[theguyfrompluto]

The Danbury mall was never built

New haven never had Yale university

all the corporations moved out of Stanford

[Sigequinox]

if there were no liberals....

[Sigequinox]

WHats the deal with the Danbury mall? curious why that's on the list.

[LRPct]

Originally Posted by theguyfrompluto

The Danbury mall was never built

New haven never had Yale university

all the corporations moved out of Stanford

Havent been to the Danbury Mall in over 10 years and dont miss malls in general.

Havent been to Yale in a couple years. Only go to the New Haven in general a couple times a year.

Almost never have reason to go anywhere near the SW corner part of 95 so never go to Stanford.

I personally wouldnt even notice all three listed. Nothing against any of the three really. I just get my fill of urban enviroments when I travel for work so when Im home Im not seeking them out.

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Originally Posted by LRPct

Havent been to the Danbury Mall in over 10 years and dont miss malls in general.

Havent been to Yale in a couple years. Only go to the New Haven in general a couple times a year.

Almost never have reason to go anywhere near the SW corner part of 95 so never go to Stanford.

I personally wouldnt even notice all three listed. Nothing against any of the three really. I just get my fill of urban enviroments when I travel for work so when Im home Im not seeking them out.

I think he meant the hypothetical impact it would have on the state. Not personally.

[Stylo]

Very random thread from a worryingly prolific thread creator.

To answer your hypotheticals:

Downtown Danbury wouldn't be a ghost town, but Danbury might have less of a regional draw.

New Haven would be more like Bridgeport.

You mean like, moved out of Stamford tomorrow? It's almost too wild of a hypothetical to consider, but the town and region around it would suffer greatly.

[Lalalally]

This seems silly, but I'll play: I think Danbury without the mall would still for the most part be....Danbury. Don't get me wrong -- it's nice and all, but I wouldn't consider it a defining institution at all. Danbury is a solid mix of a working thru upper middle class population, with a heavy sprinkling of illegal residents. The working class group I would imagine would be most adversely affected by this hypothetical scenario; and the middle and upper middle class groups would suffer least (*but these groups would suffer accutely under your third doomsday scenario (i.e no business base in Stamford)). Life might be less fun without a local mall to shop in on Saturdays for middle and upper middle class groups, but it wouldn't be a game changer.
Yale has been in New Haven pretty much since the pilgrims first set foot on Plymouth Rock -- well 80 years after -- so that's just silly to imagine, and so I won't...
Stamford loosing its corporate base would be a game changer for the entire region -- fairfield, westchester, and new haven counties all included.

[clutchrider]

I don't think the Danbury mall is much more of an impact on the state than any other shopping area like West Farms. I would say it could impact Danbury as a town but not the state as a whole.

If the corps moved out of Stamford they would have most likely find another city in CT to congregate in, possibly Norwalk or Bridgeport. Mostly because other towns would have jumped to offer those companies incentives and our gubment would have stepped in to keep them in the state. The only other options for them since being close to NYC is a big perk of their locale would be upstate NY or NJ. Both of which are more expensive and have less options to get to the city easily.

Yale...just a dumb one because your now going back over 300 years when the entire region was still very undeveloped and we were not even a country yet. So I would just venture a guess and say some other institution would have rooted here and things would be similar to the way they are today.

[blakesq]

The more important question is: "what if Connecticut had the same weather as San Diego?"

Originally Posted by theguyfrompluto

The Danbury mall was never built

New haven never had Yale university

all the corporations moved out of Stanford

[LRPct]

Originally Posted by blakesq

The more important question is: "what if Connecticut had the same weather as San Diego?"

Id have to move because itd be overcrowed... lol

Id be in heaven with the weather and without the overcrowding.