Talk:Connecticut

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Introduction (wealth gap)

I have added a citation to my addition to the introduction to the article- with per capita incomes of $16,393 and $13,428, respectively, Hartford and New Haven (to name only two of Connecticut's deeply impoverished cities) are indeed much poorer than the least wealthy state, Mississippi, at $36,338. I feel this information deserves a position of greater prominence in the article as these cities' metropolitan areas make up nearly half of the state's population. 72.79.218.180 (talk) 10:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Aside from pushing pov, it's a fact that certain areas of every state are either higher or lower than state averages. Whether that belongs in the lede is a matter of how much bias one wishes to introduce into the editing process Tedickey (talk) 10:06, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Coming from one of those areas myself, I found the introduction to be extremely biased and misleading in its original form. While all states and nations have areas of higher and lower income, it must at least deserve mention that the fourth wealthiest state in the union is home to the city with one of the highest rates of poverty (as of the last census, the second highest in the nation). To ignore this disparity is irresponsible when trying to present a balanced picture of the state's economy. How could this constitute pov any more than the original description, which perpetuates the myth of a completely prosperous Connecticut at the expense of accuracy? 72.79.218.180 (talk) 10:36, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, do some more reading. You'll find that this is not an unusual case. Tedickey (talk) 10:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for being condescending! In fact, I'm well aware that similar issues exist in, for example, New Jersey, another state which ranks highly on prosperity indexes, but which is home to poor cities such as Camden, or Qatar, for whom a grossly inflated per capita GDP is mentioned prominently early in its article, but not, say, in Maryland, which ranks as the wealthiest state in the union, and does not have cities with comparable poverty rates, yet manages to have a much less glowing article than any of the others I have mentioned. So, I suppose we agree: there are still many distorted facts to be corrected. 72.79.218.180 (talk) 11:05, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Certainly - you could provide selective statistics for every state, to compare state averages against small portions of other states. The point in doing so seems obscure. Tedickey (talk) 11:43, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

connecticut is A raelly small state but it still has lots of countrys.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.203.165 (talk) 23:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC) 

first settlement

The link to the visitor's center for Wethersfield is interesting, but has to be weighed as a self-promotional claim by that town. It's likely that there are reliable sources to provide in its stead. Tedickey (talk) 15:09, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I've replaced the self-promotional source with the summary of the history of settlement found at the Connecticut State Library page. There's indeed a long-standing rivalry between Windsor and Wethersfield about who is first but we should probably not use either of these towns as sources. --Polaron | Talk 15:17, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

thanks Tedickey (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League

Per section title "professional", these entries are out of place. Tedickey (talk) 08:10, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Religious percentages

At the present time, the percentages in the Religion section add up to 108% — with only 14 options, this is too much for a rounding error. At the same time, we have a bit of an overlap: for example, Assembly of God is Pentecostal, and Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and UCC are all types of Protestants, as are Church of Christ by most accounts. If we merge them and the non-denominational (nobody uses this phrase except for Protestants) into the general Protestant category, we'll have 100%. Nyttend (talk) 20:04, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

• Support - That's a no-brainer. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 12:59, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

tax on out-of-state income

I don't understand the significance of the discussion on tax on out-of-state income. Every US state with an income tax that I am aware of has a similar policy for its residents, as does the US federal government for US residents' foreign income. I suggest this discussion be removed. (97.131.60.115 (talk) 21:36, 19 February 2012 (UTC))