Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

thawkth t1_j7njgyy wrote

Reply to comment by darthgizm0 in Using own modem for Earthlink fiber by darthgizm0

Wait, are Gonetspeed or Frontier available?

I've used fiber from both and neither charged me for a modem. ~$60 a month for gigabit service.

AFAIK Earthlink just resells other services and based on my professional experience (IT Director for a midsize business with multiple locations) avoid them if you can.

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MoonFishLanding t1_j7ndhp3 wrote

Reply to My mom grew up in Middletown in the 1960's and I've always been curious about the bowling alley by squirrell1974

The name of it was "Middletown Lanes" and it was located at 890 Washington St. It closed in 1994. It was a normal bowling alley but it was "sunken" (underground/basement) as in you had to go down a couple flights of stairs to go down into it. It was smoky, dingy, and no natural sunlight...it was a bowling alley. As far as it being scary, I guess that's open to interpretation. Where in CT was your mother from? There are lots of smaller towns surrounding Middletown that didn't have the "city" way of life, especially in the 1960's. Maybe that contributed to her experience? Like any city there were most definitely some questionable people, but that occurs anywhere. "Scariest place" though? I don't think so.

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1994-08-11-9408110521-story.html

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squirrell1974 OP t1_j7mtshy wrote

Reply to comment by tookerken in My mom grew up in Middletown in the 1960's and I've always been curious about the bowling alley by squirrell1974

I doubt my mom would talk about it. She seriously never talks about her childhood at all. Any time I've ever brought up anything from the past, even something from my own life, she says she doesn't know what I'm talking about. She does it even if there were tons of people there who also remember (like if something happened at a wedding or Christmas), or there's solid proof, like pictures or something.

I love the suggestion u/essaitchthrowaway3 made, though, to talk to my other family members. I have really good relationships with my aunts and uncles. And now that I've started down this path, I think it would be pretty interesting to see if anyone has stories to tell.

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essaitchthrowaway3 t1_j7lz60t wrote

Reply to My mom grew up in Middletown in the 1960's and I've always been curious about the bowling alley by squirrell1974

Honestly I think the only answer to this would come from your mom (or if you have uncles or cousins that were around back then).

The reality is that a lot of places have been given the old "disney paint job" since the 80s. For instance, in the 70s NYC was BAD. Like really bad. You might not get killed, but lesser crimes were rampant. Then people in power across the country realized that more profits could be made, things became more sanitized and more family friendly to attract more people. That was kind of a big movement in the 80s and 90s. Now this incident redates your mom's incident, but it could possibly be related.

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I think you need to find an opportunity and ask her about it. Then report back to Reddit and let us know what she said because I know I can't be the only one curious about this.

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