[CTartist]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

Lower FFC is NOT the only Connecticut. It is ONE small section of Ct. .

Fairfield County population: 944,177
CT population: 3.576,000

Fairfield County accounts for about 27% of the CT population.

There are residents from all over FFC and Litchfield counties that are working or have incomes affected by the NYC area. I think New Haven is even considered part of the NYC metropolitan area too.

"six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury, and their vicinities"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...ropolitan_area

Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven Counties are in the NYC metropolitan area. I bet that is 1/2 the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...nties_2013.png

[CTartist]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

I am not about to simply whistle happily, when much is wrong with this state.

I am saying in just about every post that our state budgets/spending/pensions have problems......

but despite that I also want to show that we are in the top 5 for some very good metrics and it appears we have moved up for household income.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by CTartist

I am saying in just about every post that our state budgets/spending/pensions have problems......

but despite that I also want to show that we are in the top 5 for some very good metrics and it appears we have moved up for household income.

Connecticut has moved up because the middle class is leaving.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by CTartist

Fairfield County population: 944,177
CT population: 3.576,000

Fairfield County accounts for about 27% of the CT population.

There are residents from all over FFC and Litchfield counties that are working or have incomes affected by the NYC area. I think New Haven is even considered part of the NYC metropolitan area too.

"six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury, and their vicinities"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...ropolitan_area

Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven Counties are in the NYC metropolitan area. I bet that is 1/2 the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...nties_2013.png

The other part 73%, or 2.7 times as many, and we talk little about that majority.

[cynic1]

Originally Posted by CTartist

I am saying in just about every post that our state budgets/spending/pensions have problems......

but despite that I also want to show that we are in the top 5 for some very good metrics and it appears we have moved up for household income.

Like the top five for expenditures per student ... resulting in a fifteenth in the measure of success... Id call that an epic fail ...

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

The other part 73%, or 2.7 times as many, and we talk little about that majority.

Come on now, the unemployment rate is under 5% and in some counties like New London and Middlesex, under 4%. Yeah, that’s real bad. Jay

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Come on now, the unemployment rate is under 5% and in some counties like New London and Middlesex, under 4%. Yeah, that’s real bad. Jay

It is still 12% above the nation (Ct rate on top 4.6/Nation 4.1) = 112%.

Our job growth is amongst the nation's slowest the last few decades.

We need to start examining the root cause.

[BobNJ1960]

Report: Other cities not likely to follow Hartford

[LMPA]

The fastest growing (and shrinking) states: A closer look

4. Connecticut
1-yr pop. growth rate: -0.23%
Current population: 3.58 million
2015 population: 3.58 million
10-yr pop. growth rate: 1.68%
The population of Connecticut shrank by 0.2% in 2016, the fourth largest decline of any state. Connecticut’s population has declined substantially in recent years, and the state has lost a net total of approximately 20,000 residents since 2013. Many of those leaving Connecticut are young, college-educated professionals. Since 2010, the median age in Connecticut has risen from 40.0 years to 40.9 years.
The population loss has likely hurt the state’s economic potential. While the U.S. GDP grew by 12.1% from the second quarter of 2006 to the second quarter of 2016, Connecticut’s GDP fell by 3.7%, the largest contraction of any state over that time other than Nevada.

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https://westfaironline.com/98179/eco...o-much-for-ct/

Economic outlook positive for U.S., not so much for CT

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by LMPA

The fastest growing (and shrinking) states: A closer look

4. Connecticut
1-yr pop. growth rate: -0.23%
Current population: 3.58 million
2015 population: 3.58 million
10-yr pop. growth rate: 1.68%
The population of Connecticut shrank by 0.2% in 2016, the fourth largest decline of any state. Connecticut’s population has declined substantially in recent years, and the state has lost a net total of approximately 20,000 residents since 2013. Many of those leaving Connecticut are young, college-educated professionals. Since 2010, the median age in Connecticut has risen from 40.0 years to 40.9 years.

I need a citation for your assertion that the problem is college educated Millennials leaving. The actual data I've seen says Connecticut has a net inward migration of college educated professionals. If "college educated" is two years of community college and a glorified certificate of attendance from some 3rd tier state school with an easy major and weak grades, then yeah. But those people would have been better off becoming a plumber or an electrician.

Those people are leaving all the other high cost of living places, too. If you have a 'pump gas after you graduate' degree, you're unlikely to stick around a place with high housing costs unless you're living in your parents basement.

The Connecticut problem is all the failed cities where Medicaid/CHIP and the rest of the safety net is consuming more than half of the state budget so budget for infrastructure isn't there. That is not unique to Connecticut. New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, southeastern Pennsylvania, Baltimore, ... If it is on Acela, it has the permanent underclass issue.