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If anyone here ever gets the chance to live in a place like Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont you will know what real New England is. It goes way beyond landscape.
Hi 68vette,
After seeing your name, I figured that I had to add to this. I was the editor for a local (Northeastern U.S.) car club newsletter for about 4 years. From time to time, we would gather at different members' houses with our cars. I can totally agree with you regarding New England. Driving up to Manchester, Vermont, and stopping at the Hemming's Service Station in Bennington is totally different from anything one can ever experience in Connecticut.
One member, formerly from Bethel, Conn., retired to Littleton, New Hampshire. He describes the laid-back atmosphere there versus the fast pace here.
After seeing your name, I figured that I had to add to this. I was the editor for a local (Northeastern U.S.) car club newsletter for about 4 years. From time to time, we would gather at different members' houses with our cars. I can totally agree with you regarding New England. Driving up to Manchester, Vermont, and stopping at the Hemming's Service Station in Bennington is totally different from anything one can ever experience in Connecticut.
One member, formerly from Bethel, Conn., retired to Littleton, New Hampshire. He describes the laid-back atmosphere there versus the fast pace here.
I agree, In an odd way it's almost like stepping back in time to the fifties or sixties. Don't get me wrong we have places that are not typical Vermont places like Burlington, but there is nothing wrong with that. I feel the same way about Fairfield County. Some things I don't miss like the rat race, but there are many, many things I look forward to when I visit family.
My 68 vette is my testosterone release.
I can totally agree with you regarding New England. Driving up to Manchester, Vermont, and stopping at the Hemming's Service Station in Bennington is totally different from anything one can ever experience in Connecticut.
I agree. Parts of northern Fairfield County look like New England, but the experience of being there is very different.
Northern FFC is more like Connecticut/New England. Southern FFC has more NYC influence.
BUT does northern FFC have more influence from Boston in terms of sports...or do they still look and go for NY teams?
I find it HARD to believe that northern FFC RIGHT ON THE NY state line has many Red Sox fans.
I really HATE how the Red Sox and their fans want to claim CT as their own.
Even then NY is 10 times bigger, better, and nearer.
As far as sports, I would say there is an imaginary line somewhere in the middle of the state. There will be a scattering of fans on each side, but the closer you get to each city the more fans there are.
FF is a yuppy/gentry enclave-just like any such place from coast to coast.
All these places and people in them made from the same cookie cutter.
I disagree. FFC is not cookie-cutter in any way and the county is pretty diverse. You can't compare it to the cookie-cutter "wanna act rich" suburbanites in areas like Atlanta, Charlotte, Phoenix and California. The wealthy in FFC is largely old money (just like much of CT), down to earth, and less new money massive housing developments where everyone drives a brand new SUV just to one up the neighbors.
I have lived in southern FFC for most of my life and not once have I felt the pressure to keep up with the Joneses.
I think New Haven is the dividng line between Boston and NY fans! Everything south is NY and everything north is Boston!
Makes ZERO sense since North Haven/Hamden are closer to NY and NY metro than Boston.
Why would they go for the further, smaller market?
Also...you never mentioned East/West divide.
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