[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Come on now, I disagree. People here generally do not care about your race as long as you have money. Jay

Raider is 100% correct when he says racial and economics go together in Connecticut. Generally, the majority minority cities are poor while the majority Caucasian suburbs are wealthy. That’s all he’s saying, and he’s right.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Raider is 100% correct when he says racial and economics go together in Connecticut. Generally, the majority minority cities are poor while the majority Caucasian suburbs are wealthy. That’s all he’s saying, and he’s right.

Racial segregation is not the same as economic segregation. True that the more affluent towns are predominately White but that is not because of race, it is because of economics. According to the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Greenwich is 24 percent minorities. If there was racial segregation, that percentage would not be so high. Jay

[NewBritainCT_native89]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Why you even live in Orlando out of all places in FL

Because my fiancé is from there originally.

[NewBritainCT_native89]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Orlando is more expensive than Connecticut? Where are you looking at rentals that are cheaper here? Be very careful since most places here that are cheaper are not very safe. Jay

The ones I know are in New Britain and New Britain is not a dangerous place like Orlando. In Orlando, rent aren’t as cheap and when I’ve seen the cheapest they are in the worse areas in Orlando. The rent here is no different from Connecticut either, but yet it’s easier to find private owners in CT.

[NewBritainCT_native89]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Raider is 100% correct when he says racial and economics go together in Connecticut. Generally, the majority minority cities are poor while the majority Caucasian suburbs are wealthy. That’s all he’s saying, and he’s right.

Bloomfield is an affluent town with mostly African Americans.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by NewBritainCT_native89

Bloomfield is an affluent town with mostly African Americans.

Bloomfield is not affluent.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Racial segregation is not the same as economic segregation. True that the more affluent towns are predominately White but that is not because of race, it is because of economics. According to the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Greenwich is 24 percent minorities. If there was racial segregation, that percentage would not be so high. Jay

They are not the same thing, but they go hand in hand.

[Lincolnian]

I have lived in CT my whole life. I would personally be happy anywhere in New England that has access to an urban area/populated area. I truly appreciate Connecticut's climate, seasons and geography. I am not a big fan of the paralyzingly politics and the growing gap in income levels. It is not healthy to have such a large number of people living in poverty mostly in the cities with others with considerable wealth living outside the cities and uninterested in the problems the cities are facing.

Without viable cities and greater economic diversity Connecticut's growth and attractiveness is limited. We will not attract or retain the young without vibrant cities. In addition, we will continue to lose retirees unless a new economic structure is put in place to reduce growing property and income taxes whose growth rates are moving in the opposite direction of real household income.

[NewBritainCT_native89]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Bloomfield is not affluent.

Well it definitely not a poor town either.

[SeaDoo342]

Originally Posted by NewBritainCT_native89

Well it definitely not a poor town either.

Bloomfields a working class town... lower middle class.. seems to have more poor than rich.