Recently, I came across a video on YouTube titled Top 10 Reasons People Regret Living in Connecticut. The video and its content were prepared by a realtor from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, named Jerry Pinkas.

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I was curious to see what reasons he presented for people regretting living in Connecticut. Below are the Top 10 reasons he provided.

Dissection: 'The Top 10 Reasons People Regret Living in Connecticut'

Recently, I came across a video on YouTube titled Top 10 Reasons People Regret Living in Connecticut. The video and its content were prepared by a realtor from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, named Jerry Pinkas. I was curious to see what reasons he presented for people regretting living in Connecticut. Below are the Top 10 reasons he provided.

Gallery Credit: Lou Milano

I hate to oversimplify everything but there really are only two reasons anyone regrets living in Connecticut and they are:

Cost - This does not need to be multiple categories like cost of living, taxes and jobs, it's one GIANT problem. It's expensive all the way across the board and it's only getting worse.

Weather - Again, I love the changing of the seasons, but this wears people down after a lifetime and eventually some people cannot take it anymore.

The rest of the "issues" in Connecticut are either manageable or problems you'll find anywhere in America.

Here are some reasons you WON'T regret living in the Nutmeg State:

  • Unrivaled history
  • Stunning architecture
  • The country's most underrated culinary landscape
  • Breathtaking nature
  • Proximity to New York and Boston
  • Very good schools
  • Safety

I've been dying to say this, "Poor Pinkas, poor little Pinkas!" 

Take it away Pinkas.

Want more Connecticut news and information? Check out the Ethan, Lou & Large Dave Podcast. The show is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple and Spotify. The program is the same one we do on the radio but with limited commercials and no music. You can also listen live by streaming the show on the I-95 Rock Mobile app or tune into I-95 (95.1FM).

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Maybe this works out, maybe not at least I can say "look at this!"

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John Pardue was a 27-year-old man in 1970 who lived in Danbury, his brother James was 23, and living in Lusby, MD. Before the story finds its way to the Hat City, and the brothers rob the Union Savings Bank on Main Street, they had already racked up quite the list of astonishing crimes.

Prior to Danbury, they robbed banks in Lewisboro, NY, Georgetown, CT and Union, MO. They also killed their father, their grandmother, two other men who helped them pull off the robbery in Georgetown, CT and had, at minimum, a role in the death of an innocent Bridgeport man that they stole a car from. John and James Pardue were hardened criminals before their Danbury bank robbery.

Gallery Credit: Lou Milano

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Note: This list covers neighborhoods ranked from 10 to 1, plus a few additional ones in the Greater-Danbury area. You can find the full list from 50 to 1 at the bottom of this article.

Gallery Credit: Lou Milano

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