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You should have seen it 20 years ago when it was being reconstructed. Today, you're looking at the new and improved CBX. Traveling through NYC during that time forced me to use 287 if coming from well into NJ, or doing the whole GW to HH Parkway bypass because it royally sucked trying to get through all that construction.

A cowboy hat is way less lame than a fucking scally cap that all these people are recommending. Wear your cowboy hat man, all the truck sluts will go wild.

You want the hat of the Northeast? Get a Sox hat or Yankee hat.

Depending on your overal aesthetic you could try a fedora (a real fedora, not a tribute) or maybe a pork pie hat. It’s hard to explain, but usually a more grisly bearded older gentleman in one of those brimmed hats nobody will bat an eye.

If you look anything at all like a m’lady type of person, avoid. I’m sure you’ve seen the memes.

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.

I grew up in CT, and my Dad and other men I knew wore cowboy hats. You can buy them at the Big-E, so they must be authorized for New England use.

LA also has a shi*ton more highways. There's only the 6 lane 95 and 4 lane glorified road funneling traffic into the country's largest city here, and LA is also inland quite a bit giving it a lot more options.

What states richer then CT have more tracks for their size?

And this has what to do with the 95 and the Merrit?

We're actually number one at complaining.

Unironically yes, give a living salary to people who are used to having to work for a living to allow them to represent their constituents. They have had to actually live paycheck to paycheck, had to go without, and they would be the most likely to represent faithfully the people who have had to live the same life, because they know how much it sucks. Otherwise you get someone who thinks nothing needs to be done to help the poor because they just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and maybe consider having their housekeepers come half as often if they are having trouble paying their bills (in case this needs saying, most working class people don’t have housekeepers so this is an out of touch perspective.)

How popular is CT FastTrak? That's a bus that rides in its own special lane that no one else can use.

Try getting a cab/Uber in NYCX when it's raining. Now add light rail and take away some parking. What have you solved? I'll often do an errand in Manchester, then drop by West Hartford, perhaps before picking somebody up at BDL. Using light rail wouldn't get me near my stops, so it would add extra time at best. And if I bought stuff?

I both agree and disagree. In this case I think OP has shown immense respect for the gentlemen and his family, even calling out apathetic commenters down below for potential bias.

I feel for the family, as it is an awful thing to have happen. But talking about it is the first step to being able to address things like this. Suicide is an awful reality that far too many people resort to from ALL WALKS OF LIFE. What can be done to help? Honest discussions regarding reality are important, no matter how gruesome. There is a difference between posting for points, and spreading awareness/news.

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Wear whatever you want. People might be a bit surprised to see someone wearing a cowboy hat up here, but I can’t really imagine many people judging or be weird about it, especially once they can tell you’re from Texas.

They need to put some fencing on that roof. This is the 2nd person to jump in 4 months.

That’s messed up, I agree

There are usually shuttles in Greenwich, Stamford, and Norwalk that take you from a certain point where there are a bunch of office buildings straight to the train. I used to work in an office like that where there was a shuttle that ran all day and made 4 round trips per hour.

This. Awesome, wholesome dude runs the shop. Been using him for brakes and oil changes for years.

Completely agree lol

No one cares as much as you think they do. Wear your hat if it makes you happy.

So damn sad.

Exurb/Semi-rural. And if we're considering the urban inner ring municipalities I absolutely agree

I don't think a New Yorker will like Simsbury or Avon. These towns are too rural/suburb for a New Yorker. Community too .. it's far far far different than NY community.

I came here to say West Hartford.

West Hartford fits OP's description perfectly.