just remember.....who is going to serve you your "Five Bucks" coffee in the morning? They going to start busing people into Fairfield county from Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden? They need to do something with the empty buses on the CTFasttrack.

[GoHuskies]

Originally Posted by JimG2

Just remember.....who is going to serve you your "Five Bucks" coffee in the morning? They going to start busing people into Fairfield county from Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden? They need to do something with the empty buses on the CTFasttrack.

The coffee will eventually come from a self service kiosk.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by GoHuskies

The coffee will eventually come from a self service kiosk.

[ayoskillz]

Originally Posted by GoHuskies

The coffee will eventually come from a self service kiosk.

No.... robots already taking over that part
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wir...ot-barista/amp

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by JimG2

Just remember.....who is going to serve you your "Five Bucks" coffee in the morning? They going to start busing people into Fairfield county from Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden? They need to do something with the empty buses on the CTFasttrack.

That's what Bridgeport is for. ...and 20-somethings who live in their parent's basement.

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

What's growing in Massachusetts, and I presume in Connecticut, is the number of 6 figure jobs. If you're an educated professional with 21st century job skills, you're moving to places like that. If you don't fall into that category, the housing costs and overall cost of living are probably chasing you out. Nobody is moving to Greenwich to take a $15/hour factory job. They're moving to Alabama. Welcome to the world of income stratification.

Boston metro area is growing in Massachusetts tons of six figure jobs there also hear Providence seeing some growth. Springfield and New Bedford area are slow growth. Norwalk/Stamford seeing most growth in state lesser to extend Danbury/New Haven.