I try to go for hikes daily when possible, where I live there's a lot of options so I switch it up to keep things fresh. If I can't or don't feel like driving, I take walks through downtown/along the CT River (live in Middletown). Honestly, even that helps combat SAD, and this past winter, I really wasn't that depressed apart from late December/January.

If for whatever reason a move doesn't work out, I found that forcing yourself to go outside during the daytime, even in colder weather, helps out immensely with SAD. I get that with working a full time job it's difficult, but I found my seasonal depression goes down when I do this, and now I only really get it between late November to the end of February.

Thanks for finding that source! Mystery solved.

It doesn't border Hartford though, it's entirely enclosed by New Britain and Farmington and about 4 miles driving from the Hartford border. It just seems odd that the City of Hartford would own the land, unless this was originally a reservoir for the city.

So why did Hartford own the property to begin with? Was this an old reservoir for the city?

No, but every thread that somehow relates to Massachusetts yes

Shhh, if you can keep a secret I'm a Medford raised masshole double agent assigned to live in Connecticut. Trying not to have my cover blown and fit in with the New Yorkers... and thwart this attempt to steal land from the glorious utopia of Massachusetts.

Nah all Massachusetts based businesses should be canceled until the notch is rightfully returned to Connecticut.

Unfortunately I was wrong with my assumption. However, temperature fluctuation can kill ticks so bring on the 50 degree days afterwards followed by another arctic blast.

r/whoosh

I'm hoping it somehow stays cold for 2 weeks to kill off the ticks, so bring on the snow

Completely agree, I may have a high tolerance because I was once a street vendor in Boston but I've found the beggers here to be harmless.

The only time I've ever felt a smidge unsafe in Middletown was when some drunk white women passed me while shouting homophobic/transphobic slurs, but that can happen anywhere.

To be honest I walk through downtown Middletown all the time, including at night, and I rarely encounter beggars. Maybe a bit moreso during the Summer but I haven't seen the one beggar I used to see all the time in months.

This article's from the UK where ambulances are free

Ah the wonderful alcohol fueled Thanksgiving day arguments, gotta love them lol. Happy I was able to give you a reasonable point of view man, enjoy the rest of your turkey day!

Big difference is distance between other major sports teams. It's arguably far easier to get to NYC from Fairfield County than it is to get to Hartford via MetroNorth, which is especially important as those would be the fans with the highest disposable income, plus Boston and Foxborough really aren't that far either. Detroit isn't nearly as close to other sports teams as Connecticut is to Boston and NYC. Also, contrary to popular belief, plenty of well off people live in the Detroit area, and when the Red Wings are good they have zero issue selling out their Arena, something the Hartford Whalers never were able to do. Hell the Whalers struggled to sell out playoff games.

I'd love to bring the Whalers back to CT, I'm wearing a Whalers shirt right now, but I've resigned to the fact that it isn't happening.

I mean at the end of the day metro population is what counts. That being said, 1,400,000 in the metro area really isn't a lot for a Big 4 sports team, I believe only Green Bay, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton are smaller metro àreas and have big 4 teams.

Oops, there goes my chance since I'm openly gay.