Is Connecticut really New England? -

I dont think Connecticut should be considered New England anymore. I live in Westport and it just doesnt feel like I live in New England or am a New Englander in any way.I dont commute to Boston, root for Boston sports teams (as you can tell by my screename. haha.), I dont tahk like this or enjoy chowdah every night for dinnah! Plus nobody around me does any of those things. So is Connecticut REALLY New England? It doesnt feel like it at all. I have friends upstate that say they re coming home to New England but I ve never said that or anything like that. I think we should be considered Mid-Atlantic if anything. Who agrees?

Connecticut isn t really a state. Half is part of NY, the other half is part of MA. (Hartford is sort of an anomaly.) Consider: 1. It has no national sports teams. 2. There are no real cities. Cities have downtowns where people want to visit and to live. (Bridgeport? New Haven? Get real. Hartford? Maybe.) 3. People don t go TO Connecticut for vacations, they go through it. 4. There aren t any real newspapers. People either get the Times or the Globe. And no one needs to say the city. (Hartford Courant, you say? Hasn t been real for years.) 5. It s the only NE state that has to put NE in front of chowder so people know which kind it is. 6. All the fun stuff to do is in another state.

Yes, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut are part of New England Colony.If you read this article, you will understand why it is called New England.

Yes, Connecticut is part of New England. However, parts of the state do have a New York City orientation What makes you think New Englanders are racist. Most of us aren t

sounds like a lot of hurt Mass people replying to this. Especially butt hurt Kman who obviously is a boston fan.

Yes, it s still New England, whether YOU think it feels like it or not. And who cares about your radio presets or how you talk?

yes, it is.not everyone is new england is racist. you generalize too much.

Western Connecticut is metro NYC, it s not really New England as far as we re concerned. The eastern half of the state identifies more with Boston. The Connecticut river seems to be the dividing line.I don t tahk like this - do you tawk like this ? The exaggerated tri-state accents are just as bad as the Boston ones, and most people in both places don t have them.Boston had some racial tension in the 50 s and the busing integration in the early 70 s caused a bit of a stir - but the assertion that it s now a racist city is absurd. Boston is a major technology hub, filled with international students, and home of the ultra-leftist PC politicians. It s orders of magnitude more diverse and tolerant than Connecticut - the home of white, yuppie, New York bankers who moved to the rich suburbs because they don t want to live near black people.