Hartford, Connecticut SperlingViews
"Example of urban blight, flight and destructive po"
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Example of urban blight, flight and destructive po - 12/31/2006 |
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| We lived in Hartford for 24 years and happily no longer reside there. Schools have become very ghettoized with standards as low as possible to include as many as possible. Public transit keeps being cut back with service very difficult to use and transit drivers very customer aversive. Evenings, holidays and weekends cannot be considered culturally enriched unless one drives to the outlying suburbs. Grocery stores have closed in many Hartford neighborhoods and getting groceries means either a long slog on public transport or use of a car to go outside.
There are certainly pockets of prosperity. However, the northern half of CT is run differently than the southern half. CT boasts three of the most empoverished cities in the U.S.: Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven. Because of the dirty work of a previous Republican governor and his dastardly appointees, the state has been eviscerated of much that used to recommend it and will probably not recover in a generation.
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| Hartford: city with nothing in it - 12/27/2007
I got transferred to Hartford thinking it was a small-moderately sized city. This city is dead. There is very little nightlife. People have, for the most part, flocked to the suburbs. There is one[read more...]
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| Hartford: city with nothing in it - 12/27/2007
I got transferred to Hartford thinking it was a small-moderately sized city. This city is dead. There is very little nightlife. People have, for the most part, flocked to the suburbs. There is one[read more...]
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| It's okay - 7/25/2007
Hartford doesn't have much to offer, but there is a lot of culture and recreation. It's a small city, but you can find nice neighbors outside the city. There's always something to do, but not all[read more...]
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| Best local theater for its size - 6/30/2007
I really enjoy being able to easliy and regularly attend superb theater in downtown Hartford. [read more...]
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| The Great Escape - 6/4/2007
Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson would have escaped this city in about 30 seconds if filming was on location here for one of the all time great American films. When you arrive in Hartford look[read more...]
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| Example of urban blight, flight and destructive po - 12/31/2006
We lived in Hartford for 24 years and happily no longer reside there. Schools have become very ghettoized with standards as low as possible to include as many as possible. Public transit keeps[read more...]
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| Is Hartford still even considered a city? - 10/12/2006
Worst place in the United States. Should not be called a city. Moved after 8 months. Patheticut is very boring. There is tumble weed blowing through the streets on Saturday nights.[read more...]
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| The worst city I have ever lived in. - 8/24/2006
Hartford is not a good city to raise children, the school system is poor, too much violence, neighborhoods are not diversed very segregated so are the schools. The nightlife sucks, downtowm is dead.[read more...]
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| Southington, CT - 6/25/2006
I live in Southington. It's a wonderful, safe, friendly residential[read more...]
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| Hartford CT - 4/19/2006
not a bad place to start off. small city, lots of culture and nightlife, great restaurants, many bad areas though. good for young people just out of college...very[read more...]
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