Only way to build better infrastructure is to generate higher property taxes.

catch-22

They are and have always been conservative. This is just the natural conclusion that that ideology brings. Running headfirst into fascism.

So I live in central CT so maybe it’s different along the shore, but WHO is out here paying $2000+ for a 500 sq ft 1br? Genuinely asking. Do these actually get rented or do they sit empty?

Where should people live that's acceptable?

In unit washer dryer

I mean you're the one in here asking if you should stop every 10 feet for 5 miles while you wait for a UPS truck to turn onto a different road.

Another guy I know recommended them as well, a different guy said Gary's in Ellington. Haven't had a chance to try Donut dip yet.

Another 100 of these and we'll be on our way to being a state where renters don't have to shovel half their income to their landlords...

Yes, there are only 37 "affordable units," according to whatever stupid regulation that gets them their tax break for shoe-horning them in, but every unit of housing that gets built ultimately works toward making housing more affordable for everybody. (My wife and I make six times the poverty level and would still appreciate cheaper housing!)

It's in a great walkable area, accessible to transit... really you couldn't ask for a better new development than this - at least under the current status quo of all development being undertaken by private enterprise.

Meh. What could go wrong?

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If there’s a place in Enfield that has better ones I’m not aware of it. Donut Dip in west Springfield is the clear favorite.

Saw some shit like this everyday at Obi in Poland.

It was like being in the land of “there I fixed it”.

Holy shit! This guy thinks differently than me, everyone gets him!

Really though, what's your favorite donut place? It's interesting how even in a small area people have different opinions about what's best.

Again, it’s a doughnut. You’ll enjoy it in the moment but you won’t eat one and think back on it years later.
I haven’t tried but plan on it soon- Brooklyn Bakery in Waterbury- often called best in CT

Fairfield County: Rise in Wilton - warm out of the oven, unique flavors and really good. Stupidly expensive - I think around $4 per doughnut.

Coffee An in Westport (right off the Merritt and not snooty Westporty. It’s a small diner type place that also has doughnuts - Very good, more traditional. Cash only though.

Uncle Leo’s Norwalk and Georgetown (corner of Redding, Ridgefield, Wilton) - better than average, made fresh daily.

Speedy Doughnuts, Norwalk. Local doughnut shop - very good but not quite up to Neil’s.

Fairfield County does not need more “luxury” anything. I’d like some halfway decent middle class rentals, please.

Same with garbage trucks! I was stuck in a line cause this person didnt want to pass the garbage truck. Finally the car in front of me said fuck this and passed the other driver and garbage truck and everyone did the same thing and pass both vehicles, including a school bus behind me.

That's a lot of what the article is about, the one in Canton closing.

I’d love to just park this in my front lawn and decorate it for every holiday

Oh wow

They just announced they’re closing

Honestly didn’t think that much of them

Any better donuts in CT you’d recommend? I’d always heard Neil’s is the best

Good luck! The worst that happens is maybe you’ll need to go again.

They’re good, but nothing amazing. They’re just doughnuts. Enjoy the adventure though.

Donuts are too good to let that bother you.

I'm fine with development in that area of town because we need more overall housing in Norwalk, but it needs to be affordable. 37 affordable units is a joke.

Also, the developer's spokesperson has no idea where they're even building:

"John McCullough, President of Toll Brothers Apartment Living, said, “As our second project to break ground in the economically dynamic southeastern Connecticut corridor, following Julius, our 356-unit community in Stamford, we are excited to add Piper to our growing portfolio of luxury rental communities across the northeast."

As a lifelong resident of Norwalk, I was shocked to learn we are actually located in Southeastern Connecticut!