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re: Why people are leaving the Northeast in droves
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:47 pm to AbitaFan08
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:47 pm to AbitaFan08
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And outside of the super rich areas of Connecticut right next to New York, it's a shite hole
Ouch bro. My parents are from between Hartford and New Haven. Not too bad, though besides the architecture not much different than most middle of the road places. At least I get to crush good pizza.
Their hometown had two high schools I watched them play on Thanksgiving. I wasn't worth a shite in HS and would have loved to play up there
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Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:48 pm to Eli Goldfinger
All the reasons of the weather, taxes, real estate costs that have been mentioned sure are the top 3 reasons.
But others are
1. job opportunities (along with the increase in population is an increase in jobs)
2. services, such as grocery chains, etc. Fading are the lousy Piggly Wiggly and Sack N Save grocery stores. Now we have choices like Publix, etc.
3. and really no. 1 is , gosh dammit, college football.
But others are
1. job opportunities (along with the increase in population is an increase in jobs)
2. services, such as grocery chains, etc. Fading are the lousy Piggly Wiggly and Sack N Save grocery stores. Now we have choices like Publix, etc.
3. and really no. 1 is , gosh dammit, college football.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:51 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I can't comment on Hartford, but having been to New Haven, I was shocked that such a prestigious university could be surrounded by, well, new haven.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:53 pm to AbitaFan08
Oh they are both shitty.
Ya, you'd think Yale would do something about that. I believe Columbia bought up the neighborhood around it when that started affecting their recruitment.
Ya, you'd think Yale would do something about that. I believe Columbia bought up the neighborhood around it when that started affecting their recruitment.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:53 pm to AbitaFan08
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I can't comment on Hartford, but having been to New Haven, I was shocked that such a prestigious university could be surrounded by, well, new haven
I used to be in consulting and had the misfortune of having to spend a month in New Haven and 2 in Vineland, NJ. Definitely shitholes.
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:55 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Going to Fairfield next month for a wedding. I hear that's a pretty nice area of CT.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:59 pm to Paul Allen
A guy I work with was a NYC cop for 20 years. Moved to SC on the NC border (works in Charlotte) with a nice pension (i'm guessing 80k-ish minimum) in his early 40's. He got a job here and lives like a king compared to his NYC lifestyle.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 10:44 pm to AbitaFan08
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Dude I went to undergrad and law school for free at LSU. I regret nothing. But if Harvard or Yale had wanted me? You're damn right I would have gone.
I wouldn't have. I subscribe to the belief that the best MD is the cheapest one.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 10:57 pm to Blob Fish
I think law and medicine are different in that case. A top school law degree is more akin to a top residency/speciality. So Harvard law is like an ortho residency at HSS, not like an MD from Harvard.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 10:59 pm to Paul Allen
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Since 2010, more than 1 million people have moved from the New York area — which includes parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island — to FLORIDA
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Posted on 7/26/17 at 10:59 pm to Ric Flair
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I think law and medicine are different in that case. A top school law degree is more akin to a top residency/speciality. So Harvard law is like an ortho residency at HSS, not like an MD from Harvard.
True that. Bottlenecks are at different ends.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:32 am to Paul Allen
Doesn't like 30% of the USA population live within a 5 hour drive of D.C.? It makes sense the population has to spread from there.
For all the crap southern states give northerners for their wanting to be educated ways and voting tendencies. The four states getting the most federal aid dollars are all states where the residents are anti any sort of welfare (govt, individual, corporate, social, etc). All the people with their hands out bitch about the people feeding them. Most of the nations wealth is made in these states people here hate. It's ny, conn, mass, nj, pa, pumping all the money into the economy that poor southern states suck at the tit.
For all the crap southern states give northerners for their wanting to be educated ways and voting tendencies. The four states getting the most federal aid dollars are all states where the residents are anti any sort of welfare (govt, individual, corporate, social, etc). All the people with their hands out bitch about the people feeding them. Most of the nations wealth is made in these states people here hate. It's ny, conn, mass, nj, pa, pumping all the money into the economy that poor southern states suck at the tit.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:46 am to Paul Allen
Because of the people who moved there in droves in the 1920s from the South?
Posted on 7/27/17 at 2:01 am to Koach K
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Yankees in Tara. Ugh.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 2:12 am to AbitaFan08
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I can't comment on Hartford, but having been to New Haven, I was shocked that such a prestigious university could be surrounded by, well, new haven.
Never been to South Bend? Or Durham? Or South Central LA? Or the area around Hyde Park in Chicago? Or Spruce Hill in Philadelphia? Everything outside of the Hopkins campus in Baltimore?
There are a lot of top tier American universities located in some really, truly rough areas as weird as it is.
For the OP, weather is a factor, but it's not the most important thing. High taxes (especially state income, sales, and estate taxes), local governments that are run horribly and are openly corrupt because of their machines in a way that's not really as open as the rest of the country, retirees moving south, cost of living, state governments that cater almost exclusively to the major metropolises, and so forth all contribute.
This post was edited on 7/27/17 at 2:17 am
Posted on 7/27/17 at 2:31 am to AbitaFan08
MIT hasn't changed much over the years. It's the nerdy school it's always been.
Harvards changed a lot though, to the point that the older families aren't sending their kids there anymore. The campus politics are strange and the efforts to shutdown the men's clubs really angered the older donor base.
The undergraduate experience has also suffered. Classes have gotten too big, and the TA to professor ratio is way out of wack. And Harvard spends too much time on social agenda issues.
Its not just Harvard though, even Dartmouth has been overrun.
I used to think Brown was just a weird university down in Rhode Island, but I guess it's the model for the future.
Harvards changed a lot though, to the point that the older families aren't sending their kids there anymore. The campus politics are strange and the efforts to shutdown the men's clubs really angered the older donor base.
The undergraduate experience has also suffered. Classes have gotten too big, and the TA to professor ratio is way out of wack. And Harvard spends too much time on social agenda issues.
Its not just Harvard though, even Dartmouth has been overrun.
I used to think Brown was just a weird university down in Rhode Island, but I guess it's the model for the future.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 2:38 am to Paul Allen
Boca Vista Baby
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:44 am to Paul Allen
YANKEES
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:55 am to Paul Allen
In this thread, people in Louisiana and Mississippi get to pretend that their states don't perennially rank at the bottom for almost every measurable quality of life statistic.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 5:06 am to Mo Jeaux
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In this thread, people in Louisiana and Mississippi get to pretend that their states don't perennially rank at the bottom for almost every measurable quality of life statistic.
Is their net migration inbound or outbound?
All the other comparative numbers are bullshite.
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