Cutlasss

Cutlasss t1_iv0g6wc wrote

Reply to comment by Kitchen-Spray-1984 in Relocating to Hartford with kids by Kitchen-Spray-1984

I forgot to mention, any commute which uses I-84 to get from Hartford to East Hartford or bad is really the worst commute in the area. But it can get a lot worse. Because they've been trying to figure out how to "fix" it for years now. And once they come up with a plan, and start building it, you'll also have years of construction interruptions on that piece of road.

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Cutlasss t1_iv0f8lp wrote

Reply to comment by Kitchen-Spray-1984 in Relocating to Hartford with kids by Kitchen-Spray-1984

The hospitals in Hartford itself are much larger. And that probably means more opportunity. The rest of the healthcare is huge numbers of offices for medical specialists. So many small facilities rather than any large one. But most of them are tied into franchises like Hartford Healthcare, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, or Yale.

There are many smaller technical/industrial firms in the area, in many industries. Many of them are subcontractors for larger producers.

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Cutlasss t1_iuz151y wrote

Reply to Relocating to Hartford with kids by Kitchen-Spray-1984

In general, the worst part of the Hartford area is commuting from west of the Connecticut River to east of the river. If you are working in East Hartford, you should look east of the river. There are hospitals in Manchester and Rockville. There are tons of jobs in the medical industry in Glastonbury, Manchester, South Windsor, and Vernon.

I live and work in East Hartford. There isn't a single family home neighborhood in town that I would be unwilling to live in. That said, Manchester is nicer, if you have the budget. South Windsor and Glastonbury have better schools. But less interesting towns.

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