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thriftshopmusketeer t1_iv1i0ii wrote

Throwing my hat into the ring for West Hartford. It's a little pricer than some of the other towns but there's a good number of duplexes, smaller properties, etc. Having grown up here it's an amazing place to raise a family, the center is awesome, and it's got some of the best schools in the country.

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thriftshopmusketeer t1_iv1i88e wrote

There's also Uconn and St Francis in close range of the town--10 minute drive without any highways to maneuver.

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Kitchen-Spray-1984 OP t1_iv2ybsw wrote

I am picking up this theme here that it is better to avoid highways. Do other roads get cleared fast enough in winters?

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thriftshopmusketeer t1_iv2ynlh wrote

The highways in general aren’t too bad, with the exception specifically for 84 & 91 in and around Hartford. That interchange is some foul blasphemy against the dreams of Man.

The roads get cleared at a good pace unless it’s a REAL storm, and those are rare. Honestly, the snow in general is quite anemic these days. We go most of the winter bare. It’s sad.

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Kitchen-Spray-1984 OP t1_iv353o8 wrote

> We go most of the winter bare. It’s sad.

Really, for some reason I thought CT gets a ton of snow like Boston?

I am coming from a cold Midwest city where it doesn't snow much but temps are frigid through April.

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thriftshopmusketeer t1_iv35gzm wrote

We used to, when I was young. But it lessened, year by year. Nowadays we usually get 1-2 4-8” storms in late winter and only spattered inches beyond that.

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