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Today on TopStoryLive:
Saturday, February 01, 2003
RISING STAR? ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE?
A recent study commissioned by The Hartford Image Project says Connecticut's capital is becoming more popular with young people.
Strange.
It's been at least eight months since I drove the hour and a half from Providence to Hartford for work. Maybe the capital city has changed a great deal.
Think about it. Hartford is an insurance capital. It and New Haven are living in the shadows of New York City in all things that define a city, from dining to entertainment to quality of life to the very people who choose to associate in the area. It's worth the car ride, bus ride or train ride of two hours or so to get from Connecticut to The City. With a moniker like that, even within Connecticut's cities and towns, New York is obviously Xanadu. Why stay in Hartford when you can go to New York?
Hartford is not built up very much. There are a few very tall buildings in a very small area of downtown. Downtown also does not have much activity on weekends -- even less than Providence. Greater Hartford, Bolton, Wethersfield, East Hartford, Tolland, are all (strip) mall communities. The money is concentrated along the coastline, and only at certain times of the year. Elitism is concentrated in West Hartford, and that's about it from a reputation standpoint.
Someone I once knew who was just starting to get to know Connecticut as I was described the state as "town and country." There isn't a lot there it seems, because everybody could be concerned with getting to the higher-concentrated urban areas -- mostly New York. Hartford is not a "destination." It's a waypoint.
Providence, RI purports to be The Renaissance City. There's still more work to be done here. Right now Hartford is where Providence was several years ago. Hartford, while calling itself "New England's Rising Star," has a hell of a long way to rise if you ask me. Labels: Originally published
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