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[QUOTE="XLCenterFan, post: 2724447, member: 8712"]
Fair points Who Ha.  I agree with your post above.  My wife and I went downtown on a warm weekday last week for mid-day sandwiches  at Blue State Coffee, and we ate outside.  The mix of people walking around was 50/50 of people who seemed to be working, and people who seemed to be looking for work.  Besides places to live, and getting people to move there, we need jobs, jobs, jobs, for city residents-which is tough when many of the residents don't have the skills necessary to fill many jobs.  There also needs to be a grocery store, but I always have the chicken and egg debate about both.  Will a grocery store move in if people move there first, or will more people move in if there is a grocery store?  Should we incentivize job-skills programs before the jobs come, to attract employers?  Or, should we attract employers, and then help/incentivize residents to attain the skills?  These are the great urban debates being had nowadays and must be figured out, especially in a city like Hartford, which it seems many (at least I am) are rooting for, and would love to see flourish again.  Cheers dude!
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