Hartford's Descent

31 August 2002 - 7:00am

With affluent suburbs and declining cities, can Hartford recover?

"Hartford's descent reflects the central conundrum of Connecticut, which has the nation's highest per capita income but also has a split-level economy of affluent suburbs and almost universally floundering cities. And its story sums up the question central to all of America's troubled cities: What role, if any, should their wealthy suburbs and state governments play in their recovery?"

Source: The New York Times, August 26, 2002
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.