Connecticut

grasswire

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4. my mother's family left Connecticut after nearly 300 years there.

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 05:05 PM

Sep 2014

In 1924. My grandparents packed up their six kids into an open touring car fitted with tent flaps, and trundled off west. A hundred miles a day, camping in school yards, driving rutted, unpaved roads. Leaving behind a large family heritage of having settled CT and being landowners in some of the best places through several centuries.

Ninety years later, even though I have never lived there, I'm pulled by those roots. I feel a sort of mystic connection to Middletown, and Meriden, and Unionville, and Saybrook, and Hartford, and New Haven, and many smaller points.

Seems like a fine, fine place to me. I hope to return some day.

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What's The Matter With Connecticut? [View all] NutmegYankee Sep 2014 OP

The Last Two Sentences of This Post Sound Like Almost Every State in The U.S--IMO RadicalGeek Sep 2014 #1

That was where the next paragraph went. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #2

Maybe I Should Have Clicked the Link RadicalGeek Sep 2014 #3

my mother's family left Connecticut after nearly 300 years there. grasswire Sep 2014 #4

'got a little bit of bad news for ya. Hoppy Sep 2014 #5

That's what you think. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #6

Good luck on the turnpike? Have you ever tried to drive 95 from 1 to 50 on a weekend? Hoppy Sep 2014 #7

We don't charge people for the privilege to sit in traffic. Nt NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #8

Ya use'ta. Hoppy Sep 2014 #9

Thems was the days... NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #10

I'm sorry but you lost all credibility when you suggested that there is decent pizza in NJ. Chan790 Oct 2014 #12

Insane people are in charge of roadway signage. krispos42 Sep 2014 #11