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Honest question what New London suburbs would you say are better? I can only think of Stonington/Westerly. New Haven has some pretty impressive suburbs like Branford, Clinton, Guilford etc...
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Originally Posted by Boston Shudra
Stonington (including Mystic) and Westerly are def nice. Noank (within Groton) has a similar aesthetic to The Bouorgh and Mystic. Waterford is generally very nice and well-to-do. Add the Lymes for sure.
Beyond that, there’s a lot of rural/woodsy scenery in places like Ledyard, North Stonington, and Salem. The Jonathan Edwards Winery in No. Stonington is pretty popular. Colchester has a nice little downtown.
Towns like Essex, Old Saybrook, and East Haddam technically step over the county lines into Hartford/New Haven territory, but they still have a lot of that eastern charm.
You’ve also got the two casinos (Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods).
No reply? Oh, come on.
It’s not often I get to flex my “Eastern CT” pride!
It’s not often I get to flex my “Eastern CT” pride!
I realized all of those were New London towns that I completely forgot at the moment lol. Mystic, Old Saybrook and Lyme are gorgeous. Where do you cut off the New London/New Haven suburbs at? I would say Clinton and Westbrook?
So...Steuben County? Do you have any particular recommendations about what to see and do there?
Southeast of the Finger Lakes puts you around Ithaca, Cortland, just south of Syracuse, etc. It does have a nice set of hills and valleys, as well as waterfalls in that area. Some apple orchards too.
I voted for New York, as New York State has Ithaca, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Binghamton which i prefer over the other cities in New England, although I do like Providence.
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Maine, NH, & VT as well as Upstate NY all have an abundance of natural freshwater lakes. There are excellent lakes for recreation in all of them. However, something about the lakes in the Adirondacks of NY stand out as the very best ones for me. I love the scenic drive between Tupper Lake, Long Lake, and Old Forge. There is a continuous chain of multiple lakes, one after another then another. Some lakes have restrictions on motorized boats which make them perfect for paddling. Many are remote, you can hike in to access some of them and paddle out to remote campsites. Just a real clean, pristine, and uncrowded area, and an ideal lake recreation environment. DH & I took a ride over last weekend and spent the night. We were really impressed with what we saw.
Maine, NH, & VT as well as Upstate NY all have an abundance of natural freshwater lakes. There are excellent lakes for recreation in all of them. However, something about the lakes in the Adirondacks of NY stand out as the very best ones for me. I love the scenic drive between Tupper Lake, Long Lake, and Old Forge. There is a continuous chain of multiple lakes, one after another then another. Some lakes have restrictions on motorized boats which make them perfect for paddling. Many are remote, you can hike in to access some of them and paddle out to remote campsites. Just a real clean, pristine, and uncrowded area, and an ideal lake recreation environment. DH & I took a ride over last weekend and spent the night. We were really impressed with what we saw.
I think I generally agree with this, particularly with regards to "accessible" lakes. And I also prefer the Adirondack lakes to VT, NH, and Southern ME (though Willoughby is gorgeous and Winnie will always hold a place in my heart due to the time I've spent there). But in terms of pure, unspoiled natural beauty, it's really hard to beat the lakes of Northern ME (and some of the farther out there Western Maine lakes such as Flagstaff, Rangely, Richardson, Aziscohos, etc.). Mooshead's probably my favorite out of all of the New England states and New York with it's combination of quaint lake town charm (Greenville) massive size, and largely unspoiled, undeveloped surroundings. Maine also has a number of large and small lakes between Baxter SP and the Canadian border which are some 50 (over 100 in some directions) miles from the nearest inhabited area. The Allagash Wilderness is the wildest, most remote area in the U.S. east of the Rockies. It's spectacular, but of course, it's not the easy to get to (which helps keep it so remote).
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