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CTNotPC t1_je21ncj wrote

Reply to comment by FBU2004 in CT among the states with the highest tax burden by Kingdavid100

I want as well but come on. Raise ur hand if u can afford a house in a low crime area, standard property taxes?

Edit: i think we are in a state of denial. Taxes make it almost impossible to own. Add insurance, government red tape for small business. CT needs to change

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mynameisnotshamus t1_je1y7j3 wrote

Reply to comment by ctmirror in Connecticut's Elder Care Reckoning by ctmirror

Calling it a crisis is a bit extreme. It’s definitely a big problem in places like China, but we’ll be OK. Adjustments definitely will need to be made in elderly care though.

The US population is not growing. The elderly demographic is therefore increasing. This tends to happen when there are major health or negative economic events. It’s predicted in about 10 years that the 65+ population will out number the under 18 population. With better health care, people are living longer. That doesn’t mean they are able to take care of themselves though.

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Miles_vel_Day t1_je1y6ya wrote

Reply to comment by bomgd3 in Connecticut Children's wants to spend $47 million on a parking garage in a city awash with parking by bomgd3

I agree with you that the city needs to vastly improve its transit network, and people from the immediate area getting to the hospital without using their cars would be great. But $47 million wouldn't really get you that much in terms of building out your transit, unfortunately. The first stage of the Fastrak line alone cost $600 million...

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Miles_vel_Day t1_je1x4rt wrote

Reply to Connecticut Children's wants to spend $47 million on a parking garage in a city awash with parking by bomgd3

I do construction estimates professionally, so I theoretically know where all the money is going, but god damn, I can still not believe what it costs to build stuff. And the inflation is nuts, a structure like that probably would've cost less than a quarter as much 20 years ago.

I kind of have a philosophy re: public works projects that, hey, the money isn't getting flushed down the toilet, it's all going to workers getting paid the prevailing wage, engineers, contractors; all that money is getting spent in the economy, it all works as economic stimulus so ultimately, whether that stimulus is $10 million or $47 million, you still have a parking garage at the end.

But still $47 million, ugh, why. It's a pile of concrete.

The city's goal for the surface lots is to put real development on them, at which point it will need more parking structures than it has now. Whether this is putting the court before the horse, eh, I dunno, but other commenters do say they've had difficulty parking in the area.

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