Last small town left in Fairfield County
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3/28/2007
This town has everything you could ask for. It is loaded with shops, LAND (60 sq miles) and a small town feel. It is expensive compared to other parts of the country, but it is one of a few towns left in Fairfield County where you can get a nice starter home under $400,000. New construction is 700s and up, but still nothing compared to Westport, Wilton, etc.
The town is 10 minutes from Danbury, less than 30 to Shelton, Trumbull, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Waterbury, less than an hour to Stamford, Norwalk, New Haven, and finally 90 minutes to NYC. Needless to say, there are TONS of jobs in the area.
In southern Newtown, the town has purchased Fairfield Hills (a former mental hospital) from the State of CT. It is turning the near 200 acre campus into a town megacenter including a dozen new/renovated municipal, town resident, & retail buildings as well as a host of baseball & soccer fields and tennis courts. The urban renewal of the town, its relatively low population (25,000), and the fact that the majority of single-family homes boast AT LEAST 1 acre of land made Newtown a great first home & first community for us.
Dave | Newtown, CT