So I'm Moving to Connecticut...

dankind

Pearl Jam Braves Fan said:

dankind said:

Where is your wife's job mainly going to be located? As district manager, I understand that she'll likely need to drive around a bit from time to time to check on different stores under her watch, but will she have a main store/office where she'll spend most of her days?

Connecticut is small, but as folks have mentioned (including yours truly), due to the awful drivers in the Constitution State, commuting there can be a nightmare. So you might want to make the drive as short and stress-free as possible for her.

(BTW: I'm originally from Florida. Connecticut drivers are much worse.)

The person she's replacing uses a store in Meriden as her home store, so she's thinking she may do the same (she'll have some say in what store she chooses). She'll also have stores in Holyoke MA, Enfield, Manchester, Waterbury, Milford, Mashantucket, Trumbull, Stamford, and Danbury. We've been told that the person she's replacing does spend a lot of time on the road in traffic, so we're thinking central CT would be best. We have basically ruled out Hartford due to some feedback from her family and some research we've done online. I didn't think drivers could get much worse than in Florida until I moved to Atlanta, then I thought nope this is the worst. Sounds like that won't be the case! Thanks for your feedback!

If she chose Manchester as her home store, my recommendation for Glastonbury would work well. Again, great schools and nice little town. If she chooses Meriden, however, I'd back SmallestOceans' recommendation of Southington, which also has good schools.

Any town with good schools is going to be a little pricier than those without, so you might not get to pick your first choice of town based on affordability and fun activities once you research the schools. This happened to me constantly when I was moving from Brooklyn to Massachusetts. I'd see a really nice and affordable house in a walkable town with awesome restaurants, bars and shops and then check out the schools and be back to square one. Damn kids run everything!

ed243421

The middle "c" is silent

SmallestOceans

Connecticut is f'n awesome!!

Get_Right

I grew up in West Hartford and it was a great place to grow up.
Close to NYC and Boston. Reasonable drive to Vermont, reasonable drive to the shore.
And a LOT of good shows come to Hartford.
Connecticut will seem expensive compared to Atlanta. You will get a lot less for your money. But it is not as bad as parts of New York or New Jersey.
In the Hartford area, you will want to consider West Hartford, Avon, Simsbury, and Glastonbury. All of those towns have good schools.
These are also the most expensive towns. Avoid downstate, especially farfield county $$$$$.
There are plenty of nice towns with decent schools-just do a little homework.
Yes the traffic can be crazy during rush hour and 84 (west of Chesire), 91 and 95 seem to always be busy, but it is nowhere near as bad as Boston, New York or New Jersey. And I would guess it will seem much better than Atlanta.
Most important-your wife will need an all wheel drive vehicle if she plans on getting around November through February. It snows in CT. Some winters it snows a LOT.
And sorry, but the worst drivers can be found in New Jersey. On the garden state parkway, route 46, and the turnpike.
Good luck!