Local jobs, employees and visitors frequenting local hotels/restaurants/businesses, prestige, access to medical care, less empty/barren space, encouragement for people in live in hartford

NHS area only issue is traffic on the main road, otherwise its a great option for property value increase or start a family, or both... put a ring camera on the house and try to find a property w a usable garage is what I would do, which i would i do in any town nowadays... now I gotta go look to see what's available and window shop.... good luck

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Probably threw it from the Amazon distributor parking lot.

I firmly believe that pizza is great wherever your personal tastebuds deem it is great. Everytime I try someone's pizza recommendation, Pepe's as an example, I never think "this is the best pizza for me." It was burnt to me. Could barely hold toppings.

No matter where I have tried pizza, I keep going back to an unfamous pizzeria from my highschool days. Park Lane Pizza in West Hartford. My tastebuds simply love their pizza.

Never ever ever ever make the drive. Train would be better, but yes moving to Stamford would be best

It's a hazy memory but I seem to remember the featured player was a quarterback. Could have been as early as 2003 I suppose.

Could have been as early as 2003, so if Tim Washington featured on a billboard around that time he's probably who I'm remembering.

Glorious Ancapistan!

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Bozrah never gets the respect it deserves. Could it be the aromatic and lingering scent of cow manure that perfumes our town? Regardless, Mains Country Store is 10/10.

And you want to know why your medical bills are so high?

Hypothetically what if they gave $5,000 to each employee and then charged $200/month for on-site parking versus free or nominal fee off site parking? I'm a health care worker. I worked my ass off through the pandemic and I work 12 hour shifts. I'd take that bargain in an instant.

If pricing and incentives were well calibrated and (extremely importantly) well communicated, I bet magically there would be plenty of on site parking for employees who want it, patients, and less congestion down Main and Washington. Adding more parking would actually worsen the horrible congestion on those roads at peak hours.

Putting a brick and a note in a plastic bag and tossing it on the lawn after being denied entrance at the gate isn’t exactly throwing a brick at ESPN HQ. The guy was diagnosed bipolar a while back. He needs mental health care more than he needs a charge. That may be the only way he gets it, IDK.

I agree that some of that money could definitely be reallocated, and that $47 mil for a parking garage is a little excessive. Definitely need to rebudget that.

However, I do not agree with your idea of aggressively pricing employee parking. Healthcare professionals work their assess off. They work long 12 hour shifts, making not nearly enough for what they’re actually worth most of the time. Many of those nurses, doctors, techs, they don’t want to screw around with public transportation after a physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting day. Your idea of aggressively pricing parking for a demographic that is already overworked and underpaid seems punitive and grossly unfair to people who do nothing but give of themselves and their skills.

Rather than such a financially punitive approach, how about offer positive incentives. Hospitals could give additional benefits or stipends for individuals who carpool or choose to use public transportation. I believe those things will be much more fruitful than cornering healthcare professionals into a decision that costs them more money they don’t have.

Lmao it’s all good. The car is 11 years old and I’m surprised it’s lasted after all the shit it’s gone through

So once again, why is that HH responsibility to fix what the legislature of Hartford can’t do? You already failed to answer that when I asked before on why it’s HH’s responsibility to grow fresh fruit for the towns populace among other things you mentioned.

Your laughable solution is only geared towards the employees. Wouldn’t do anything about visitors and patients who also need a massive amount of parking spots.

Not to mention how does charging employees to park out of an extra stipend solve the perceived problem you have of there’s too much parking? Nearly all employees will still continue to commute because lack of buses (especially for 2nd and 3rd shifters) or the convenience of having a car where you can do other errands after work, not waiting for a late bus, etc. You clearly haven’t thought any of this through other than being very passionate about it.

Edit: just read on another post you claim to have went to UConn med…come on man, based on your illogical responses you’ve given to everyone and lack of even the slightest common sense, that’s really hard to believe. Also that a doc would have no problem with making kids on crutches, coming in for various treatments, or temporarily disabled people having to walk half a mile to get to the hospital. Bringing a child to the hospital or even routine treatment is stressful enough; the last thing those parents need is to fight for a parking spot or walk a far distance on the street. That’s a big F You to patients.

There’s always parking in Hamden next to The Space off of treadwell street. If you put scholfield and vose into your maps it should get you to the parking lot. You could also park in the big area down below there’s always tons of parking.

Totally agree. I’d like to know what things are paid for by taxes in CT that are private expenses in Florida and Mississippi. Public schools in CT are better funded and most schools supplies are provided to students. Florida teachers (a number that keeps getting smaller) ask parents to supply all supplies, even paper towels, dry ease markers, tissues, even toilet paper. Many FL parents have to send their kids to private schools because the local public schools are so bad. The “Florida Tax” is the private expenses that a state with income taxes provides its residents.

> Oh yeah $650 a year in taxes for my 26 year old truck with all the rust holes in it from all the overused salt that destroys our water... $480 just to register it.. Just insane.

The roads cost what they cost. It doesn't matter what kind of rust bucket you're driving. Whether you're in a 40 y/o POS or in a brand new Model S Plaid, a pothole still costs the state the same to fix.

If it was a few years before that, it might have been Tim Washington. He played a year or 3 before DJ at Bristol central. Set all sorts of records.

Idk... I'll happily pay the premium to not be Florida or Mississippi.

Highest tax burden but with the least results...

and uconn fans shed not a single tear

I've been once and while the facility is nice the seats I had were trash. Basic bleacher seats that, if I knew better, would have required one of those "bring your own seat with a back to strap onto the bleacher" devices. I was uncomfortable for the entire game.