Definitely check out Mianus. Fun name, great trails, and few people in the mornings.

Go to the DMV and wait a few years.

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No Joke - if you aren't too squeamish check out Suffolk and Northfolk Rat Pack Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@SuffolkandNorfolkRatPack

It's still a savage and brutal way to solve a rat problem and this is over in the UK - but considering it's not lethal to other animals like birds of prey, it's better I suppose.

No one said anything about taking away state parks. The state owns a staggering amount of unused land including old abandoned buildings and raw land.

Honestly? my recommendation is to min/max it. Live in West Hartford, or NYC, give one of you basically zero commute, and the other the full pull. My recommendation is to live in west hartford. Having no commute is amazing life opening experience. If you split the difference you will have two miserable people. Living in west hartford you'll have one miserable person

Were you right on the shoreline or somewhere inland? We've been looking in Guilford and Madison and while we can't afford anything right on the water or across the street from the water, I have been wondering how the town fared maybe one or two streets or more away from the water.

That wasn't the question. It was how to do the commute. I have been in a similar scenario in my life. I used to hate talking to people about where I lived or worked because of assholes like you. Keep your fucking opinions to yourself.

They wrote “each way”, they must’ve meant “each day”

Edit: nope, yeah, they wrote it twice, so yeah, wtf are they talking about lol

Or check the patch page for Newington … you can’t make this shit up

Hi! Ct realtor here. Odd circumstance - I previously lived in West Hartford (Elmwood section) and my wife commuted to Darien/New Canaan. Let me tell you now - there are no easy solutions.

We ultimately moved to Milford - very, very happy here. Along the train line for commuting toward NYC, and still accessible to West Hartford, albeit, not necessarily easy. It's either the Wilbur Cross to 691 or straight up 91 to hit 84.

Let me know if you need help finding a place. Trumbull is nice, albeit a little more expensive. Depends on your finances, really.

Milford has had multiple years of decreasing mill rates and has been dubbed "the next Westport," for what that's worth...

I said, basically, the same thing (Litchfield). My dad used to commute to the city by RT 8, etc.

Mild winter weather

I grew up in Litchfield, in northwest CT - it's close to RT 8 for an easy commute to the city and not far from W. Hartford. Check it out

Bethany

looks contemplatively at wall mounted rodent whacking club “Whelp, sometimes the old ways are the best”

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It does not take 2 hours from WeHa to Hartford. I like in Woodbridge and commute into Midtown once a week. 20 mins to Milford train 1 and 40 min express train to GC and then however long it takes to get to your final destination in the city. From WeHa to west haven station which would be the best option is 50 mins. This would be a 3 commute at minimum.

What are the few areas?

You’re also wrong on your timing to nyc. Once you get to grand central you then need to get to the office and even if located in midtown it’s still another chunk of time. In order to have only 90 minute commute to nyc office, you’d need to at least be in Norwalk and then that’s an 80 min drive to West Hartford.

Don't forget that just over the NY border is the Pound Ridge reservation. That place is great.

As someone who used to commute from central CT to NYC I'd say find a spot to take transit from. It's so much better when you can nap, read, or otherwise relax. I'd also suggest finding a new job because there is no quality of life - wake up, commute, work, commute, sleep.

I wouldn't suggest what op is trying to do. All of the solutions suck, OP just needs to find the one that sucks least for them. For me, a semi rural location would be a nice feature, and Newtown has a lot of that with good access to 84.

If you need a realtor lmk! The good thing for rentals is that CCSU is there so you will attract students if you’re close to the school, lower income area generally so possibly more renters, another plus would be the properties are usually less expensive. The negatives are that the crime statistics are high for the area, and schools are rated lower than neighboring areas.

I’ve done both commutes from Seymour. You’ll make a short drive to Bridgeport to catch metro north. Bridgeport is great because they have a few express trains that only stop in Stamford. Train ride will be about an hour and twenty. I hope your job is near grand central because if not, it will become unmanageable. The drive from Seymour to west Hartford should be about 45-50 minutes. I agree with others that said you’ll want to be in a town along route 8.