[RunD1987]

Question is why are town's like New London, Meriden, Danbury, and New Britain better then Waterbury. I figure they have larger open space/park system; granted one of the park's in CT was designed by the same people who design Central Park. Actually if you look at the History of Waterbury it's neighborhoods were set up like NYC.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by RunD1987

Question is why are town's like New London, Meriden, Danbury, and New Britain better then Waterbury. I figure they have larger open space/park system; granted one of the park's in CT was designed by the same people who design Central Park. Actually if you look at the History of Waterbury it's neighborhoods were set up like NYC.

Meriden and New Britain are better than Waterbury? I don't know about that.

[RunD1987]

New Britain has CCSU, 2 hospitals, Art Museum, and a great park system. Meriden is expansive could go from urban to rural wood's within minutes in Meriden. You have one of the best park's in the area in Meriden and a better mall then Waterbury.

[Sigequinox]

Originally Posted by basehead617

Your hypothetical is almost useless, since the median home price in Waterbury is about $95k last I checked. In the $200s you are approaching top dog, in a large newer home in the area near Middlebury.

The dirt cheap property values are the major reason taxes are high.

It may be. I was just responding to a post that said 200k , 5k taxes. I just wanted to correct that.

[RunD1987]

It was $100K house

$2M in tax credits for Waterbury housing projects Republican American

Think this is near the Hospital.

I love Waterbury like to see it return back to it's glory. Unfortunately as I say it will take change.

I think if the state and Waterbury could change the area of Church St to West Main to East Main to Silver St Expressway to Union St back to Church St.

You could build residential for the UCONN students, close down East Main where the Palace is. Can incorporate some high end apartments and shopping stores like Urban Outfitters/Starbucks there.

You have a Magnet school in the area, a Catholic elementary school, and a Catholic high school.

You can turn the Timex Building into apartment's. Convert that whole mall area and expand to the properties on East Main and take over the Factory. Make the Mall the size of Danbury and Milford Mall. For $100K to $200K give to residents living there they make good money selling the property to Waterbury.

Say they have to keep the police station, fire house, SS office, WIC office, the Elton, the Basilica, the YMCA, the Boys and Girls club, and the Funeral Home all in that area.

They probably have to move the Morris Foundation maybe put it where Prospect/Linden St is.

Revamp the train station area have a closed traffic route from a newly designed Bus Station to the Library to the park to the train station. From the train station goes to that new green way being built on Freight St. From the Bus Station goes to UCONN. All closed to traffic the pathway.

Then move the HUD housing behind UCONN to Cherry St, to North Main St., to East Farm, to Orange St, to Vine St.

Encourage Bridgeport University to move there Satellite campus from the far end of Waterbury to this new area and convert that whole area where BU was into an industrial/research park. Maybe even get some tech job's or research job's. Like IBM or a pharmaceutical company.

Bam job's for Waterbury, money for Waterbury, better transportation for Waterbury. Then hopefully with money from this can fix up all of Waterbury. Hit the Lakewood side improve the traffic flow there and rebuild the housing section near the Firehouse.

Revamp the park's build the fourth park in Town Plot.

Fix up the West Side.

I don't know what's up with that parking garage near the Y never seen it used before.

Waterbury needs like a Sports Center with a Rock z climbing Wall, indoor Soccer Turf, and a Ice Rink.

Maybe this will encourage more festival's larger size at Hamilton Park though Library Park is nice.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Sigequinox

I don't follow waterbury at all because it's a disgusting and useless place. Not even sure why I clicked on this thread, but to correct the math here, a 200k house in waterbury with a mill rate of 55.5 and 75% appraised value would be $8,300 year, not 5k....@ the 60.22 mill rate, tax on a cheap 200k home would be over 9 large. woah. roll in the tumble weeds if true. I mean, $750/mnth in taxes? That's almost the cost of 1br rent (in much nicer towns).

Assessments are maDe at 70 percent of a homes appraised value not 75 percent. They appraised value though is not necessarily reflective of the homes sale price though. Jay

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by RunD1987

Question is why are town's like New London, Meriden, Danbury, and New Britain better then Waterbury. I figure they have larger open space/park system; granted one of the park's in CT was designed by the same people who design Central Park. Actually if you look at the History of Waterbury it's neighborhoods were set up like NYC.

It has more to do with access to employment opportunities. Meriden and New Britain are accessible to Hartford. Meriden is also close to New Haven and has a sizable employment base there's and right next door in Wallingford and Middletown. Danbury is an outer satellite city of New York with easy access to Westcheter and its own businesses. New London is he center of southeastern Connecticut and has a number of employment opportunities at the casinos, the submarine base and Electric Boat. Plus the area has a significant tourist industry. Waterbury has little to offer other than it was once a great industrial city. Jay

[BPt111]

Waterbury sees a beginning, an end Republican American

[BPt111]

Major drug bust in Waterbury and it still going on city-wide sweep FBi, Agents on scene.

Police activity in Waterbury Republican American

http://www.wfsb.com/story/31865252/w...autostart=true

[AMSS]

Originally Posted by Sigequinox

I don't follow waterbury at all because it's a disgusting and useless place. Not even sure why I clicked on this thread, but to correct the math here, a 200k house in waterbury with a mill rate of 55.5 and 75% appraised value would be $8,300 year, not 5k....@ the 60.22 mill rate, tax on a cheap 200k home would be over 9 large. woah. roll in the tumble weeds if true. I mean, $750/mnth in taxes? That's almost the cost of 1br rent (in much nicer towns).

For someone who had to marry his way into a good job, you sure look down your nose at people who came from the same place you did.