[The_Quiet_One]

Out of curiosity, I played around with the average population and average median annual income for certain CT towns based on the town/city name. This only applies to the 169 incorporated towns, not boroughs. According to what I found, 17 towns end in "ford," 12 end in "field," and 10 end in "bury." I also looked at towns beginning with "New" and with the four compass directions ("East," "West," "North," and "South").

From my very quick analysis, towns that end in "field" have an 11% increase in median annual income over towns that end in "ford" and a 2% increase over towns that end in "bury." But the "field" towns have 70% less average population than the "ford" towns and 34% less than the "bury" towns.

Towns that begin with "New" have the highest average population (40,234) while towns that begin with "North" have the lowest (11,531).

Towns that begin with "West" have a 41% increase in median annual income over towns that begin with "East."

Towns that begin with "South" have a 32% increase in median income over towns that begin with "North."

The "West" towns have the highest average median income of $134,742. The state average is about $79,855.

Take what you want from these observations. This isn't a scientific study. But I figured it could start some discussions.

Those are the only words I looked at. I wanted to analyze towns that end in "town" and "ton" but got a little tired. Also, there weren't as many towns as I expected that end in "port" and "ville" so I didn't look at those. That would change if I looked at boroughs and sections of towns, though.

I also only looked at the full word in question and not its variants. For example, for towns that begin with "North," I didn't count Norfolk, Norwalk, and Norwich even though "Nor" derives from "North." The whole word had to appear. It also didn't matter if the word was separate or merged. So for the "West" towns I included Weston and Westport.

My source for annual median income by town was: CTData.org. My source for population was: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Depart...wns2020pdf.pdf

[JayCT]

Interesting. One thing I noticed with Connecticut’s major cities is that the suburbs west of them tend to be more affluent than those to the east. Stamford has Greenwich, verses Darien (hardly poor but not as affluent). Bridgeport has Fairfield, verse Stratford. New Haven has Woodbridge, verses East Haven. Hartford has West Hartford, verses East Hartford. It’s likely just a coincidence but still interesting. Jay

[norcal2k19]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Interesting. One thing I noticed with Connecticut’s major cities is that the suburbs west of them tend to be more affluent than those to the east. Stamford has Greenwich, verses Darien (hardly poor but not as affluent). Bridgeport has Fairfield, verse Stratford. New Haven has Woodbridge, verses East Haven. Hartford has West Hartford, verses East Hartford. It’s likely just a coincidence but still interesting. Jay

Yeah - this may in some small part relate to our British roots. They have a similar saying in the UK (for example, look at West London vs. East London). Something about pollution moving east if I can recall...

Other examples top of mind: West LA/East LA, West/East Nashville, West/East Tucson

[SteveM85]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Interesting. One thing I noticed with Connecticut’s major cities is that the suburbs west of them tend to be more affluent than those to the east. Stamford has Greenwich, verses Darien (hardly poor but not as affluent). Bridgeport has Fairfield, verse Stratford. New Haven has Woodbridge, verses East Haven. Hartford has West Hartford, verses East Hartford. It’s likely just a coincidence but still interesting. Jay

Originally Posted by norcal2k19

Yeah - this may in some small part relate to our British roots. They have a similar saying in the UK (for example, look at West London vs. East London). Something about pollution moving east if I can recall...

Other examples top of mind: West LA/East LA, West/East Nashville, West/East Tucson

Not bad but just Hartford and Bridgepeort
West Haven is west of New Haven too

Pollution may move east with momentum from the earth's rotation, or would it lag west.
That may have been a factor in affluent settlements in medieval Europe but not here

[The_Quiet_One]

The path of industrial smoke seems to be the main reason why the west end of cities is usually the more affluent part, according to this article: https://amp.theguardian.com/cities/2...poor-east-ends

And of course, for CT, the entire state has an east-west divide with the Connecticut River being the dividing line. Only 11 of the top 50 most populous towns are east of the river. None of the top 10 are.

[ryanthegoldengod]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Interesting. One thing I noticed with Connecticut’s major cities is that the suburbs west of them tend to be more affluent than those to the east. Stamford has Greenwich, verses Darien (hardly poor but not as affluent). Bridgeport has Fairfield, verse Stratford. New Haven has Woodbridge, verses East Haven. Hartford has West Hartford, verses East Hartford. It’s likely just a coincidence but still interesting. Jay

In the case of West Hartford I'm guessing it became the affluent one because it's not separated by the river. So easy transit--especially before everyone owned a car.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by SteveM85

Not bad but just Hartford and Bridgepeort
West Haven is west of New Haven too

Pollution may move east with momentum from the earth's rotation, or would it lag west.
That may have been a factor in affluent settlements in medieval Europe but not here

As I pointed out, Woodbridge is west of New Haven. Orange is too. Both are among the most affluent suburbs of New Haven. Jay

[WouldLoveTo]

Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod

In the case of West Hartford I'm guessing it became the affluent one because it's not separated by the river. So easy transit--especially before everyone owned a car.

I actually would have expected the affluent to be able to afford to move across the river, leaving those who couldn't to spread westward. They did spread north into Wilson.

[CTartist]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Interesting. One thing I noticed with Connecticut’s major cities is that the suburbs west of them tend to be more affluent than those to the east. Stamford has Greenwich, verses Darien (hardly poor but not as affluent). Bridgeport has Fairfield, verse Stratford. New Haven has Woodbridge, verses East Haven. Hartford has West Hartford, verses East Hartford. It’s likely just a coincidence but still interesting. Jay

All roads in CT lead to NYC and all it's money.

Darien is very wealthy. Probably the wealthiest in CT.
HH Income: $250,000+
House Price: 1.5 miliion

Greenwich
HH Income: $180,000
House Price: 1.4 miliion
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fa...5222,PST045221

[synchem]

The towns ending in "-ton" would probably put in a good showing.