[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Killingly isn't anywhere near I-84/Union. It's on the RI line and has I-395 running through it. It would be more than 30 minutes on secondary roads to get to I-84 at the Massachusetts line. Roughly the same drive time as due north up I-395 to Worcester.


Drive through the Dayville part of Killingly on 101 from the Pomfret line to the shopping center at I-395. The collapsed brick mill building. The decayed former factory worker housing. Most of the town is more prosperous than that but there aren't many non-urban places in Connecticut like that. It's more common in Northern New England and pockets of Western Massachusetts.

Thanks. I don't think I've ever been to that part of Connecticut. I've been to the part of the state next to Rhode Island further south, down by the coast, but not that far north.

That does sound a bit like some places I've seen in Vermont.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by dazzleman

That does sound a bit like some places I've seen in Vermont.

Except that in Killingly, it's not the whole town. It just has some pockets of it. You can pretty easily commute to a good Providence or Worcester job from there. There are a lot of Vermont towns where the sole employer shut down and there aren't many jobs within 45 minutes.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Except that in Killingly, it's not the whole town. It just has some pockets of it. You can pretty easily commute to a good Providence or Worcester job from there. There are a lot of Vermont towns where the sole employer shut down and there aren't many jobs within 45 minutes.

I would not call the commute to Providence good. It’s 25 miles but much of that is on a congested two lane local roadway (Route 6). Without traffic it takes about 40 minutes. With traffic it approaches an hour. New London and Groton are about 40 miles to the south. You can get there faster since it is virtually all expressway driving.

CERC indicates that the majority of Killingly residents, about 22%, work right in Killingly itself. Other towns where Killingly residents work include (in order of magnitude) Putnam, Plainfield, Brooklyn, Norwich, Hartford and Windham. Neither Worcester or Providence are listed so there are very few, if any, Killingly residents commuting there. Jay

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/c...ingly-2019.pdf

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Except that in Killingly, it's not the whole town. It just has some pockets of it. You can pretty easily commute to a good Providence or Worcester job from there. There are a lot of Vermont towns where the sole employer shut down and there aren't many jobs within 45 minutes.

Understood. Thanks for sharing your knowledge man.

[ProudFairfielder]

Originally Posted by JayCT

I would not call the commute to Providence good. It’s 25 miles but much of that is on a congested two lane local roadway (Route 6). Without traffic it takes about 40 minutes. With traffic it approaches an hour. New London and Groton are about 40 miles to the south. You can get there faster since it is virtually all expressway driving.

CERC indicates that the majority of Killingly residents, about 22%, work right in Killingly itself. Other towns where Killingly residents work include (in order of magnitude) Putnam, Plainfield, Brooklyn, Norwich, Hartford and Windham. Neither Worcester or Providence are listed so there are very few, if any, Killingly residents commuting there. Jay

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/c...ingly-2019.pdf

According the Census Bearau (as of 2017, the most recent year with data[they expunge data from very recent years]) 24.9% of all jobs held by Killingly residents are in town.

2.6% are in Norwich, 2.3% are in Worcester, and 2.1% are in Hartford (numbers 5, 7, and 8 respectively on the list). Groton is #11 with 1.7%, Providence is #14 with 1.2%. New London is #23 with .5%.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by JayCT

I would not call the commute to Providence good. It’s 25 miles but much of that is on a congested two lane local roadway (Route 6). Without traffic it takes about 40 minutes. With traffic it approaches an hour. New London and Groton are about 40 miles to the south. You can get there faster since it is virtually all expressway driving.

CERC indicates that the majority of Killingly residents, about 22%, work right in Killingly itself. Other towns where Killingly residents work include (in order of magnitude) Putnam, Plainfield, Brooklyn, Norwich, Hartford and Windham. Neither Worcester or Providence are listed so there are very few, if any, Killingly residents commuting there. Jay

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/c...ingly-2019.pdf

My point is that you can live in Killingly and find a job. I was contrasting that to the failed Northern New England towns where a 30 minute commute won’t get you to many jobs. The roads between 395 and 295 all move pretty well. You don’t have to drive all the way to Providence to find work. There are a lot of jobs on 295.

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

My point is that you can live in Killingly and find a job. I was contrasting that to the failed Northern New England towns where a 30 minute commute won’t get you to many jobs. The roads between 395 and 295 all move pretty well. You don’t have to drive all the way to Providence to find work. There are a lot of jobs on 295.

What types of companies are in that area?

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by dazzleman

What types of companies are in that area?

Nothing much local but quite a bit within 30 minutes. Citizens Bank HQ in Johnston RI on 295. UMass Medical in Worcester is a big employer. It’s the big central Massachusetts hospital plus the medical school with a bit of Big Pharma across the street. It’s not like a lot of Northern New England towns where the mill closed and there are no jobs within a half hour to 45 minutes commute. Casino jobs are commutable. Groton is within range. Hartford wouldn’t kill you if the job was east of the river. I’m not trying to plug Killingly but if you had roots there and didn’t want to move, it’s not hopeless.

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Nothing much local but quite a bit within 30 minutes. Citizens Bank HQ in Johnston RI on 295. UMass Medical in Worcester is a big employer. It’s the big central Massachusetts hospital plus the medical school with a bit of Big Pharma across the street. It’s not like a lot of Northern New England towns where the mill closed and there are no jobs within a half hour to 45 minutes commute. Casino jobs are commutable. Groton is within range. Hartford wouldn’t kill you if the job was east of the river. I’m not trying to plug Killingly but if you had roots there and didn’t want to move, it’s not hopeless.

What is the typical price for a nice home there? How are the amenities in town or nearby (shopping restaurants,, etc)?

[WouldLoveTo]

There's a strip on Rt 6 right over the line in Brooklyn that would have just about everything you need (Walmart, pet store, drug store, pizza places, Dunkin, ice cream, a little place whose name I can't remember, that has a ton of fresh organic food. There's a Big Y in Danielson right off Rt 6. And if you're into plants, Logee's is worth the drive no matter where you're from.