Thinking about moving to Bristol, CT, think again
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8/3/2011
I was born and raised in NJ, and spent many years living on Long Island, as well as living in upstate NY and other areas in CT. Bristol CT is by far the worst place I have ever lived. Public transportation is a joke, as is larger scale transportation. There are few jobs available; in the 6 years I have lived in Bristol, I have watched numerous businesses close down. There are abandoned factories everywhere. Improvement projects are constantly being started, but rarely finished, adding to the low quality of life. Roads are extremely congested. There is a high rate of drug use, and a large homeless population. Crime is relatively high, and gangs are increasing. This is not a good family area, and any statistics claiming otherwise needs to be updated. I have witnessed a drastic decline in living conditions in the last 6 years. There are few to no cultural events in the area, not much for recreation. Also, I'd like to ad that I just got back from East Hampton NY, known to be an expensive place to live, and gas prices were over a dollar a gallon less there than in Bristol! The cost of living n Bristol is extremely high when viewed in the relation to what this town has to offer. 20 to 30 years ago, Bristol may have been a blue collar town, but these days it's becoming a dumping ground for societies' less favorable people. I would not recommend living in Bristol.
Clover | Bristol, CT