OK, but I would caution you against spending as much time trying to change things as I did. From the age of about 14-30, I wasted a lot of time going to city council meetings trying to get skateparks built and to keep music venues open, but what I eventually realized is that the people in charge there are old-money NIMBY types who are completely out of touch with (or simply don't care about) what young people are interested in. And it's unfortunate, because as a college educated, young(ish) professional, and an expert in my field, I'm exactly the type of person CT should be catering to. But instead, you get shortsighted policies that benefit the old at the expense of the young. It's no secret that CT has been hemorrhaging young people for years. They don't want to live there because as you already know, the economy sucks and there's nothing to do!

Case in point, when Milford started building their crappy little skatepark back in the early 2000's. The mayor came by one day to check it out and said something ridiculous like "WTF, my 6 year old can't skate this," and shut down the project for like fifteen years. Contrast this with CO, where the towns invest millions into their skateparks, and it's common to see moms and dads skating alongside their kids. The Milford mayor's assumption that only little kids are interested in skateboarding is a perfect example of what I'm talking about, and it goes far beyond skateboarding. There's just a general attitude in CT that by the time you're in your twenties, it's time to "grow up," which actually means: spend all your time in a cubicle and start doing "normal adult" things, like get fat and live vicariously through your team-sports heroes on TV. If that's your idea of living, more power to you, but if not, I would advise you to get the hell out of there as soon as possible. I now regret every moment I spent there when I could have been living a much better life elsewhere.