Anyone know about Conneticut, good places to live?
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Paul and I are thinking about relocating
Any suggestions welcom
KarenK122
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My cousin lives right out side of Mystic (Stonington I think). I love that area. Beautiful houses and just a hop on the ferry to LI and a short drive to Providence, RI where she works.
wacky
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Oh thankyou. stratford I have to write a list and go check these places out
Much graciass
wacky
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Mystic is my favorite place in CT, too bad Im poor
HappyEverAfter
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FH and I put a down payment on a house in Shelton CT, its the next town north of Stratford. Its a beautiful area, and the houses are affordable. The commute to NYC is about 80 minutes- but I do over an hour now anyway (from Queens! ) so thats not so bad. Plus I plan on getting a new job closer once we move there.
Here is a pic of the model home that we are buying-sorry its so huge I cannot figure out how to resize.
(ok, pic did not come out- I am going to try and save it into shutterfly and resize)
wacky
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hey congrats, How far from Long Island is it also?
Your pic didnt come out, post again
How is the area and school district and is it really desolate or like long island
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My brother just bought a house in Fairfield- I hear it is a 10 min ride form the pt jeff ferry.
boosh78201
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Darien is also a very nice area. DH's cousin lives there.
wacky
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Oh I cant wait to start looking into this
HappyEverAfter
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OK, here we go- this should work.
The house in the pic is the model house- ours is going to be different color siding and will have a two car garage on the side, not in the front.
I like Shelton a lot, schools are good and its a great location between Stamford (where FH works) and New Haven (where I will look for a job). Its not a mecca metropolis, but it is near enough to both cities so that it works for us. I live on the Queens/LI border now, and it takes us about 1-1 1/2 hours to get to Shelton. You take I-95 the whole way. Also, as an FYI, Darien is really expensive- Stamford, Greenwich and Darien are all more expensive than Long Island.
Good luck, FM me if you need any more info!
wacky
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I love the house its so pretty.
Tienes FM
ss2002
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My coworker is looking at homes in CT. She and DH have found some reasonable $$ homes in Norwalk and Trumball.
My ex's family was from northern CT...around Hartford. While the city of Hartford did not impress me, the suburbs are beautiful-around the Southington/Berlin area. Not a reasonable commute to NYC, though.
Good luck!
HappyEverAfter
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Thanks Wacky- FM back at ya
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My cousin is in the Coast Guard and is stationed in New Haven--he got married last October and we went up to CT for the wedding--it is very pretty in New Haven-especially in the Fall when he got married--sorry I don't have more to offer!
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