I’m tired of PF. So tired. The price is fair but damn it I want to squat and deadlift and press more than 75 lbs while I’m young enough to do it.

Also tired of the broken equipment everywhere, especially the treadmills with the loose supports that bob like they’re about to dismantle if you try to jog.

A good price is good but requirement number 1 is that I be able to get a proper workout and be inspired to come back instead of dread the next session.

I don’t know how they’re still in business like this.

Hey, that sounds like an amazing idea. You should totally do it. Curious what venue this would be in.

LCI comes across as the kind of organization that should have gone extinct many moons ago.

Bad landlords are a problem, but a taxpayer-funded agency with the sole mission to keep landlords in check that fails to keep bad landlords on check is a bigger problem.

And an agency that doesn’t even bother to recognize when they are failing, ask how they can improve, and then take the necessary steps to improve is an even bigger problem.

“This is our process.” That’s it? The internet has been available for decades and nearly every other communication we receive now comes via email, and their response is “well, this is just our process?” And then just blame the reporters for exposing their incompetence?

A competent organization doesn’t put its processes above its mission but instead questions and updates those processes as times change and new technologies become available. Are they too busy running on autopilot to think about how to properly do things?

Agreed that more could be done to revive the poorest neighborhoods, but it takes a city to rebuild a city.

It is not the job of a journalist to do what 130K+ people have not, or even to report exclusively on that failure until something is done, although I'm sure that the time will come again and again and again when they report on just that.

You can't solve all the problems in the world in one go, and you can't report on all the problems in the world in one go. This particular time, the story just happens to be on a different issue affecting the city.

A journalist's gotta make a living, and we should respect that, even if we disagree with their choice of topic.

All good info. I've heard that Fair Haven has sketchy areas that you want to avoid though. I'm not the best person to comment on that, but FYI, I guess.

Dude from Waterbury here. It's an OK place to live but not an exciting place to live. Suffered greatly from the loss of manufacturing jobs and never properly recovered. There's a pervasive rundown feel to the city. It's the kind of place you want to move out of, not into.

But housing is considerably cheaper for it, even in areas that are not so rundown. There has been considerable improvement over the years, but all too recent and modest to break the bad rap the city's gotten over the years. Also, there are tons of genuinely good people here, which might not be obvious to someone just reading the news or driving through. It's a poor city, it's not a bad city (though it does have sketchy neighborhoods).

If you don't have a good reason to be in Waterbury, then look elsewhere would be my advice. Where to go depends on your personal tastes and budget. I happen to think New Haven is the most interesting and exciting place in all of CT by miles. It's like Connecticut's own version of Cambridge (just without the benefit and/or hassle of an enormous gigantic economic engine like Boston right next door).

You just want to avoid the sketchier neighborhoods if you go there, and be prepared to pay a premium for the safer, nicer areas, like East Rock and Wooster Square, or share an apartment with roommates, which seems to be a popular thing to do there. Hamden just North of East Rock is also a pretty nice area, just a bit quieter and also a bit cheaper than East Rock, but with a super easy commute if you have to drive into the city.