Yeah enjoy fighting against the character you made up.

I’m just here to tell you you’re objectively wrong about green space nyc and that you have some frankly hilariously deranged ideas about the way Dutch colonies were run.

You’re not being realistically critical and I’ve told you why. You’re suggesting that you can rebut empiric evidence with your opinion, and I’m afraid that’s not how it works.

You’re a disgruntled Marxist with an axe to grind and you’re annoyed when your sweepingly hyperbolic, ahistorical, and entirely made-up statements are challenged. There are plenty of places where you can get away with that kind of thing but this isn’t one of them.

Nah just peeved and skeptical of anyone who trashes my city while ludicrously yearning for an imaginary pre-capitalist 17th century utopia under the auspices of the colonial Dutch, who literally invented capitalism, largely in New Amsterdam and at that exact moment in history, and also claims NYC has no green space when it has over 7,000 square feet of parks and green space per capita, the most for any North American city with over 3 million people.

I’m sorry you hate it here to much. Leave.

Completely untrue. You sound like somebody who’s only seen New York in movies.

He doesn’t love it and should leave

New York has more walkable neighborhoods, more mixed use zoning, more parks and green space per capita than literally city in America.

The Dutch invented capitalism and New Amsterdam / New York was created as its avatar. Literally every single “great city” in the world is a crucible of capitalistic enterprise.

Please leave NYC and send us a postcard from Pyongyang or whatever awesome spot you end up.

And intrusive and violative of privacy. Just bad, unethical, rubbernecking journalism.

Why the fuck does this article go out of its way to mention the square footage and Zillow estimate value of his home?

It would be much worse. Bridgeport abuts against the Gold Coast so there are several lovely upscale neighborhoods near the Fairfield border. Bridgeport is also on the seaside so has a charming shoreline and ocean breezes. New Haven without Yale would make Bridgeport look like Westport by comparison.

I don’t think you’d like New Haven very much if you subtracted Yale

I mean, not defending any social status-based prioritization of healthcare services, but prioritizing a “major trustee” of the university is not just “favoring the rich”. A Board of Trustees is the top governing structure of a university. People who serve on it have made a major, sustained commitment of money, time, and effort to advancing the school’s interests and stature. This isn’t just a case of “this guy is rich let’s give them better healthcare”. This is more along the lines of “look sharp the boss is here”.

Those other towns are also extremely livable, human, and worthwhile. That’s why everyone wants to live there. Drive around Westport and tell me it isn’t livable. You’ll sound insane.

Greenwich, Darien, Westport, New Canaan, West Hartford

I generally agree that Fairfield is the preferable place to live regardless. Great town.

Fairfield is less expensive than Westport (though still quite pricy- Westport is the 9th wealthiest zip code in the country) but I’d say if anything Fairfield is more parent-y than Westport. You can be a rich single childless investment banker in Westport, but FF is wall to wall moms.

I’ve spent time in parts of Texas that are perfectly fine, but you’re making the right move

*you’re

A little weird to move to either of those towns if you have no kids. Major family communities with high property taxes to pay for good schools.

If you like that area, Black Rock (which is technically Bridgeport) is right next to Fairfield except way cheaper, and Norwalk is next to Westport at a fraction of the price.

Actually Texas is gross

Half the reason to live in Westport is the schools. If that’s not a consideration, you’re just paying insane property taxes to subsidize other people’s kids. Also, Westport isn’t really an option unless you’re prepared to buy at $1M+. Even if you buy an apartment or townhouse or find a great deal, fitting in in Westport is tough unless you’re seriously wealthy.

If you don’t need to worry about schools and you want a nice area with plenty of action and adjacency to culture and activities, I’d say the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, New Haven, or Norwalk. All are also pretty quick shots into New York as well.

What the fuck are you talking about

This is hilarious nonsense.

The ranking is based off of frequency of internet searches of the terms “stress” “anxiety” and “depression”.

All this indicates is that people in Connecticut are taking care of their mental health and are self-aware enough to recognize signs of various types of psychological strain. If anything, this makes us less likely to be stressed and more likely to be happy and actualized.

How do they get away with publishing this shit?

Most beautiful state. Perfect balance between mild civilized tameness and unspoiled natural splendor. No other state strikes quite the same equilibrium.

Killer yard man.