I tell people I'm from New England, since "Connecticut" tends to make people think Stepford Wives...which isn't fair, actually, since it's really only the wealthy-towns-in-commuting-distance-from-NYC that are like that (the towns the Evil Wall Streeters go home to at night) - most of CT has no Stepford Wives vibe at all!!
The real shame of CT is that it does have those places of extreme wealth - and also three of the poorest cities in the country (Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven). The extreme disparities in income are terrible.
Also: I think one reason that people think "Stepford Wives" when they hear "Connecticut" is that so much of CT is indistinguishable from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. I grew up in a town east of New Haven that could easily be in MA or RI. That's why I usually say "southern New England" when people ask where I'm from - it actually gives a more accurate impression of my childhood, I think...
ETA: I think most of CT feels like either an extension of New York or an extension of Massachusetts. That's why the sports team thing is so split - people either identify with Boston or with NYC.
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I tell people I'm from New England, since "Connecticut" tends to make people think Stepford Wives...which isn't fair, actually, since it's really only the
wealthy-towns-in-commuting-distance-from-NYC that are like that (the towns the Evil Wall Streeters go home to at night) - most of CT has no Stepford Wives vibe at all!!
The real shame of CT is that it does have those places of extreme wealth - and also three of the poorest cities in the country (Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven). The extreme disparities in income are terrible.
Also: I think one reason that people think "Stepford Wives" when they hear "Connecticut" is that so much of CT is indistinguishable from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. I grew up in a town east of New Haven that could easily be in MA or RI. That's why I usually say "southern New England" when people ask where I'm from - it actually gives a more accurate impression of my childhood, I think...
ETA: I think most of CT feels like either an extension of New York or an extension of Massachusetts. That's why the sports team thing is so split - people either identify with Boston or with NYC.