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I see you did the opposite of me. You grew up in CT and moved to MA. I grew up in MA and now live here in CT. When I relocated here, the local realtor steered me to Danbury but it was just too "rough around the edges" for me. There were some nice deals there but many surrounding neighborhoods were run down and in some parts of Danbury, it's like being in a foreign country. Overall a nice city but seems to be going downhill.

I did put an offer on a house in Bethel but it fell through. The owner insisted on being present during our inspection and followed us around the house, trying to rush us and making excuses for anything the inspector pointed out, that just gave me bad vibes so we backed out.

Found a real nice place in further up Route 302 in Newtown - which was devastated by Sandy Hook so deals were to be had - many people wanting to move out. It turned out to be a good choice, very nice people here in Newtown and definitely on the conservative side. The commute to NYC though...wow! But I have settled into a routine and now like my commute. Most of it is on the Metro North railroad and I've gotten a lot of books read and a lot of Freeping done on those long train rides! Sometimes I even get to sip on a can of beer on the way home.

Anyway, both MA and CT states are liberal hellholes but conservatives abound nonetheless. We are just outnumbered by the big cities. I hate it when Freepers who don't know the area automatically assume that anybody living in the Northeast are liberals. I would say 40-45% of the population are on the right. But those big cities just cancel us out and then some. The only long term solution is for conservative politicians to start campaigning in these areas instead of just writing them off like they usually do. I'm happy to see Trump coming to CT. Some say it's a waste of time. I say it's high time we started making some inroads.

We're neighbors with a time warp separating us. I lived in Stony Hill, various locations, from age five through school. In both MA and CT, there are a lot of conservatives, especially on local rights. Getting rid of Common Core resonates in both states. So do gun rights and not being over-run by the invasion of the US. That's why I say Manafort's Route 8 strategy (and tonight Fairfield) is brilliant. Add two factors....neither state is real fond of the Clintons, and neither state has gotten anything but heartache from Obama.

These two states could well be important. They might be easier to win over than are UT and CO, if the Trump team does it right.

JMHO