[sss82902]

ok so i live in california, LA to be exact i hate it and i want to move to a very small town. I want a town where basicaly everyone knows everone. where they have town meetings and a local family resturant where everone goes. i am 18 and ready to get out and get a nice town. so i will take any suggestions.

[metaljaybird]

You won't find that in CT. Most people stick to themselves. You should try midwestern towns like Madison or Des Moines.

[Erin1264]

Sure, there are small towns left. I'm from Northeastern CT so I'll weigh in on that area: Hampton, Ashford, Union or Eastford are my ideas.

Good luck!

[lickyleo]

Try Killingworth, it's a small town with 1 stop light, approx. 6,000 residents, they even have a town picnic in Sept.

[parasol]

sss82902, you don't happen to be a fan of Gilmore Girls do you? Your description fits 'Stars Hollow' in a way that made me chuckle. I hope to move to a town like that someday myself.

[Dockside]

Try googling CT Magazine's Rating the Towns 2006.

[HamptonCT]

If you are looking for a really small town that is still close to major services and culture Hampton is a lovely place. Hampton still maintains an old fashioned tight knit community. We have town meetings, a local Library, and a General Store. Our historic Main Street is still walkable because we are without the terrible traffic that plagues most towns on a main highway. Yet we are only one mile from the main artery between Hartford and Providence.

We are an open minded conservation oriented community that cares for the environment and our quality of life. We have not one stop light or gas station. In fact the population is less today then it was in 1790 when they took the first census.

The Quiet corner of NE Connecticut is a vibrant collection of small towns that still carry on the best of our 18th century traditions. (No more stockades and public shaming, at least not often)

To get a better sense of the place visit: http://www.hamptonct.org or http://hampton.dems.info

[conservethequiet]

I'm a bit biased, but Pomfret and Hampton are both lovely places to live. The two have historical ties to each other and remain of similar stature in the "quiet corner" of the state. Pomfret has the better school system of the two due to Hampton’s failing Parish Hill High School (which I believe is bettering itself?). Many teachers in Pomfret have progressive beliefs and that has undoubtedly effected the young population for the better. (The same may be true in Hampton, having friends from the town, but I can’t say for sure.) The two towns OUTSTANDING conservation efforts have been assisted by The Nature Conservatory, The Audubon Society, The Wyndham Land Trust, the State of Connecticut and many private landowners.
Today, Pomfret is having somewhat of a “Main Street” renaissance while Hampton is maintaining its unmarked character. Well a half acre lot on Pomfret Street, Pomfret’s historical and current “Main Street,” runs you $200,000 and a home there can cost millions most anywhere else in town is, by Connecticut standards, affordable. However, it can be very hard to find real estate in either town, in comparison to surrounding towns, because the towns are so desirable. Pomfret’s best known establishment is “the Bean” or to non-locals “The Vanilla Bean Café.” Although it has been getting pricy, it’s well the money. Professors, students, bikers, hikers, skiers, priests, folk singers, contemporary writers, the young and the old all mingle here. The food has won many awards and changing artwork is displayed for sale on the walls, 100% of money going to the artist. If you can’t sit at a table and feel welcomed then small town Connecticut isn’t for you!
Other towns such as Woodstock and Thompson are picturesque however both are sprawling and their centers and people aren't unified. These most northern towns of the state are more socially conservative than neighbors Pomfret and Hampton and some townspeople of Woodstock and Thompson have been known to be extremely intolerant.
I can’t promise that you’ll feel welcomed in these towns, but I can promise I feel welcome and do my best to make sure others feel the same.

[countryman]

I agree with erin1264- Union is a very lovely, sleepy little community.

[CShoof04]

Does anyone have any detailed information on Union? I can't seem to find anything really good online and I think I may just be looking in the wrong place.
I'm looking for pictures, jobs, just lots of information on Union. I'm considering moving there but I live too far away to just go see for myself.
Any help would be great!