Connecticut Needs to Rip Off Some Things From Other States

According to top101news.com, Connecticut is the 4th wealthiest state in the country, but in some ways we're lagging behind the rest of the country.

Thanks to Mark Saunders, a writer at the NewsTimes, for the motivation for this blog. He lists 10 ideas he thinks we should steal from other states and I totally agree. It's time to evolve Connecticut!

Here are my favorite Ideas that we should rip off from other states:

1. Up the Highway Speed Limits - For God's sake Connecticut lawmakers, have you driven I-95 or I-84 recently? If you're going 55 mph, everyone else is flying by at 70. If you're going 65 mph, other drivers are leaving you in the dust going 80. Let's get the led out and get our speed limits up to 75 mph on the interstates like other civilized human beings in Idaho, Kansas and New Mexico.

2. The Bullet Train - It's not the need for speed, it's the need to get to places faster and easier. Amtrak and Metro North rail lines are antiquated and break down often. We've got Amtrak's Acela Express, which travels between New Haven and Boston at an average speed of 135 mph, sometimes, BUT how about Japan's Bullet Train that averages about 200 mph. Let's speed it up, grandpa!

3. A Major Professional Sports Team - I understand we're a tiny state compared to a Texas or California, but just because we're in the middle of New York and Boston doesn't mean we shouldn't have our own professional sport's team, or does it? Would fans stop rooting for the Yankees or the Mets or the Red Sox to support our own MLB franchise? Tough call.

4. Our Very Own State Fair - I know we have many outstanding country fairs across the state, but I'm talking something along the magnitude of the Big E in Massachusetts or The State Fair of Texas, Huuuuuuuge!

5. In-N-Out-Burger - Have you ever enjoyed an In-N-Out-Burger?! OMG, what is Connecticut waiting for? We're waiting for the president of the company to come around. In-N-Out president Lynsi Snyder told CBS News back in 2015 that currently they have no plans to expand to the east coast. You're 'killin' us smalls!