Lowerdeck
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That would be nice. Just imagine how much it would cost to do it though. Can this state afford that, especially with what's going on in Mass. and the Big Dig? Especially if they do it for I-91 and I-84.
And so much for top secret if we know of the idea already...
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Yeah. I've wiped out now twice after snowstorms. The first time I skidded down a hill, couldn't stop at the bottom, and love tapped a Ford on the side. Then a year later turned an 8 car pileup on I-84 into an 11.
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Snow is pretty to look at. Not fun to drive in. With that said, I hope there isn't any accumulation. I got to drive to work on Mon morning.
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I think a few of the towns on the fringes may be stretching it. Chaplin for example.
Some those towns like Durham, the Haddams, Colchester, Lebanon, Winchester ... seem a little far to be that much impacted by Hartford. But I don't know them well enough, anyone?
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Sussex County, Delaware River?
Taking a wild guess.
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Glad to hear you say this.
The media shows in Boston were talking about the Indians during the pre-game telecast like they were some second-rate team. After winning 96 games during the regular season, winning the AL Central, beating the Yankees in 4 games and taking the Red Sox to the wire, some people were still not giving them any credit. Varitek, who I like as a player, had good things to say about the Indians right after the game, though.
What will be lost in the 11-2 final score is the fact the the game was almost (and should have been) tied at 3-3 at the 7th Inning Stretch - still not sure why Skinner held Lofton at 3rd...
Oh well, such is the life of a Cleveland Sports Fan...
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Here we go again with the old Norwich Hospital site...
High-End Homes Are Proposed For Hospital PropertyPreston — High-end development means low impact on the surrounding community. That was the mantra repeated Thursday night by representatives of Northland Investment Corp. as they presented their $1 billion vision for the former state hospital property on Route 12.
View the Preston Gateway proposal
View Northland's Preston Green proposal
The firm contends that the more expansive the development and the taller the buildings, and smaller the footprint, the less of an impact there would be on the community, its infrastructure and the surrounding environment.
And possibly most important, Northland officials said, is that the firm does not have to get approval from outside financial supporters to make its commitment to the project.
“The financial decision maker is in the room,” said Larry Gottesdiener, chairman of Northland. “And that's me.”
Northland's presentation was the second in as many days for the site. On Wednesday night, Preston Gateway Partners LLC shared its $780 million vision for the property.
While both plans call for a significant amount of housing and retail space to be laid out in a New England village green setting, the types of housing and philosophies behind the two projects are starkly different.
Northland is proposing high-end housing marketed primarily to people vacationing in the area or who are buying a second or third home. Preston Gateway's plan calls for a greater variety of housing types, from affordable units to single-family and townhouse-style buildings.
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Thank God I fell asleep at the end of the 10th.
These games are taking way too long, it's getting ridiculous. Somethings needs to be done to cut down on all these 4-5+ hr games. And somehow, it seems like the Red Sox are behind most of them.
And someone... please... for the love of God, don't pitch Gagne anymore.
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http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=be9c0bd6-...bf-ae4ce793c45f
Developer proposed "retail plaza" for Washington St. across from Backus Hospital. Includes national chain pharmacy and coffee shop. Approx. 20k square feet total.
And people already upset about it: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x373059767
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Wonder what they're actually doing...
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I wouldn't see a need to do it during the week. The major bar nights are Fridays and Saturdays. I'm not sure how big D.C. is with "Thirsty Thursday", any college students here know? But the rest of the week, I can imagine being slower and not worthy of expanded Metro service.
For those of you unfamiliar, Thursday is a major college drinking night. I know here it's big because many of the schools here are small, in rural areas, and have significant residential populations who go home on weekends and therefore drink like crazy Thursday night. Or maybe it's big all over at all schools, I just know what I know here.
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lowerdeck, I will have to agree with you that some of those far out towns do have a good number of commuters to the DC region, and I know that is what the definition of a "subburb". however, like you said, they are their own micor centers and are set apart from the rest of the conurbation mass. it very well may be subjective. one who lives in DC or arlington would argue that warrenton is not the DC area, but one who lives in culpepper may beg to differ. then again, there may be a specific rule to apply to this topic that draws a line on a conurbation.
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btw, i think i may have asked you before and i didnt follow through, LD, how did you get those flag icons on your postings? I like them.
I consider the three I-81 cities I mention to be "city-burbs". My comparison to them would be Worcester, Providence, Lowell, and Manchester to Boston. All have a sizeable commuter population towards Boston, but yet they are centers themselves where people in surrounding areas go to those first and then Boston.
As for the flag icons, I did a Google image search for the two state flags. Then saved them and uploaded them to my graphics account, then just threw them into the signature with links to the state forum.
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There may be farmland and fields and forests between the fringes of the developed stretch of suburbs and say Martinsburg, Winchester, and Hagerstown. However, there is a significant enough commuter base from the three to consider them suburbs of sorts to DC even if they are their own micro-centers not entirely directly connected or reliant to DC.
Most of the people on forums that I have talked to who are from West Virginia are very resentful towards Virginia argueing that West Virginia is superior to Virginia. hysterical.gifI am big into history and in no way do I respect what W. Va. is or how it became. I consider the state to be traitorus and in absolutely NO popsition to judge Virginia given thier own position as a nothing, washed up, poor and oversized forest with NOTHING to offer a northern Virginian, nor do I consider them to be part of the Washington area. It gives them too much credit. I'm not a southern sympathiser or anything, but I'm very concious of my being a Virginian, and our superior and paramount national history and current day importance, somthing in which West Virginia chose not be included.
Seriously though, with the exception of the eastern panhandle ... is there much in common between West Virginia and Virginia? And would you even want West Virginia to be a combined Virginia had they never split off in the 1860s? And do you think West Virginia really contributed much to history compared to the rest of the state?
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I've thought of Winchester, Hagerstown, and Martinsburg as being the fringe suburban towns for at least a decade or so now.
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I just think it sounds better leaving it as is.
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Well, you could make an argument that building the Metro underground from the get go will avert future costs and problems down the road from building the viaduct first and then the tunnel afterwards. To take example, they built the Central Artery (I-93) through Boston. Fourty years later, they decided it needed to go and started building a tunnel. Probably should have been a tunnel in the first place, but now they did it. And now that cost 18 billion dollars. I'm just worried that a similar mistake will be made in Tysons where they change their minds, put the tunnel in later on after all, and it costs a small fortune.
The line needs to get extended through Tysons to Dulles yes. It needs to be done, and soon. I just have my fears on how it should be done.
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That will be huge for Bridgeport. Let's hope it gets built, get some city revitalization going.
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Timing seems really odd considering they plan on starting it after Spring Break.
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I was riding the D Branch yesterday. Coming in during the morning it took 40 minutes from Riverside to Park Street, so I'm not sure if that's faster than before. Seems some of the wobble problems the cars had along the route has gone away, but not completely... there's certain places it still does it.
Coming out, I went from Fenway station out after the Sox game... a fresh car to get everyone there back to Riverside.
Beats having to deal with ultra crowded cars coming out from the rest of the route ... after it's stopped at Kenmore.EDIT: I just remembered now. They really have built up the area around Woodland station in the past couple of years. Fairly new looking development complex and a parking garage over there to rival Riverside for commuter travel.
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Sounds good. Probably will give the D Branch a ride on Tuesday, see how it now is.
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Sounds impressive. Is that the main New Haven station though, cause IIRC there's two.
Beats having to deal with ultra crowded cars coming out from the rest of the route ... after it's stopped at Kenmore.
Oh the weather outside is...
in Coffee Milk Cafe
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Lasted all of what... two hours?
Only got a dusting out here, 30 miles west of PVD.