Aetna - still here different name. UTC, basically still here different name (and Otis headquartered here). GE is selling off the parts…the finance remnants are still here…Corporate is gone but Corporate is soon to be gone from the Earth.
Its been a fairly constant bleed out. The advantage that CT enjoyed was as a tax haven between NY and MA which attracted capital and corporate HQs bringing high net worth people to the State until voracious tax and spending policies destroyed that.
What you can ding Connecticut on is development around UConn. There is no reason why the area around UConn is not booming with development and businesses that are an offshoot from UConn. Storrs and surrounding area should be an economic growth engine for CT.
The State completely blew it. That’s why UConn doesn’t have a computer science program in the top 100. They bet in all the wrong places… fuel cells, nano materials, legacy pharma. There at least a dozen structural policy defects that have left the State behind the curve.
I wouldn’t walk on that ground if you paid me. God knows what’s buried there going back to the 1920’s. There was an airfield and anti aircraft battery on that land going back to before WW2.Three hundred acres including runways to be marketed for warehouse developments. Should have some negative impact on stadium parking.
Raytheon Technologies markets 300-acre site near Pratt & Whitney for future warehouse in East Hartford
East Hartford and jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney are taking a new look at how to develop 300 acres, with a future warehouse among the early candidates that can occupy one of the few remaining…www.courant.com
And the estate taxes are higher, gas taxes are higher, and there is more onerous business regulation. However, our schools are better, our medical care is generally better, and there are 4 seasons if you like that. It’s a great place to live if you can afford it.
How so?
Got it, and agree. I really hope Connecticut representatives and senators have pushed for Hartford to get a big chunk of cash from the infrastructure bill. A theme of that bill was correct thing racial inequities in infrastructure. A classic example of that is the way interstate projects have split the cities, often into “have“ and “have not” sections. I-84 really did a number on the city of Hartford. It would be entirely consistent with the professed goals of the bill to have the federal government foot the bill for a “big dig“ in Hartford which would reunite the sections of the city that were split by I-84. If done thoughtfully, it could be an economic boon to the city.
Agree that getting -1-84/1-91 underground to recapture the city would be hugely beneficial by reconnecting the river properly with the city, eliminating the highway divide between downtown and its north and west areas. Massive savings in time and reduction in pollution would be building a bypass from Bridgeport to lower Long Island and then to Jersey to bypass NYC bottlenecks. If they can do it between England and France, we can do it here. I'd pay $25 way to circumvent NYC with a more direct bypass route.. Then build out the Ports in Bridgeport to become a major distribution hub.
Yeah, that Bridgeport to Long Island to New Jersey tunnel just seems logistically pretty challenging. If you want to bypass NYC, why not just take the Tappan Zee and then 287?
Why would you take the Tappan Zee if you were going to Long Island? That makes zero sense. But if you’re talking about a bypass that goes from Bridgeport to Long Island then to New Jersey, taking the Tappan Zee is far more sensible
By definition, any highway that passes through an urban center will "split" a city. The placement of those highways were a matter of public debate concerning a multitude of issues. To assert that I-84 was built where it is on racial grounds is an allegation that requires proof. My recollection is that highway construction in the area was more a product of economics with little forethought given to future trends. Who in their right mind would recommend putting I-91 along the river thereby cutting off the downtown from one of its most valuable areas for commercial development. Imagine all the restaurants and entertainment venues that got squashed by lousy planning. The question is whether spending billions now to reroute major highways rather than expanding them would be the best use of the available funds.
Don't believe he said that the division was purposeful with regard to race; more like it was an unintended consequence. Intended consequences would be Robert Moses' bridges on the Long Island Expressway...
The Robert Moses story is actually made up and not true fyi. Parkways have low bridges everywhere
A bit more complicated than that: Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
That article is also incorrect. They spoke with the guy who designed the bridges, Arnold Vollmer and he said the story is BS. In addition, you can still get to Jones Beach, the place the story is suppose to be about, by Bus and Train, as you always could. Pretty much everyone involved in spreading that information a few months back has retracted their story.
I didn’t say that 84 was built “on racial grounds“. What I did say is that it’s impact is greater on minorities (due to the racial composition of Hartford vs the burbs).