[Cambium]

I always tease my Dad why he didn't take the boat from Italy to Greenland or something instead of this warm sticky climate here. LOL! I could of been around Ice Bergs! Dad came with my grandmother in the 50s & docked in NYC lived in New Rochelle. Didn't dock at Ellis Island since he and his Dad was a US citizen already. Dad left in the 60s to marry my mom then brought her back here. I'm the only one in the family smart enough to move into CT.

[andthentherewere3]

Originally Posted by AnonChick

There are families who can trace their ancestors back to settlers in the 1700's.

Some of our family settled in Ct. in the late 1600's. It's a very old state. We also had family settle in Vermont (although in the 1700's), Massachusetts, Virginia etc. back in the late 1600's. Not NY, though.

[EricS39]

My family ancestral background is Jewish European "Russian/Polish origin". My parents grew up in the boroughs of New York and moved down to Florida.

I did not like the move down to Florida, but also realized how hard it is to settle and raise a family in New York. I found the happy balance of being near major cities and being surrounded by nature ...in Connecticut

Moreover, I am loving the element of Connecticut that is like a shady Glenn style time warp back to the 1960s and 70s because quite honestly, those happy days are worth revisiting (except I strongly support gay rights progress of our time and in going through a time warp would not undo that progress).

I like this state because people are fine traditional but free-spirited all in one. I would like to see the state be more interracial and see more demographic mixing of people of different backgrounds sharing day to day life together.

[Stylo]

3/4ths of my family immigrated to NYC area. Both my parents grew up 15 minutes to Manhattan. They moved all over but settled in CT.