Well, downtown Bridgeport is certainly like that, and it did declare bankruptcy, but there are extraordinary old New England beautiful homes, and lush greenery, the closer you get to the Merrit Parkway. Bridgeport made its bread as a port, hence the name, and that downtown area off the port has suffered for it.

... Housing Bubble cities. Phoenix is an example of a city where a surprisingly large share of the employment attracting people into the city was catering to the housing for the people that had been attracted into the city.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

New Haven is nothing to write home about either.

Nor is Waterbury.  Or New London.  Or Hartford.

Connecticut cities, in general, are pretty nasty in my experience.

On the other hand, small villages in CT are quite nice, and you can buy some nice, historic homes in those villages for pretty reasonable money, especially by BosWash standards.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.