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psyco-the-rapist t1_jcrlbzo wrote

Reply to comment by octo2195 in This seems really unsafe. by Spadmo

As somebody who has had about three quarters of this size load on his van with three racks I tend to agree with you. It's those side windows( passenger van)that have me thinking. Do they make the body weaker or stronger?

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johnsonutah t1_jcrjul5 wrote

People already prefer the burbs over New Haven. You can’t even send your kids to school in New Haven, the education system there is so bad.

New Haven could explode with growth and prosperity but it can’t ever get out of its own way (local alderman politics), nor does the state sufficiently rally around it. I mean look at New Haven union station and the area around it - what should be a bustling economic center, linked by transit to one of the most prosperous metropolises in the world (nyc), yet it’s a joke.

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WhittlingDan t1_jcrhy9w wrote

I've actually heard that meth is finally hitting New England and the the dealers in the cities are really pushing it. Its basically a whole new drug with a whole, new, market. I don't know how true it is but it surprises me that we haven't really seen it up here yet especially since the cartels started producing so much of it. Im a recovering alcoholic and been go rehab a couple times, they were big places and out of roughly 300 people only one person was there for meth.

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joeaguy t1_jcrfjv0 wrote

High speed rail with a few stops in big population centers only works if you can reach it. If the choice is gentrification and huge parking lots, then it is missing out on serving a lot of people. CT needs a better last mile. We have so many old rail lines that would make great light rail or rapid bus corridors to even out density without causing sprawl.

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