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picklesmooch89 t1_j9hkveq wrote

CT native that did a 5 year stint in Nashville as well. Cant speak on employment but our 2 br apartment is 2k per month which is what we were paying when we lived in Midtown 3 years back.

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Healthy-Basis-3482 t1_j9kdesx wrote

We moved from Franklin, Tn in October to Farmington Ct. after living in Tn for 34 years. My husband and I both grew up in Ct and finally couldn’t take it anymore.Traffic in Tn is horrible, pot holes everywhere, pick up trucks with confederate flags, ruthless republicans, I could go on and on. Able to sell our house for 6 times the amount we bought it for, bought a house here with no mortgage (house in Ct. nicer, totally remodeled), bought a new car no payments. Everyone here has been so welcoming and friendly.

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EmuBoth t1_j9jsdih wrote

if your flying back and forth the new avelo airline does cheap nash flights to NHV

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DancingHeel t1_j9l0rva wrote

We moved from Nashville to CT for work 1.5 years ago, feel free to DM! Overall we are very happy here and plan to stay long-term, though we miss the music and food scenes in Nashville. But the public schools, better teacher pay, and politics are a better fit for us here.

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WonderChopstix t1_j9imgj8 wrote

Well are you looking to rent or buy. What size.? Urban or rural? Job field? Remote or not?

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Impossible_Watch7154 t1_j9o53h4 wrote

Weather this winter in CT was as mild as Nashville- perhaps milder. We are further north - but we have a rapidly warming body of water nearby- the green blue Atlantic. So summers though hotter then 10 years ago are not going to be the brutal heat seen in TN.

Winters will see more chilly weather- but that warming ocean nearby is eliminating the differences in winter temps. Both Hartford and Nashville have essentially the same climate designation now- 'humid temperate' or 'humid subtropical'. Climate change will make the mid to lower south increasingly hot and stormy over this decade.

Housing prices in greater Hartford- median home price 324K. Nashville 448K- this is a big difference. Rentals: 1 bedroom 1400.00 metro Hartford. Nashville near 1800.00.

Also consider this: Housing prices in central CT are seen as only 14% over valued. In Nashville metro they are seen as 46% over valued.

Employment growth in CT is strong- job growth strong in health care, education & specialized manufacturing. Central CT was never a strong IT center- but its old economic base of innovative manufacturing has made a strong rebound.

On the political side TN is a deep red state- which says it represents 'freedom'- but freedom for whom? I would find the state of TN strangling- with the government telling me how to live my life- every move I make. That's not freedom.

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wafflehabitsquad t1_j9hwsa3 wrote

Why are you going back to CT?

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xxhorrorshowxx t1_j9iezbb wrote

Connecticut is something like the third most expensive state in the US, especially compared to the south, and if you’re coming up here without a job ready for you it’d be pretty much unlivable. EB offers good jobs if you’re in any sort of engineering field but I definitely have qualms about fueling the Military Industrial Complex. Honestly, out of anywhere in NE I’d suggest Rhode Island or Maine, I’ve lived in both, albeit when I was very young, and I don’t have nearly as many issues with either as CT.

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