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while CT is certainly far from a perfect place, we do have a comparatively well educated workforce, a great location between Boston and New York, and are within a short drive of many of the top universities in the world - Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, MIT, NYU, Princeton, and others.
Now, if the state can just do a better job attracting & retaining young people...
while CT is certainly far from a perfect place, we do have a comparatively well educated workforce, a great location between Boston and New York, and are within a short drive of many of the top universities in the world - Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, MIT, NYU, Princeton, and others.
Now, if the state can just do a better job attracting & retaining young people...
All these forums are full of negative threads/comments. You can't base everything on them.
All these forums are full of negative threads/comments. You can't base everything on them.
Yes, I know. I just visited another state forum and found it to be very unfriendly with just a simple question. And, it is supposed to be a very friendly area.
Hard to believe that Connecticut's economy can come in at No. 8 when you read the constant complaints on these boards. The point is our economy is not a boom and bust type. We did not fall as far so we do not have to climb as far. Of course, we will see if this is correct but still it is good news. Jay
Good schools in the area for sure but they are very elite schools that a select few could ever get into. From that' aspect I'm not sure if there a big help in a way to improve CT's current turmoils.
If they were creating jobs I could see it as a plus and perhaps maybe they are.
I see no problem with the state other then the politicians who may have been able to stay in office for far too long.
If the higher taxes mean higher salaries and everything balances out at the end then CT is probably no more expensive then anywhere else, with the exception of the parts closer to manhattan.
Good schools in the area for sure but they are very elite schools that a select few could ever get into. From that' aspect I'm not sure if there a big help in a way to improve CT's current turmoils.
If they were creating jobs I could see it as a plus and perhaps maybe they are.
I see no problem with the state other then the politicians who may have been able to stay in office for far too long.
If the higher taxes mean higher salaries and everything balances out at the end then CT is probably no more expensive then anywhere else, with the exception of the parts closer to manhattan.
Academic jobs (exempting professorships) are generally lower paying than similar positions in corporate america. They're good for experience, but they most likely won't pay the mortgage.
Academic jobs are generally more secure, I imagine. Schools do not relocate, nor go bankrupt (at least not the major institutions).
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