Submitted by NicoleMcIsaac t3_10p93r6 in Connecticut
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Blicero1 t1_j6jo5kg wrote
Getting worse every year, too. It used to be just a crazy, unorganized clusterfuck of a state. Now they're actively tearing it down.
[deleted] t1_j6k694f wrote
How so?
GeoffreySpaulding t1_j6lex7r wrote
Gestures broadly at Florida.
The_Hand_That_Feeds t1_j6nbbj8 wrote
You see that clown DeSantis? That's how so.
Blicero1 t1_j6p1998 wrote
Their latest seems to be actively gutting their educational system and banning books, so...
Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j6ktoqo wrote
We moved to Florida back in 2015 but just moved back this January. It's not all bad there but I definitely see why snowbirds exist. Living there year-round is not great and it's become horribly overcrowded with some of the worst people.
Resident_Ant_6794 t1_j6nm8fk wrote
The weather and population aren’t the main issue. It’s mostly the politics. If Florida was more like California I would move there in a heartbeat.
Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j6nmhp9 wrote
Well it's trending the other way and I don't see it coming back. The craziest people from every other state seemed to have flocked to Florida over the past 3 years.
[deleted] t1_j6k6qt0 wrote
How is it awful?
WoodwindsRock t1_j6kbq06 wrote
The climate is too hot and humid, and its prone to really bad hurricanes. Also, it's become a hotspot for right wing and Evangelical crazies, and it's got a complete monster as its governor, DeSantis.
champagne_in_a_box t1_j6kwnet wrote
Google “Florida man” plus literally any calendar date (starting w your birthday) and you’ll get the amuse-bouche of Florida’s awfulness. It’s literally nothing but gators, assorted methheads, right-wing loonies, and extremely drunk senior citizens.
wydellasaurus t1_j6luclr wrote
Suburban hell. You have to get on a mini highway for practically every trip, and the single family sprawl is depressing.
rusty___shacklef0rd t1_j6lic5r wrote
imagine living in a liminal space. that’s the only way i could explain my experience living there.
fekinEEEjit t1_j6klwt6 wrote
Its like one giant DMV line....
nkw1004 t1_j6kadk8 wrote
New Britain only having ~50% of their high schoolers graduate in 2010 is wild
alyinct t1_j6kljny wrote
New London here. Looks like our numbers used to be just as bad. Explains why my kindergartner’s school is so adamant about the kids coming to school even if they’re sick.
HealthyDirection659 t1_j6l93o3 wrote
New Britain also has the lowest education spending per pupil in the state at around 13k per year.
wakinupdrunk t1_j6levvq wrote
It's bad there, man. I don't mean necessarily that the kids are bad or anything like that, but I don't think I've ever been in a more bleak building in my life.
I briefly did some tutoring there in college and shadowed a couple teachers. It feels more like a prison than a school in almost all aspects of it.
QueenOfQuok t1_j6mpp18 wrote
DID YOU KNOW that a great number of mid-20th-century high schools were designed by prison architects
theskyissooblue t1_j6n00m0 wrote
The city is night and day different these days. Great work by the mayor for cleaning up the city and plenty of new developments downtown
Synapse82 t1_j6lizmg wrote
> New Britain only having ~50% of their high schoolers graduate in 2010 is wild
Rules have changed, now you graduate no matter what, so data is skewed. Grads barely know their full name let alone write it.
Bambi_One_Eye t1_j6k23t9 wrote
All in all, seems positive
Own-Tomato4335 t1_j6na760 wrote
Great read
QueenOfQuok t1_j6mprrz wrote
The charts get fucked up halfway down the page
WoodwindsRock t1_j6j4dvn wrote
Let the Florida people go to Florida. They can have that awful state.