As a former New Yorker who now lives in Connecticut for work reasons, I completely agree with everything that was said. Connecticut is the absolute worst. The way my employer marketed this place is that it's halfway between New York and Boston. THAT WAS THEIR CHOSEN SELLING POINT. Sigh...this place really sucks. One thing you left out, however, is the gun culture is surprisingly strong here to the point that sometimes I think I'm in the South. I guess that's an artifact of the fact that the fact that Samuel Colt invented the modern rifle here?