Why would anyone want to live in the New England???????

Good place to grow up in and get your education, boring place to live long-term

cold,old,white wrote:

In the New England states like Maine, RI, NH, Vermont, I don't get it. It's cold, there is no economic growth there, the biggest industry is healthcare because of all the old people, there is no diversity pretty much old waspy white people, housing is way over priced, and the people are jerks.

not a moran

I grew up in MA and have lived in CA, UT and the Midwest. Every place has a**holes in roughly the same proportions. In MA people get to the point when they talk. In the Midwest this might be misunderstood as being rude. In the Midwest people gently bring up a topic. In New England this might be misunderstood as being slow.

One of the nicest places anywhere in the US that harbors the most awful people on the planet. I'll never set foot there ever again.

Don't have to put up with incestuous semi retaahded whiskey tangos...no hurricanes, earthquakes or tornados...we say what we mean and dispense with the backstabbing disingenuous "bless your heart" BS of the south, when global warming gets turned up to 11 all you 4 toothed MFs will be crawling up into the place that invented freedom, and finally tom brady..out

Expat wrote:

One of the nicest places anywhere in the US that harbors the most awful people on the planet. I'll never set foot there ever again.

VT, ME, NH, CT, RI and MA "harbors the most awful people on the planet"? What a blatantly absurd assertion.

Because it rocks winter, spring, summer and fall (4 seasons). People generally don't have sticks up their butts and they tend to have progressive viewpoints. They say things like they see it and value their independence.

4 New England states are in the top 10 most educated states in the country, with MA being number one. Fantastic job opportunities all around Boston. Skiing in winter, ocean in summer.

It seems the OP is talking more about northern New England, in which case the answer to "why do people live there" is "they don't". Once you're out of the greater Boston area (which includes parts of Rhode Island and New Hampshire) it's very sparsely populated.

aaaaaannnddd you just proved his point. Don't believe for a second you're not from Mass. or live there now.

I hate southern belles. That is why. Get out of here with your southern accent. I assume every person I meet with a southern accent is dumber than me.

That's racist

Hahahaha thank you very little :)

I live in southern CT right now and it's definitely the worst part of New England. Everyone's attitude here is really crappy. However, if you go up to Maine there is a marked shift in attitude. People will say hi to you in a warm way, there's a lot of industry and nature. I'd say New England is a solid place to live compared to other spots in the US. Good education for your kids, decently close to Montreal, Boston, NYC, and some good natural environments and coastline to explore.

I haven't been out west, but it seems like California could be a bit of a cesspool in areas, and some of the PNW locations are a bit of a one-trick pony and isolated.

...when housing is way overpriced it's usually because demand is high which usually means people like the place and that there are decent jobs. So that's why.

This is a running forum, right? So out of curiosity, NE runners, how many days per year would you estimate, in a typical NE community, would you have to modify your workout due to weather? For instance, I would guess that 5-6 days per year in the Boulder/Denver area you would need to modify your workout because it is too cold or icy to complete a hard workout the way you had initially planned it. I realize there is year to year variation, and the answer may be different for Connecticut than for Maine.

Have you been to Vermont? Have you? The summers aren't very hot, fall is the most beautiful time and place of anywhere else on earth, winter brings ample skiing and snowshoeing, and spring is a bit muddy. There are small farms producing delicious food, no traffic to speak of. You can't find a McDonald's in the state capital, but you can find more fly-fishing spots than you could ever cover. If you ever find yourself in Burlington, try and absorb the energy from the college kids. I've been to almost all the states, and Vermont is my favorite.

Connecticut, especially SW of Hartford, is indeed the worst. (well, besides Florida, but that goes without saying)

In New England they understand that only one '?' is necessary to punctuate a sentence that is a question.

swaglord wrote:

I live in southern CT right now and it's definitely the worst part of New England. Everyone's attitude here is really crappy. However, if you go up to Maine there is a marked shift in attitude. People will say hi to you in a warm way, there's a lot of industry and nature. I'd say New England is a solid place to live compared to other spots in the US. Good education for your kids, decently close to Montreal, Boston, NYC, and some good natural environments and coastline to explore.

I haven't been out west, but it seems like California could be a bit of a cesspool in areas, and some of the PNW locations are a bit of a one-trick pony and isolated.

I lived in CA for 13 years, back in the late 70's through about 1990. It was nice then, can't comment about recently as I've not been back since, except to visit. I do have many very pleasant memories about that period of time :) I did have a number of business dealings in CT, southern CT is quite close to NYC thus you get that negative influence.

We never have to modify our workouts, other than doubling the number of laps. We have indoor tracks.