Ted Stevens

Dad, husband, mediocre runner, aspiring gardener, transportation planner, and Progressive representing the 8th District on Hamden's Legislative Council

[Ted Stevens @TedHamden8]

@Pungbot2000 @pitt_urban @the_transit_guy Also, this isn't really the point of the post, but it is worth saying that despite the highways, downtown Hartford has great bones, is very walkable, and has a lot of untapped potential if they can get more people living downtown and make more connections to river.

[Ted Stevens @TedHamden8]

@Pungbot2000 @pitt_urban @the_transit_guy The best route from NYC to Boston doesn't go through here. Hartford is a major regional job center, even more so when I-91 & I-84 were built. It is also a small city with a much larger suburban population, so the highways are designed to get commuters in and out from the suburbs.

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@akidderz @jbarro I'm in suburban Connecticut and we still have this. There are club teams, but the town leagues are fun and competitive too. My kids are still in elementary school, but my understanding is that you can make a decently good high school team with just rec league experience.

[Ted Stevens @TedHamden8]

@jbarro Is this a regional issue? I live in a mid-sized, moderately wealthy metro area in the northeast and have only heard of this phenomenon online. While club sports certainly exist, they don't seem to have crowded out town rec leagues or high school programs in any meaningful way.

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@Raainn_01 @KarateKid23mj_ @the_transit_guy I don't get this take. If this bridge was ever built it would surely have an iconic design and would enhance the view. People in Sausalito or Nyack surely aren't wishing that they didn't have bridges visible from their million-dollar homes.

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@the_transit_guy As a New Haven native, it has always seemed insane that this doesn't exist. LI is 20 miles away, has attractions that show up in proximity-based searches, and I can see it on a clear day. Yet I have never been b/c it takes longer to get there than it does to get to Vermont.

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@dwang645 @dieworkwear @kevinxu Most billionaires I know of did it by following a passion and building it into a company, which requires an astounding amount of luck and is not a realistic path to follow. The surest way to high wealth is a Wall St job that can be filled by anyone with the right degree.

[Ted Stevens @TedHamden8]

@dwang645 @dieworkwear @kevinxu Looking at yourself in terms of "market value" is such a sad way to approach life. If your passion happens to be figuring out ways to maximize returns for billionaires, great, go into finance. But if your passion is the arts, you'll be much happier doing that for less money.

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@dilanesper Even if your belief about drivers not understanding is true, the way you get drivers to be more comfortable with them is by building more; by your logic we should never introduce new ideas. Crashes that do occur are much less severe b/c you can't t-bone someone in a roundabout.

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[Ted Stevens @TedHamden8]

@the_transit_guy I'm convinced that 90% of the demographic shift of the last 50 years is due to climate, so my answer to this question is: nearly all of them. And conversely, Florida and Texas would have almost no population growth if they had Chicago's weather.

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@OddMassHolian @theripsnorter The people who rely on transit often really need it and it provides a public good by reducing air pollution AND taking cars off the road that would otherwise be there, which is good news for drivers.

[Ted Stevens @TedHamden8]

@OddMassHolian @theripsnorter We all receive government subsidies in one way or another, there's no shame in that. But decreasing transit funding because a relatively small number of people use it is not only selfish, but also incredibly short-sighted.

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@mattyglesias I would never watch a podcast so I don't know about this aesthetic, but it drives me crazy when podcasts I listen to "pivot to video" and replace nice cover art with 00s era graphics of giant heads overlayed on too enlarged background pictures. Who thinks this is an improvement?

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@TheSalonDon @rncfchi Anyone who cares about the size/value of a ring is not worth marrying.

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@ch1cken_t3nder I'd rather live in any of those places than Tampa or Dallas, that's for sure.

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@GridGodAjey @ArmandDoma Public service jobs are not for the unambitious, rather they are filled by people whose ambitions are to improve their community rather than maximize wealth.

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@prince115588 @Redistrict Yeah, this was my thought too. From a non-partisan perspective, 2 competitive seats is better than 0. And from a Dem perspective, I'd like our odds of picking up 2 seats in 2026 and holding on to them in 2028.