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If you live in Connecticut or New York, you definitely know the type—people who can’t wait to leave. These are the future Floridians who’ve been giving the same unsolicited monologue for decades about how much it sucks up here. It’s too cold, too expensive, and they swear they’re headed to Florida the minute they get the chance.

All year long, I’m buried in research and data, looking for stories that help shape Connecticut’s identity. If you live here, you know our state isn’t just a cliché of yachts and country clubs. Still, I’m often surprised to find entire regions in the U.S. that are even more expensive to live in than some areas here in the Nutmeg State.

Compared to faster-moving states, like Mississippi where homes fly off the market, Connecticut’s pace is definitely on the slower side

I’m not locked in some blood feud with Pacific Market International—the fine folks who make Stanley products. And I have nothing but respect for William Stanley, the man who invented the first all-steel insulated vacuum bottle way back in 1913. This isn't an attack on anyone.

The Ice Bucket Challenge Is Back but this time, with a twist. It’s been 11 years since the Ice Bucket Challenge first took over the internet to raise money for ALS research.