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engagementisdumb t1_jb71jer wrote

Reply to comment by activehobbies in Does CT need 169 municipalities? Some say merging makes sense by NicoleMcIsaac

Our local governance can't solve affordable housing.

Potable water isn't much different, the calculation is still based on a profit motive. In general most areas of CT are too wealthy to lose potable water, nothing to do with governance really.

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johnsonutah t1_jb7q62z wrote

We don’t have affordable housing because the state government can’t afford to remediate the shit ton of old industrial buildings littering Bridgeport, New Haven etc, which is (part of) what’s needed to entice actual development and new housing in our cities.

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engagementisdumb t1_jb7r7lx wrote

When I was buying a house 8 years ago, I could have bought a block in Bridgeport for the average price of a detached home in my area. The problem has not been and will never be "cheap land".

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johnsonutah t1_jbb9hrb wrote

Correct - one of the problems in CT’s cities are that you can’t use the land because abandoned, contaminated buildings are sitting on top of them.

Bridgeport is still cheap.

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