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BrutallyRational t1_j62pcmg wrote

The towns in the Greater Danbury area (Northern Fairfield County) are very nice and fit most of your criteria; Ridgefield, Brookfield, Bethel and Newtown to name a few places. They’re just over an hour from NYC, have excellent schools and community feel, and offer a great value if you don’t need to commute into the city every single day.

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SaysKay OP t1_j63be53 wrote

We have been looking at Newtown thanks!

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Lazy_Nobody_4579 t1_j64itud wrote

I wouldn’t really call any of the places listen above diverse at all. But they do fit your criteria otherwise and are very nice towns. If you want more diversity, you would just have to go a bigger town like Norwalk or Stamford. CT is still very segregated in some ways, due to historical redlining.

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MatchingColors t1_j68hv10 wrote

Danbury is definitely diverse. Newtown is definitely not. I have lived in both towns.

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chgjarjenelle t1_j65cwqk wrote

I grew up in Newtown (parents moved from the city to the area) and it was not very diverse, but the schools were great and it checks your other boxes. We went to the city frequently and my parents worked in Westchester. Good luck in your search!

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SaysKay OP t1_j6ftay3 wrote

We visited some houses in Newtown today and it felt SO RURAL. I definitely need something that feels more like a city!

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chgjarjenelle t1_j6ghlft wrote

I could see that! I don’t know how much it’s changed since mid-00s when I moved, but you generally had to go to the surrounding towns for anything more than a grocery store. And we lived kind of “in town” so it was a little walkable, but other areas definitely not. My parents got used to it, but it was definitely a change from NYC to be there.

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