At $175k, assuming no family, still a very comfortable income. From your numbers, it seems there's a spending problem.

Like others have said, you can go and have a chat with the IRS about a payment plan. Now having said that, you have a whole lot of other issues going on that a long-time lurker would have avoided. First off, I'd lay off using credit cards for a while, pay it off, and try and get your finances under control.

If the answer isn't found in New Haven it's probably wrong 🤣

Same goes for wings if the answer is something other than Plainville

Well, I see Dolphin's Cove is still there with their giant deck.

Most of the time either it gets cancelled the day before and it counts as "served" or you get to the room and they settle before it goes to court so same deal. Also, you'll be fine anyway. Have gotten the letter 3 times, and only once have I've seen the judge's face and I was dismissed as it was for a long eminent domain trial I couldn't be present for.

Charleston, SC near King St. You'll get a full dose of Southern American culture, great restaurants, awesome nightlife, and top rated beaches near. Have some shrimp and grits at Magnolias downtown and some brisket outdoors on a hot day under the tree at Lewis BBQ.

If you're going to pick CT as your first taste of the US (I wouldn't) and you're 21, do yourself a favor and just stick with New Haven. You can taste the best pizzas in the US, grab a burger at Louies, etc. Nowhere else has the combination of great restaurants and fun for your age. Been to all the other towns mentioned below and you'll get bored quick.

Get a CPA if you won. On a separate note, did you win?

Applied as soon as that rate hike was announced. Got a response quite quickly and got switched to Constellation before the hike. My bank account is thanking me. Just have to keep an eye on the contract expiration AND if Eversource's rates at some point are lower than them.

It's funny how people think AI becoming very disruptive is far off. Just think about where technology was 25 years ago and now. If anything, AI will become quite disruptive in the workplace in about 20 years and probably lead to massive work displacement mostly into things that require human interaction. It's not that those jobs AI will handle will completely disappear, but the amount of people needed to do them will be reduced.

Going to GameCraft arcade after the kids are asleep if you live close to it.

Blame the computer models. The European and US models are quite far apart and they basically decide on a mid point solution between both.

Look, as having lived in Bridgeport, some common sense and you'll be fine. Lock doors (home/car) and try to keep your car 100% free of valuables. Other than that, no different than anywhere else.

The DMV

And in Farmington you can actually see old buildings where the trains would divert to for deliveries.

Looks at $100 million student rec building from 2019 and $250 million new housing breaking ground now, and knows fully neither are "fixed costs". Well, the rec building is now a fixed cost. Paying for the gym equipment maintenance, the pools, personnel, etc. for that building is now clearly a fixed cost.

As someone who went to a lean running public university (UPR) and then UCONN, it's like night and day in terms of spending and what I consider downright luxuries for students. I know administrative expenses are part of it, but UCONN keeps adding buildings without regards for need or expense. The rec center that cost $100 million added to the student fees (and probably tuition but you won't hear them say it) and it looks like a luxury spa. I'm not saying they don't need fun things to do, although I've been there and they already have plenty, but that building is bonkers. To this day, my undergrad school barely has some ping pong tables in the main student building and the 2010 rebuilt pools for the Central American and Caribbean games (state paid for that one), but hey, $4,940 tuition sure beats $18,524 when the degree is accredited the same and the education equal.

And THIS is part of why UCONN keeps having to raise tuition because they burn money like there's no tomorrow. They add new buildings constantly without regard to their budget.

Central is great, but their president.... She was the dean at my university and got the boot after a 2 week student+employee strike. From what I read, she hasn't changed.

I swear you just pick a random assortment of towns and throw a poll just to troll people. Naugatuck was always going to come out towards the bottom. Only thing to do there is play Pokemon Go around the town green.

I used to have to commute down there and I don't miss it at all. It was like rolling a 20 sided dice where only a 20 would guarantee no accidents and a smooth commute.

I'd be careful about that "money we make" assumption. I bought at the 2006 peak. Took 15 years for the price to get back above that peak.

CT in general is quite safe compared to most places in the US and I've also lived in other cities in other states. The school systems here are, in general, way better than anywhere else except maybe Mass so that's a poor measurement stick to use. Even the cities people talk so bad about in this state (and I've lived in two of those) have large areas that are as safe as the nicer cities, and even the "bad" areas are a joke compared to cities in other states.

Electric heat, specially if you have the old mechanical thermostats instead of the digital ones, suck a lot of power.

Still waiting for Easton, Cornwall, Moodus, and Hamden people as I see none below and know they all have one. Heck, saw the Warrens picture from Easton once in Storrs. My town's boring, except it has the Haunting in CT house.