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Quote: Originally Posted by dazzleman FYI, I was born and raised in Westchester. I know New York very well. We've obviously seen a different side of New York and are not going to agree, so there's no point in beating a dead horse, IMO. What part if you don't mind my asking? The neighborhood I was talking about was in Mt. Vernon.

Quote: Originally Posted by britmax Can you describe Branford and Guilford for me? From what I read here Madison does not sound like a friendly place to live so I would like to hear about these other places. I just moved to Branford and love it. It's a mid-sized suburban town with plenty of economic diversity. You have small apartments and condos all the way up to large, multi-million dollar estates. Downtown is fantastic with some...

Quote: Originally Posted by arielmina just moved from Ridgefield two months ago after growing up there myself and raising my 7 yr old twins there most recently. In my opinion it's definitely less pretentious and over-scheduled than Darien, Westport, Greenwich, New Canaan and Wilton...You can do as little or as much as you want and the economic diversity is a little more prevelent. My kids had friends in mansions as well as little 1500 sq...

This thread has run way off course. There are other forums to debate this issue, so I am closing this thread down. JayCT, Moderator

I pay $11,000 per year in property taxes. My town has been on a spending spree with a huge growth in the school population, and the consequent need to build more schools. For a long time, our taxes were low because the school system was underutilized for the population because so many older people whose kids had long since finished school stayed in their homes. Many of them have been moving on or passing on, and are being replaced by people...

Quote: Originally Posted by hartford_renter This was hardly a winter storm. I am calling NBC30 and complaining, this is just more over-reaction by the local media. Every time there is any snow it is "the storm of the century". 5 inches in Hartford is hardly a storm. Maybe less than that for you. At 7:00, Bradley was only reporting 3.5".

Everybody do their snow dance! Now that I am ready for Xmas, I hope for lots of snow!

Quote: Originally Posted by kidyankee764 You seem to have a major problem with CT. Why don't you leave, in all seriousness? Is the line I quoted not true? To answer directly: I have family responsibilities that currently keep me in CT. As soon as I can leave, I will. But I thought this was supposed to be a discussion about places, not persons.

That Norwalk 12.5 number must be South Norwalk.

Quote: I hear people in CT are rich, rich, rich, Not everyone. Yes it is a wealthy state but there are a lot of middle and lower income people here as well. Quote: and arrogant You will find this in any state with some people. Trust me. I don't find most people arrogant here at all. I did see a lot of arrogance in Florida. A lot of people acted like Florida was paradise and everywhere else was a h*ll-hole. Quote: and drive nice cars not...