Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

beachbum1220 t1_je0pzpu wrote

If you plan on taking the train, plan for a 2 hour commute, give or take depending on how far you are from both stations. As for driving, I would not recommend it. I drive from Fairfield to Greenwich daily, and it takes me anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half during rush hour. So unless your hours are like, 7-3, you’re gonna have a bad time.

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mkt853 t1_je0nyc5 wrote

So your proof that all 3.6m CT residents generally don't enjoy a high quality of life is because your road is shit and you pay $7k in taxes and have a house you don't like? That's your entire case? Sorry man that's pretty f*cking weak. Just basic shit like public education, household/median income, access to health care, life expectancy, obesity rates, infant mortality, and on and on CT is at the top or very near the top in just about every basic SoL/QoL category like that. You're over here mad about a pothole on your street when parts of this country are on the level of developing African nations when it comes to just having clean potable water. Beyond the stuff we can control, when you live in CT, you're not at risk of losing all your stuff and having your town burn down from a wildfire, or being leveled by a tornado or washed away in a flood. Some of you whiners need a little fucking perspective because you have no clue how good you have it especially in light of what happened last weekend in the south.

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DonVito5086 OP t1_je0mkcp wrote

Yeah unfortunately our budget probably won't allow for a home in Greenwich or Westport haha. A lot of people suggested Shelton which I did visit but didn't get that warm and fuzzy feeling. We do like Newtown a lot also. I wouldn't mind Fairfield but my god the asking price for some of the homes in Fairfield is just laughable.

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Passion_Full t1_je0lt7v wrote

If that is what you liked, I would definitely recommend one of the more walkable parts of Milford, like close to downtown/green, close to walnut beach, close to anchor beach (less happens there but it is pretty) or if you can afford it, similar vibes in parts of Westport, Darien, Greenwich (but double to triple the housing costs)

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