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Old 04-27-2014, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Where Sunday shopping is banned in the USA
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^^^ Beautiful.... I wish we had nice small city in NJ but I live only 25 min from Manhattan....

Things I did not like about CT:

* More expensive gas and no full-service
* Tax on shoes and clothes
* No Sunday closing law (unlike in Bergen County)
* Mall parking cost money

BTW your infrastructure was great, I saw somewhere here earlier that the roads were bad which is not true at all!
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Northeast states
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^^^ Beautiful.... I wish we had nice small city in NJ but I live only 25 min from Manhattan....

Things I did not like about CT:

* More expensive gas and no full-service
* Tax on shoes and clothes
* No Sunday closing law (unlike in Bergen County)
* Mall parking cost money

BTW your infrastructure was great, I saw somewhere here earlier that the roads were bad which is not true at all!

Downtown Hartford might look nice but it dead after 5 outside of downtown hartford it pretty dumpy expect the westend.

Yes CT taxes folks on almost everything you buy, Some Malls in CT you don't have pay for parking.
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Where Sunday shopping is banned in the USA
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Downtown Hartford might look nice but it dead after 5 outside of downtown hartford it pretty dumpy expect the westend.
So the nicest city in CT is Stamford?
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Northeast states
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So the nicest city in CT is Stamford?

Yes, it is New Haven has nice downtown too and some nice parts like East Rock, Wooster Square sections, Bridgeport Downtown is trying to come back but it still crucial but Black Rock section has some nice bars and young crowd. Most populated CT cities are under 148,000 residents
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:11 PM
 
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Yes I've been there. You're right on McMansions. Meaning large but not particlularly stately. Alpine does have some impressive homes but still can't compete with Greenwich. You must've driven through Stamford or something.

The Alpine zip code may edge Greenwich, but that's because it's a much smaller, more homogenous town. Greenwich has over 60k residents and more diverse areas.

That neighborhood you supposedly drove through is the richest in the country:

Richest Neighborhoods In America - Business Insider
Sounds like someone has some doubt. Perhaps you should grab a couple slices of pie and a Pepsi and ponder it a little more.
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Northern Fairfield Co.
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I could go for a slice & Pepsi right abut now too
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:20 PM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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That's a typical house in Alpine..... And they are within a community not along a Main Street. Cannot believe the price in 2005 and now 2014
Who said anything about them only being along a Main Street? There are massive homes all over Greenwich.
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:47 PM
 
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Here ya go - Copper Beech Farm in Greenwich, sells for $120 million

Historic: Copper Beech Farm Sells for $120 Million - Real Estate - Greenwich, CT Patch

Alpine has less than 2,000 people. Greenwich has 62,000.
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Old 04-27-2014, 05:08 PM
 
Location: Northeast states
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It nice to see a NJ resident discover CT lol
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Old 04-27-2014, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Somewhere on the Moon.
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It nice to see a NJ resident discover CT lol
Yes, but lets keep our fingers crossed so that the other Jersey guy that swears Jersey City is better than Stamford doesn't discovers this thread!
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