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

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husky99 said:
Good call, my dad was a scientists for 8 years. What gave it away
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Well ... The first three are sites where GE's Financial Management Program operates.
 
Born Hartford - 8
West Hartford 9-18
South Carolina/North Carolina/Panama/Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/Somalia/Bahrain/SanDiego
19-23
West Hartford/Storrs 24-27
Newport RI 28-29
Mystic 30
Essex 31
North Carolina/Afghanistan 32
Essex 33
Iraq/Bahrain/North Carolina/Okinawa 34-35
Essex to present
 
Born: Framingham, MA
Raised: Perkinsville, VT and Bedford, NH
Lived: Above and Storrs, CT, Cincinnati, OH
Currently: Bloomington, IN
 
Military kid

Doggie Style said:
Born Hartford - 8
West Hartford 9-18
South Carolina/North Carolina/Panama/Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/Somalia/Bahrain/SanDiego
19-23
West Hartford/Storrs 24-27
Newport RI 28-29
Mystic 30
Essex 31
North Carolina/Afghanistan 32
Essex 33
Iraq/Bahrain/North Carolina/Okinawa 34-35
Essex to present
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chiller99 said:
No one said there wasnt.
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Atlantic Beach was one of my favorite trolling grounds when I escaped from Camp Lejeune. Wrightsville Beach was my favorite. It was a target rich environment!!
 
HuskyHawk said:
Born: Overland Park, KS (0-5)
Raised: Manchester, CT (5-18)
Lived: Storrs (18-21), Simsbury (21-23), Lawrence, KS (24-27), Lenexa, KS (27-28.5), Campbell, CA, San Jose, CA, Shrewsbury, MA, South Boston, MA
Current: Franklin MA (2003-present)
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Small world: I grew up (5-18) in Overland Park, KS. You probably don't remember a whole lot from 0-5.
 
Born: Kansas City, MO (0-5)
Raised: Overland Park, KS (5-18)
Lived: St. Louis, Champaign, IL, St. Louis, San Antonio, TX, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, UT, Hamden, CT (moved to CT in 1989).
Current: Glastonbury, CT (for 22 years).
 
Born: Hartford
Raised: Tolland (0-14); South Windsor (14-17)
Lived: Melbourne, FL (17-18); South Windsor (18-19)
Current: Tucson, AZ (1991-current)
 
Born: Waterbury
Raised: Wolcott
Lived:Wolcott, Waterbury (Dad lived there)
Current: Wolcott

Haven't exactly been on earth long enough to have lived in a lot of towns haha
 
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Samoo said:
When were you in Windhoek? I was there 2003-05.
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No kidding. Most people haven't even heard of Namibia. What were you doing there? My brother was a professor at the university and I took a year off work in 1997 to go live with him and travel around southern Africa. Lived for about 6 months at the Cardboard Box. Awesome memories. http://www.cardboardbox.com.na/cardboardbox.html
 
Born: New Brunswick, NJ
Raised: Middlefield, CT
Lived: Charlottesville, VA (UVA)
Current: Chapel Hill, NC
 
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.
 
Born: Southington CT

Raised: Meriden CT, Maloney '77

Live: Feeding Hills MA (23 years)
 
Born: Hartford
Raised: Bolton
Lived: Storrs, West Hartford (during law school), Norwich, Cheshire (since 2005).
 
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Born and Raised- Rocky Hill
Lived- Storrs (06-11), Wethersfield
Current- Rocky Hill
 
M_Funkhauser43! said:
Good to know, I might have to make the trip next year. For a sports-obsessed city, there's a dearth of good sports bars here in Belgrade.
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If you're going, check first. I was there in 2003 and I just looked at JJs site - no tourney games mentioned. Sky used to carry the FF via CBS but I understand that CBS content is now "geo-protected". You ought to be able to get ESPN America though? Slingbox will work in Europe as well if that's a possibility.
 
Born/Raised: Vernon, Ct

Lived: Rochester, NY - 5 years
Virginia Beach - 8 years ( 4 years X 2)


Current: Pensacola, Fl - 9 years (3 years and now 6+ years currently)
 
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.
 
Raised in Mansfield ...my father was a UConn Prof.
E.O.Smith and UConn then Navy for last 28 years.
Stationed: Norfolk, VA, Austin, TX, Mechanicsburg, PA, Trenton,NJ
Med school and residency in Bethesda, MD.
Last ten years in San Diego, helping to keep the troops healthy.
Have orders to go serve with the Marines starting this summer.
Deployed to: Med cruise,
Afghanistan: Mazar-e sharif, Nuristan, Jalalabad and Kandahar..likely Helmand next year
Cool shorter trips to Okinawa, Cairo, South Africa
 
GemParty said:
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
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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
 
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Born: New Britain
Raised: Plainville
Lived: Storrs, Sandy Hook, Kensington, West Hartford (since 93).
 
Excalibur said:
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.
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Largely agree, if I had 10 million sitting in the bank I would live in CT. I don't, so I live in Bangkok, after having lived in TX and IN after I left CT.
 
Old school indutrial Lower Naugatuck Valley
Friday Night Football in front of 5000 people.
Born in Derby (everyone in the valley was)
Raised in Shelton
Lived briefly in Ansonia
Then Seymour
Spent a lot of time in Western Ky

retired to a golfing community in AZ.
have been lucky enough to travel extensively.
AZ is great to retire to because of low taxes, inexspensive housing, (no stairs) , and weather.
Access to medical care because of so many seniors is also a must.
Most of the retirees are midwestern with a bunch of Western Canadians snowbirds.

When they leave greens fees go down sharply.
The Public school sytem is sub-standard.
The turnover in teachers annully is very high.

There are some good private schools. The state helps with private school by giving tuition tax credits.
If i donate to my grandsons private school I could wipe out my state imcome tax.
 
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
 
LeeOtisWilson said:
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.
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I've known plenty of people who have moved from the south to here and have been happier (including NC). I have known plenty of people who have moved from here, to the south, back to here.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Born/Raised: Vernon, Ct

Lived: Rochester, NY - 5 years
Virginia Beach - 8 years ( 4 years X 2)


Current: Pensacola, Fl - 9 years (3 years and now 6+ years currently)
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Nice to see another member of the Panhandle on the BY. Beaches are great in Pensacola.
 
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