[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Originally Posted by BPt111

LOL it not that impressive East Rock, Wooster Square in New Haven is better the architectural, close to downtown, some of the best pizza and dinning in New England

I wasn't saying it was "that impressive"; I was providing the link for the OP so he can check out what is arguably the best street of a city in which he's expressed interest. Certainly I'd say it's more impressive than your articulation, however.

[NewJeffCT]

Originally Posted by nep321

The fact that FFC is near NYC does not make FFC more exciting in itself. Also, in my opinion, being near NYC is a huge negative, because of all the congestion, aggressiveness, aggravation and cost of living. I see no value in it.

The price of real estate close to NYC begs to differ in seeing no value in living close to the city.

[nep321]

Originally Posted by NewJeffCT

The price of real estate close to NYC begs to differ in seeing no value in living close to the city.

That's irrelevant to my personal opinion. Being near something doesn't excuse the fact that the place itself isn't as good as the place it's near.

[DrPizza]

Downtown Rochester


Looks nice, some areas are just a piece of crap, but the downtown doesnt look too bad. Will be going between 7/26-7/30!

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by Computergeek

Downtown Rochester


Looks nice, some areas are just a piece of crap, but the downtown doesnt look too bad. Will be going between 7/26-7/30!

Kinda look better than CT downtowns not sure


Downtown Rochester is the economic center of Rochester, New York, and the largest in Upstate New York, employing over 50,000 people, and housing over 6,000 from Wkii

[Stylo]

I have a friend that has lived in a few places, including Rochester and now Milford. He much prefers it here, although does miss certain things about Rochester.

Buffalo has some cool traits but the post-industrial blight is a bit too depressing for me, especially when combined with the long and bleak winters. The economy of Upstate NY is nowhere near as strong as southwest CT. There's a reason it's so much cheaper.

I'm curious though what you're looking to do. You want to sell your house, which - if you can afford it doesn't really make sense. And then what? Rent in New Haven? I would not recommend buying in New Haven. If you want a more affordable town near New Haven, why not buy in Milford or Stratford? It'll still keep your employment options open with the train access.

[nep321]

Yeah that's the thing with Buffalo. The whole area just looks very run down, like nothing I've ever seen before.

Also keep in mind that Buffalo and Rochester are Midwestern cultured compared to CT. People use the word "pop" instead of "soda," for example. Also, the whole Buffalo metro area is 100% flat like Florida. Rochester has slightly more interesting terrain, however. And Syracuse has some significant hills as well. But the overall topography of western NY is much, much flatter than CT and full of boring farm land. As soon as you leave the Buffalo or Rochester areas, it's nothing but flat-ish farm land for miles and miles.

I believe that those cities are extremely provincial, too. They're not really places that transplants move to, and employers typically expect to hire locals only. Hartford is kind of similar in that regard, but I still think the Hartford area is a bit more open to transplants and outsiders. No one really cares.

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by nep321

Yeah that's the thing with Buffalo. The whole area just looks very run down, like nothing I've ever seen before.

Also keep in mind that Buffalo and Rochester are Midwestern cultured compared to CT. People use the word "pop" instead of "soda," for example. Also, the whole Buffalo metro area is 100% flat like Florida. Rochester has slightly more interesting terrain, however. And Syracuse has some significant hills as well. But the overall topography of western NY is much, much flatter than CT and full of boring farm land. As soon as you leave the Buffalo or Rochester areas, it's nothing but flat-ish farm land for miles and miles.

I believe that those cities are extremely provincial, too. They're not really places that transplants move to, and employers typically expect to hire locals only. Hartford is kind of similar in that regard, but I still think the Hartford area is a bit more open to transplants and outsiders. No one really cares.

"I still think the Hartford area is a bit more open to transplants and outsiders."


Explain ?

[nep321]

Originally Posted by BPt111

"I still think the Hartford area is a bit more open to transplants and outsiders."


Explain ?

I'm just saying that employers in the Hartford area may be okay with hiring someone from out of state, for a job. Many places in this country ONLY want local candidates 99% of the time.

[NewJeffCT]

Originally Posted by nep321

I'm just saying that employers in the Hartford area may be okay with hiring someone from out of state, for a job. Many places in this country ONLY want local candidates 99% of the time.

Having lived in the Hartford area in an area that was full of people that had relocated from all over the world to the Hartford area for work, I'd have to agree - just my 12 home cul-de-sac had two families from New Jersey, one from New York, one from Canada (previously from Shanghai), two families from Ohio and another from Michigan on the street. And, two of the relocations from within CT were originally from Maryland (via the Bronx) and New Jersey (via India). When we moved, the family that bought our home was relocating from Singapore. The rest of the 150 home subdivision was like that as well.

UTC is big on relocating its employees all over, and I think Stanley does it as well. Aetna has also brought in a good amount of people in recent years as well - the family from Canada via Shanghai was one.