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Orange, Conn.: A farm town for families
People who move to Orange, Connecticut, a roughly 17-square-mile suburb in southwestern New Haven County, tend to stay. Consider Patricia Walsh, who arrived in 1966, when her first husband found a job in Westport.
A peaceful, easy feeling, just 15 minutes from the train
In 2016, Brian and Tracey Abut bought their first home in Sharon, a bucolic town in northwest Litchfield County, Connecticut. A year later, they opened The Edward, a wine bar near the town green.
A neighborly Westchester hamlet with leafy streets
Meredith Fasano had her heart set on living in Thornwood, New York. It was where she grew up, and where her parents still lived. “I knew it was a safe community, a good community, with strong schools,” she said.
A quiet town with an 'old timey' feeling
Figueroa, 34, now works as a doorman in Manhattan. His wife, Michelle Hernandez, 35, is a saleswoman at a jewelry store in the Bronx.
Somers, N.Y.: A close-knit town with plenty of shopping and great parks
The Cioffis — he is 28, she 27 — work as electrical engineers at Indian Point Energy Center, in Buchanan. Shortly after their engagement, they started house hunting in nearby towns.
