Cloth does almost nothing to prevent you from spreading and gives you no protection. If you feel you need one because you are super high risk, you need an n95.

I’m a big fan of New Haven, but every once in a while, I get a craving for Greek pizza. It’s trash, but sometimes I want trash.

So much fishing here.

Yeah, I got lucky with the timing. The wave hit Boston first. I made a killing on my sale up there and caught a bargain here. Fast $100+k I ever made😂

I got in on the early wave, before things went crazy. 4br 2.5 bath, 1900sq ft on 2 acres for $365K. Coming from Boston, I couldn't make an offer fast enough. I could probably sell it for $500K now.

Madison resident here. Like people have said, similar towns. Moved here about 2 1/2 years ago, but I grew up a few towns to the east. Both are amazing. The house we wanted most was in Guilford. I would have been ecstatic to move there. Great schools, solid sports, lots of outdoor activities. Guilford has more shopping and restaurants. Madison really lacking in the restaurant department. Guilford is more politically divided. The blues are bluer and the reds are redder. Madison used to be red town - old school New England GOP. That has faded and it's now centrist blue town. The high end in Madison, down by the beach, is higher end than Guilford, but that doesn't represent most of the town. Lots and lots regular people here.

The snobby reputation is a bit overblown. Growing up in less bougie town year ago, Madison and Guilford both seemed liked snotty rich towns. Living here now, I don't find that to be true. OK. Let me clarify. If you are a blue collar person who works on their car in your garage and runs the engine loud to blow it out during dinner time, you might have neighbors get an attitude. There are a few people, for sure. Probably the worst we encountered was a non-native who grew up in Waterford, married a doctor, and acted surprised that my wife and I, with our normal jobs, can afford the town. But that was literally one thing in over 2 years.

You can't go wrong with either.

EDIT: Taxes are a bit higher in Guilford. The gap will close a little once the bill for the school renewal and community center hit the budget. Should still be a bit lower than Guilford.

Right. Big Oil, with its massive connections to the GOP, colluded with Democrats to help them keep the Senate and have a weak majority in the House. Got it. Makes sense.

There is always a tension between major urban universities and the communities. Harvard in Cambridge, BU and Northeastern in Boston (especially Northeastern in recent years.) Without a doubt, the schools are a net positive for the communities. I don't think Yale has ANY problem with staff retention. Well compensated professors can live in one of the several beautiful neighborhoods on NH and send their kids to Hopkins, etc or live in one the suburbs. Guilford, an absolutely classic NE town, is a 20 minute commute to Yale. Woodbridge is 15 minutes.

Yale invests a fair amount in the community. I am a NH public school teacher. They have an amazing partnership with the magnet performing arts high school as well as number of other programs.

I'll tell you this - I would not be living in CT if not for Yale. I relocated from Boston ~ 2 years ago. I would not have left Boston with being close to a city that had a lot to offer. Because of Yale, New Haven does. Without it, yeah, it's Bridgeport.

Strangely, Old Saybrook had some mob connections. The old Terra Mar, now Saybrook Point has mob connections. Skyball Scibelli had a house in Indian Town. My father knew him well. I remember my baby sister slapped him on the face. My dad said, "that's the only person that can get away with slapping him like that."

Yes. The grandfather of the current owners.

Randolph schools have been a dumpster fire for years. I worked there in the late aughts. Horrible.

West Hartford and the Farmington valley towns are so desperate to be on par with FFC…lol. It’s like the people who move to Madison from Clinton or Waterford. They think they’ve made it. This is coming from a Madison resident who knows that Madison, West Hartford, etc aren’t on the same level as the $$$ FFC towns

Yes and no. It’s def low key big money, but it’s not on the level of New Canaan and Darien.

This is the correct answer.

Yes. I only use oil during the coldest days.