Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

hydrationdome t1_jab9xxe wrote

Reply to Decriminalizing Psilocybin by Agile_Grizzly

The research involving Psilocybin and depression/PTSD is pretty positive and extensive at this point, I hope it is decriminalized. There are plenty of pretty much harmless hippie types serving MAJOR time in prison for growing mushrooms who should be released or at the very least have their sentences reduced. I'm not saying anyone who's ever sold mushrooms is an angel or anything but it's not exactly dealing fent. Also I don't really like being told what I can put in my own brain but that's just me.

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hydrationdome t1_jab98e4 wrote

Reply to Suggestions for a birthday activity for a group of 33 year olds around Danbury? by psychoactivity

Take a bunch of LSD and sneak inside of the old abandoned Discovery Zone and have the person celebrating their birthday play Russian Roulette while everyone sings Happy Birthday. Be warned the abandoned DZ only appears during certain phases of the moon so check your lunar calendar. Besides that I don't know. Come up with something yourself. Go to a restaurant and get drunk? It's fucking Danbury what do you want?

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RAMPANT6 t1_jab909g wrote

Reply to Me and my partner from England wanting to visit Connecticut by woodyrg14

Oi. Oi. OI! It’s me . Imma lay it out. Ya can’t go wrong. Ct is 70 x 100. Ya can go corner to corner twice in 6 hrs. Rent a car. Find your own place. Of course go to NH, Wooster st for pizza. Then get outa town. Go north, get off the coast. Ya wanna see the New England coast? Get outa CT. Vermont has a longer border on lake Champlain than CT has on the sound. Follow the Rivers out of the sound. At 750/sq mile, we’re a densely populated part of the Northeast Megalopolis. Your from England? Go see Scotland it’s by Brooklyn in the SE . Try Bristol or Avon in North Central. Then head to the land time forgot. Cornwall? Kent? Salisbury? Norfolk( ICBX!) ? Good Luck on yr journey.

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Glittering_Pink_902 t1_jab8ag3 wrote

Reply to Me and my partner from England wanting to visit Connecticut by woodyrg14

I love Connecticut, I’m born and raised, went to college here, still live and work here, but CT truly isn’t an easy place to navigate unless you have a car. And being perfectly honest, if you don’t know exactly where you’re going you could end up in a sketchier area. My boyfriend and I are always doing weekend trips around New England, so I’d recommend: -Newport, RI, which has tourists in the summer but late spring early fall is more of a college town.

  • Westerly, RI- My family, and a lot of my friends families rent cottages in Misquamicut (section of westerly) in the summer, it’s a cute beach town right on the ocean with a few bars (not amazing nightlife, but I wouldn’t really say New England is a nightlife region) and some great restaurants. Watching the sunset in Watch Hill is a must every summer.
  • Boston, MA- Yea there’s tourists, but there’s a lot of history, and it’s pretty cool to see, plus there is a nightlife, professional sports teams, etc
  • Plymouth, MA- regional tourists, but I’ve always been able to find a decent Airbnb downtown, great shopping, good restaurants, and there are a few bars open for nightlife, in the summer things are open later
  • Burlington, VT- has some nightlife, can be a really interesting place to visit with interesting people and tons of restaurants, honestly not crazy full of tourists in my experience
  • Kennebunkport, ME- regional tourists in the summer, but it’s beautiful with great restaurants If you still really want to do CT, then I’d suggest Mystic. There isn’t much nightlife, but there’s a brewery and a few bars, some cute cafes and restaurants, and shopping. I’d suggest staying downtown, as that’s essentially where everything is. Finally, Uber isn’t the easiest option in Connecticut. My town, which is a large town/small city is nearly impossible to get an Uber in, so unless you truly stay in Hartford or New Haven Uber wouldn’t be a viable option at all.
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ChiliRainbow83 t1_jab8308 wrote

Reply to Me and my partner from England wanting to visit Connecticut by woodyrg14

We’ll be glad to have you. I think New Haven would be the best for night life. If it hasn’t been said, Mystic has amazing history and really authentic, kind-of-weird locals. It’s definitely a good place to bar hop and eat, plus it’s walkable. Mystic Pizza may or may not be a thing to do. Also, I believe our public buses are free to ride right now. You can see if that helps you at all, they probably have a ct transit website. There’s a ct things to do website as well. NYC grand central station is a 90 ish minute train ride from New Haven iirc. Toad’s Place for music. Long Wharf is a part of New Haven where they have a bunch of food trucks most days, and you can see Long Island sound.

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gerbilsbite t1_jab7rnw wrote

Reply to Me and my partner from England wanting to visit Connecticut by woodyrg14

If this is where you want to come, that’s great, and we’d be happy to have you! From what you’ve described I’d say you’re going to want New Haven or Bridgeport, depending on what’s going on in town. I think a long weekend is about as much time as you’d need for a great trip.

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SirKnightRyan t1_jab74ps wrote

Reply to Electric Boat looking to hire 5,700 as it expands faster than it has in decades by Familiar-Treacle-995

“Entry level trades opportunities ”

$19.48-23.27 … good luck with that

These are entry level jobs but require training. The pay scale still the same for semi-skilled welders and machinists. Maybe 1st year no exp this is fair pay but a trained machinist or welder should be making more than this.

Their “skilled” machinists and welders pay scale is 25-35, which again is on the low side.

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