THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

As one of my Gen-X relatives said, in response to how this COVID-19 situation has affected him...

We are existing in the normalcy of quarantine, the second coming of the Spanish Flu, and the second coming of the Great Depression.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

  
" G E N - Y "   O R   M I L L E N N I A L S :   A R E   T H E Y   U R B A N    D W E L L E R S   O R    S U B U R B A N I T E S ?   Y E T .  

NEWS FOR CT:  http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20170414/millenials-in-cities-no-longer-living-in-group-houses



NEWS:  

This general subject appears on more than one sub-page (i.e. "Internet Matters") - is this the "paradigm" shift we've been awaiting?

    

L-R - desktop computer, next Weston's version of "smart building coming...soon.  At right, Grand Central Terminal - left out of tech development for now...
Tech industry just realizes what planners know already? Transportation/circulation step first - otherwise limit on future options.

Centrality is the name of the game.  Driving is so 20th century.  Want to know more about the McKim, Mead & White's Penn Station?  How about their Farley Building (former U.S. Post Office)?

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN/PENN STATION MAKEOVER?
https://nypost.com/2020/01/06/andrew-cuomo-pitches-penn-station-plan-that-includes-taking-over-part-of-msg/

FROM NYTIMES BEFORE THE INTERNET
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/07/nyregion/amtrak-trains-to-stop-using-grand-central.html

HUDSON YARDS DEVELOPMENT
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/nyregion/nyc-tech-facebook-amazon-google.html


MAKE THE HIGH LINE THE CENTER FOR - OMG - SOCIAL INTERACTION.  THERE ARE DISCRETE ENTRY/EXITS TO THIS PARK.

HIGH LINE
https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B044'52.6%22N+74%C2%B000'16.9%22W/@40.7520299,-74.0043612,955m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d40.74795!4d-74.004705?hl=en-US


No one believes me when I say "Soilent Green" may come true...

WOULD YOU BELIEVE THE END OF THE ALPHABET IS HERE?  "GEN-Z" STORY!!!
https://www.thehour.com/opinion/article/OK-boomer-The-kids-are-fighting-back-14814466.php?src=nwkhpcp

And again...
https://www.ctinsider.com/business/stamfordadvocate/article/Wave-of-millennials-embracing-suburban-living-13848795.php

2019 - CT appealing to Millenials?
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/stamfordadvocate/article/More-millenials-moving-to-New-Haven-Milford-13797749.php




MILLENIALS
Our turkey "Drumstick" is a lean, mean, fighting machine - just try to stuff him!.  We're going "cold turkey" this Thanksgiving!  Not like this:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/opinion/millennial-activists-generation-gap.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage






HOUR article on Millenials, 9-10-18
"'...Cindi Bigelow, CEO of Bigelow Tea in Fairfield, said she’s known to spontaneously invite employees to product innovation meetings, among many other ways to keep workers engaged in a broad way. She, too, said it’s impossible for a tea-maker with 400 employees, half in Connecticut and half of those in manufacturing, to compete with large companies on salary alone.'..."




ATTENTION WESTON:  What are some MILLENIALS thinking?

Article in business section of COURANT:  http://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-connecticut-affordable-housing-report-20180206-story.html

Article in The Day show 1960  house renovation for new look,12-3-17:  https://www.theday.com/business/20171202/millennials-find-useful-tool-in-hunt-for-perfect-house

How does this issue (downtown rent driving out small shops as we have observed for years in Westport) relate to land use?  In Greenwich?

Hold your breath CT - millenials will be 40 someday!  Article:  http://www.newstimes.com/business/article/Specter-of-Corporate-Exodus-Leaves-Connecticut-12284000.php

Still waters run deep:  what do "Millennials" want?  http://www.newstimes.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Here-s-how-many-millennials-are-living-at-home-in-11118239.php#photo-12836871

BUT NOT EVERYBODY!!!  Read this - maybe prices dropping in Weston could be a selling point?  http://www.newstimes.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Zillow-is-launching-a-new-site-just-for-11113737.php

Whither education in CT?  http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Most-say-don-t-wait-for-the-courts-to-fix-10302766.php

Weston's future:  http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/realestate/article/Southwestern-Conn-millennials-are-financially-10161269.php

Weston LWV Betty Hill Forum 2015 on the impact of the next generation on politics:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YgMSyhH2ac






WHY THIS IS GOOD NEWS:  Because it will work in favor of recommendations of the Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth Commission, JMO









READ U.S. CENSUS STUDY IN FULL HERE


MILLENIAL RUNNING FOR CONGRESS:  https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-embarrasses-herself-on-firing-line/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-embarrasses-herself-on-firing-line/





SPEAKING OF TIME PASSING...


UTOPIAN DREAM:   REDEVELOPMENT REBORN AS TIME PASSES
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Mohegan-Tribe-details-plans-for-former-hospital-10859014.php