Comments on: The Greater Micropolitan Area http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/ The View From Connecticut's Northwest Corner Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:18:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dan http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-396294 Dan Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:47:23 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-396294 This is why people distrust the media; This is why people distrust the media;

]]> By: Carolyn McDonough http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395604 Carolyn McDonough Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:55:16 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395604 Marshall beat me to it! I was going to post the way we say that town's name. A friend of mine, who will remain nameless as I wouldn't want to embarrass him (He knows who he is.), once went with his wife to Westfarms Mall. He got tired of walking and vowed never to go again. He said, "If you can't find it in Torruntun, you don't need it." That's been my motto for years! Marshall beat me to it! I was going to post the way we say that town’s name.

A friend of mine, who will remain nameless as I wouldn’t want to embarrass him (He knows who he is.), once went with his wife to Westfarms Mall. He got tired of walking and vowed never to go again. He said, “If you can’t find it in Torruntun, you don’t need it.” That’s been my motto for years!

]]> By: Jim Britt http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395541 Jim Britt Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:05:56 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395541 Hmmm. I just came from an unavoidable shopping trip to Torrington. And now I'm thinkin': If it made the list, how come Poughkeepsie didn't? Six 'o one, half dozen of the other. Hmmm. I just came from an unavoidable shopping trip to Torrington. And now I’m thinkin’:
If it made the list, how come Poughkeepsie didn’t? Six ‘o one, half dozen of the other.

]]> By: Marshall Miles http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395495 Marshall Miles Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:47:12 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395495 Its not Torrington.. but... Torruntun (as the local pronounce it!!) Its not Torrington..

but…

Torruntun (as the local pronounce it!!)

]]> By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395494 Terry Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:40:19 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395494 Doug, My sentiments exactly. If there were lots of little kids around, it would be Dickensian as well. Steve, I suspect in the case of Montana and NH, those locales have looser zoning regs and lower taxes and hence better growth than Litchfield County. Just a guess. Doug,

My sentiments exactly. If there were lots of little kids around, it would be Dickensian as well.

Steve,

I suspect in the case of Montana and NH, those locales have looser zoning regs and lower taxes and hence better growth than Litchfield County. Just a guess.

]]> By: Steve Barlow http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395363 Steve Barlow Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:16:55 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395363 I'm familiar with several of the micropolitans on this list, especially the ones in Montana and New Hampshire. The others all seem to enjoy high rates of growth, much more so than Torrington (or, actually, Litchfield County) does. Why is this the case? I’m familiar with several of the micropolitans on this list, especially the ones in Montana and New Hampshire. The others all seem to enjoy high rates of growth, much more so than Torrington (or, actually, Litchfield County) does. Why is this the case?

]]> By: Doug Richardson http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395257 Doug Richardson Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:44:38 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/08/01/the-greater-micropolitan-area/#comment-395257 I read this about an hour after returning home to beautiful Salisbury after a dreaded but necessary trip to several Big Box stores. As I drove down a side street, I noticed a woman throwing several tubs of (what I hope was)water off her second floor balcony onto the sidewalk below. Passing the house (what I'm guessing was a two-family) a mother and child sitting on the porch below watched the water landing inches away from where they were taking the early evening air. My thought was: "My gawd, I just drove into a Hogarth painting. This is what they did in 16th century London." I was glad to get home. I read this about an hour after returning home to beautiful Salisbury after a dreaded but necessary trip to several Big Box stores. As I drove down a side street, I noticed a woman throwing several tubs of (what I hope was)water off her second floor balcony onto the sidewalk below. Passing the house (what I’m guessing was a two-family) a mother and child sitting on the porch below watched the water landing inches away from where they were taking the early evening air. My thought was: “My gawd, I just drove into a Hogarth painting. This is what they did in 16th century London.”

I was glad to get home.

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