COMMENT BY
geo from Shelton, CT
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Shelton, CT
COMMENT
I'm staying put
I see a lot of people complain about Shelton.OK,it's their right.Is it perfect? Of course not.But I've seen a lot of people leave and come back in a year or two.What is it they say about the grass on the other side of the fence? If you look at the stats you will see it's expensive here. Especially housing. But those prices have been falling,like every where. But they are still high relative to the most of the country.Utilities(electricity rates) have fallen about 20% in the past two years so that's good.Food is pretty much the same nationally.The biggest factor in Connecticut,and most of the northeast is taxes and that is only because elected officials betrayed the people and bought there way back into office with generous(outrageous) salaries and benefits for public employees.Shelton remains the lowest taxed city in the county thanks to an effective town movement and mayor.Crime rates are very low because we are fortunate to have well educated police and supervision is vigilant in most towns.Some people complain about the weather but I am reminded of a comment about New England by Mark Twain who lived most of his latter life in Connecticut. Twin said"If you don't like the weather in New England wait five minutes. It will Change," 'nuff said. Last year at this date I had about four feet of snow on the sides of my driveway and most was still there at the end of April.It never got out of the teens for three months. This year I have yet to see a snow flake by the middle of January and this week is a repeat of
last.Sunny and mid 40's.And by the way,our help care system is some of the best in the country.