[Ol' Sox]

I hear you. My family has a long history in northeast Tennessee and when I have visited there, I have enjoyed it. I wouldn't want to live there though, because I am a true, native, Connecticut Yankee.

I like the cold. I like boiled meat - but I also like the best Italian food in the country outside of Queens. I like the fact that my brother is a commercial lobster fisherman and I can get 'em right at the dock. I like sticking my toes in the Atlantic in March, just to watch 'em cramp up, and I like that I can rake my own clams as the sun comes up and eat fresh chowder for supper that night. I like hearing the fog horn when I'm walking my dog late in the evening. I like watching a baseball game from the third baseline down at the beach with the incomparable beauty of Long Island Sound as the background. I like that my alma mater's basketball team can kick all y'alls asses :), and that it is still an aggie school. I really like the fact that most of you think that all of Connecticut looks like what you see as you drive through on I-95, because I know better. I like hooking into a 25 lb. chopper and fighting that puppy into the boat. I like that I live in a "shall issue" state. I like that I live in the lowest crime zone save one,for a mid-sized city in the entire country.

Sure, there's the problem of all these doggone liberals around here, but there is honor in being a conservative behind enemy lines - you just have to be an evangelist at heart. Yeah, I'd have to say that its pretty darn liveable - not that it isn't where everyone else comes from. :)

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I like the cold. I like boiled meat - but I also like the best Italian food in the country outside of Queens. I like the fact that my brother is a commercial lobster fisherman and I can get 'em right at the dock. I like sticking my toes in the Atlantic in March, just to watch 'em cramp up, and I like that I can rake my own clams as the sun comes up and eat fresh chowder for supper that night. I like hearing the fog horn when I'm walking my dog late in the evening. I like watching a baseball game from the third baseline down at the beach with the incomparable beauty of Long Island Sound as the background. I like that my alma mater's basketball team can kick all y'alls asses :), and that it is still an aggie school. I really like the fact that most of you think that all of Connecticut looks like what you see as you drive through on I-95, because I know better. I like hooking into a 25 lb. chopper and fighting that puppy into the boat. I like that I live in a "shall issue" state. I like that I live in the lowest crime zone save one,for a mid-sized city in the entire country.

You make it sound so wonderful LOL. Actually, I have been priviledged to see the Conn you describe, and you are well within your rights to describe as you have. I also spent a week with friends that live up in "mountains" in New Hampshire, The view from thier house is breathtaking and the air is fresher than any I have ever breathed in

That said, however, I like the warm. I like being able to grill out on my back porch 365 days a year. I love a good meal of BBQ ribs, Collard greens, Black eye peas, Butter beans and corn bread. I drink SWEET TEA by the gallon. I like the fact I can drive down to the Gulf Shores in January and lay on the beach most weekends. I like being able to play golf year round. I like to watch Crawfish boil, anticipating the meal ahead

You got me on the Lobster thing though -- One of my fond memories of NH was Boiling Lobsters the size of a small dog on my friends back deck. OMG that was heaven.