Ot: What City do u live in & where did you grow up?

[HuskyHawk]

Small world: I grew up (5-18) in Overland Park, KS. You probably don't remember a whole lot from 0-5.

But I went back to Kansas for law school, and lived in Lenexa after that (worked in KC). All my extended family is from that area, so we went back frequently.

 

[BearJWS]

Born: Hartford Hospital
Raised: Glastonbury, CT
Lived: New Britain, CT; East Hartford, CT
Current: Glastonbury, CT - same home; less than 1/4 mile from KO's home

Ha, right off Rt 2... Scary that I know. Next town south, through the woods here!

 

[BearJWS]

Born: Hartford, CT
Raised: Plainville, CT Southington, CT
Lived: West Hartford, CT Hartford, CT Bristol, CT Glastonbury, CT Willimantic, CT Old Lyme, CT Raleigh, NC New Britain, CT Fairfield, CT Wethersfield CT
Current: East Hampton, CT

Another neighbor!

 

[Castlevania]

Born: Waterbury, CT
Raised: Greensboro, NC
Lived: Waterbury (3yrs) Greensboro (20yrs) Charlotte, NC (1yr)
Current: Greensboro, North Cackalacky

 

[Castlevania]

Question for lifelong Connecticut residents:
Why?
Huge taxes and 7 months of really crappy weather, grey skies and limited sun.
Just wondering when it seems a good percentage of Boneyarders have moved south.
My family thought I was crazy to move south and then 3 years later 2 of my sisters and my parents moved to North Carolina and they said it was the smartest thing they had ever done.

I've counted 9 boneyarders from NC that have posted so far.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Born & currently live in Cromwell.
Spent 5 years in Storrs and a couple years in Rocky Hill.
Graduated UConn in 1990. Been a fan since the late 70's.

 

[Jerry1714]

Why stay in CT?

1) In my line of work, I can make a New York salary without paying New York prices. Yes, housing in the South would be 30% cheaper, but I'd take a 30% discount in salary to do the same thing there. If the time comes that I can't find a job here, I'll reconsider.

2) Real public schools. I know enough people who have either taught in or otherwise dealt with public schools in places like NC to know I want no part of them. You won't find better public schools than in suburban New England.

3) I'm not living more than 50 miles from salt water. End of story. I like to fish, particularly from shore in salt water. CT has one of the most diverse fisheries around, and the surf fishing capital of the world is a boat ride away. Southeastern CT, while lacking beaches, has a very underrated scenic shoreline.

4) Better, more diverse cuisine. I love barbecue, but I can make it just as well on my deck -- it isn't f^cking rocket science, and yes, you can use a smoker in the winter. Tough to make a decent pizza on your own, though. If it was easy, there would be good pizza in the South. I do admit to having my barbecue sauce shipped in from Alabama, though.

5) Winter sucks, but having skiing close by is important. I do get a bit jealous come February, but that's normally long gone come May when it's 75 and sunny here and 95 and oppressively humid there.

6) Fall in New England. Warm days with cool nights, the striped bass run, unmatched scenery.

7) I like my iced tea unsweetened, with lemon.

8) The false magnanimity of southerners. Up here, we're up front about being vindictive SOBs -- we don't hide it behind some fake charm.



So to sum up --

Reasons to move South:
* Lower cost of living, more jobs.
* Better weather 3 months out of the year
* Better looking college girls

Reasons to stay:
* Just about everything else by which I would measure quality of life.

Who knows, maybe the economic situation will deteriorate to the point that I won't have a choice. If that happens, so be it, but it won't be permanent.

You have lived in CT your entire life and you are going to lecture on why CT is the best place to live? Ha, this why people outside New England, hate New Englanders.

Just because you spent a weekend somewhere else does not mean you have a clue about that place. Your post illustrates that perfectly.

 

[Bill Sussman]

You have lived in CT your entire life and you are going to lecture on why CT is the best place to live? Ha, this why people outside New England, hate New Englanders.

Just because you spent a weekend somewhere else does not mean you have a clue about that place. Your post illustrates that perfectly.

Pretty sure that was an outline of his reasoning based on his personal preferences. So dont get your panties in a wad. I, personally, love hearing what is great about the state that is home to our fine university!

 

[bmayuc]

Born: New Haven, CT
Raised: Deep River, CT
Lived: Deep River (1-18), Storrs(19-23), Boston(24), New London(24-26), WorcesterMA(26-current28)
Current: Worcester, MA​

 

[rw005]

Born - Danbury, CT
Raised - Ridgefield, CT and Mt. Kisco, NY
Current - Ridgefield

 

[Excalibur]

You have lived in CT your entire life and you are going to lecture on why CT is the best place to live? Ha, this why people outside New England, hate New Englanders.

Just because you spent a weekend somewhere else does not mean you have a clue about that place. Your post illustrates that perfectly.

Right. Because I don't know anyone who lives outside of CT. And I've never met any southerners . . .

I wasn't the jack@ss who asked why anyone would want to stay here, by the way.

 

[GemParty]

Pretty sure that was an outline of his reasoning based on his personal preferences. So dont get your panties in a wad. I, personally, love hearing what is great about the state that is home to our fine university!

Bill- I sent you a message to your inbox.

 

[JSB60]

Born: New Haven, CT
Raised: Hamden, CT
Lived: New Haven, CT; Providence, RI; Arlington, VA
Currently: West Pittston, PA

 

[Jerry1714]

Right. Because I don't know anyone who lives outside of CT. And I've never met any southerners . . .

I wasn't the jack@ss who asked why anyone would want to stay here, by the way.

So it is just superficial judgments and word of mouth, nothing you have actually experienced. Gotcha. Carry on.

 

[BearJWS]

Let's not get into why people live where they live or why. There are many good places to live, each has it's own perks or disadvantages depending on who you ask. It does no good to discuss why one one place is better than other. Only causes problems.

 

[storrsroars]

Let's not get into why people live where they live or why. There are many good places to live, each has it's own perks or disadvantages depending on who you ask. It does no good to discuss why one one place is better than other. Only causes problems.

Bridgeport has no perks. I've lived there.

 

[BugsyCT]

Bridgeport has no perks. I've lived there.

One perk - close to NYC.

 

[tzznandrew]

Let's not get into why people live where they live or why. There are many good places to live, each has it's own perks or disadvantages depending on who you ask. It does no good to discuss why one one place is better than other. Only causes problems.

To be fair to excalibur, he was responding to another poster who asked why anyone would rather live in CT (and, by extension really, Southern New England as a whole I would wager) than the South. He didn't just rant on it for no reason.

But ultimately I think you are right, which is why my initial response was restrained. No reason for silly arguments.

 

[Husky25]

I can't believe I'm telling total strangers this!

If you're on this site, you're probably on the Grid. If you're on the Grid, people with the know how and desire, probably already know everything about you...

Born: A hospital
Raised: Northborough MA
Lived: N'boro (0-18), Storrs CT (18-22; Hicks, Belden, Hollister, Knollwood Apts., and Ellsworth), Manchester CT (22-30)
Current: East Hampton CT

I love New England. I love the changing seasons and I actually enjoy Nor'Easters. I'll enjoy them more when my son is old enough to play in the snow. When the snow is cleared, going inside and sipping scotch next to a roaring fire.

 

[Excalibur]

So it is just superficial judgments and word of mouth, nothing you have actually experienced. Gotcha. Carry on.

Go back and read my post again. You'll see a mix of personal preferences (weather, fishing, food, iced tea) mixed with facts (diverse fishing, good pizza, salary considerations) and observations from personal experience. God forbid I actually form an opinion on schools by discussing with people who live and teach in the South, or have taught both in the Northeast and the South. God forbid that I form an opinion on the quality and variety of restaurants in a city by actually visiting and eating there. God forbid that I prefer to not have to change my shirt or peel my scrotum off of my thigh after being outside for 10 minutes during the summer. I never knew that "I like unsweetened tea" was a superficial judgement about an entire region, even if it was a bit tongue-in-cheek. Other than the comments about fake magnanimity (you know, one of those personal observations from personal experience), the whole thing was pretty fair compared to the OP whose entire world apparently revolves around taxes and snow.

Your response seems so out of place that it can only be characterized as a knee-jerk reaction from a humorless dick. Congrats.

 

[sparky]

It's a few days until another round of basketball, & depressingly enough we aren't still playing. Other than rooting for the girls tonight, a new conference, recruiting or checking twitter to see if Shabazz is coming back, it's pretty slow.

Last year a Boneyard Pin was designed to identify Yarders at various games. I bought two, but often forget to put it on, or it's on the (other jacket). It's a great conversation starter once you realize somebody at a pub or a tailgate reads the Yard like you. Maybe it's a poster you've interacted with hundreds of times. I find it equally interesting, what a small world it is when those Avatar's you read daily are from your hometown, state, or a place you once lived. It really is a small world & I believe in six degrees of separation. Many of us know, work with, and are related to some of the same people & might not even know it. Some of us would prefer it that way, anyhow.

If you're willing to share, and the thread doesn't find it's way to the Cesspool, where do you live now? where have you lived? where did you grow up? Get to know your neighbors-

Born: New Britain, CT
Raised: Newington, CT
Lived: Providence RI (JWU) school; Alexandria, VA; Silverspring, MD; Miami, FL
Current: Newington, CT

 

[ffg53]

Born: Rochester, NY
Raised: Rochester, NY
Lived: Charleston, SC (Navy), Philadelphia (college)
Current: Meriden, CT (16 years, work in Hartford)

 

[sparky]

Born: Bridgeport
Raised: Trumbull
Lived: Louisville, Ky
Current: Marietta, Ga

Went to ND Bridgeport class of 1965, played Basketball there.

 

[60'sfan]

As long as you don't mind winters, why wouldn't you live in Connecticut? I'm in SoCal and love it, but Connecticut has both great towns to live in, and it is driving distance from 2 of the 5 or so best cities in the country to visit.

Even in the dreary winter, you are driving distance from great skiing (if that's your thing) and have UConn hoops to get you through the snow days. In the summer, you have beaches and outdoor activities everywhere, and unlike the south, unbearably hot temps are usually only temporary. You also have the best pizza in the world, plenty of other great cuisine options as we just recently top 10'ed ad nauseum, and nothing beats a cup of Dunkin' Donuts on a crisp fall day with the leaves changing (the one thing I miss in SoCal). And when all else fails, we even were the first ones to let our tribes throw up some casinos. Open 24-7.

The south can have its mosquitoes, Nascar, and fried okra. When New England fries stuff, it's at least clams and scallops, to go along with the lobster and drawn butter. Ah, a quality beach town clambake in the summer - now that's living. We don't fry steaks and veggies, throw it on a plate and claim it is some sort of "homestyle" food.

Good news for you (and me). Dunkin' Donuts is coming to California.

 

[joober jones]

Born in Winnipeg and grew up in Oakbank. Then I moved to the USA in '89 and lived in San Diego for a little while before moving to Deep River, CT and now I'm living in Lyme.