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New Canaan, CT is an affluent town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. It has been listed as the 4th best place to live in Connecticut by Bestplaces.net. New Canaan is known for its low crime rate, high graduation rates, and access to quality healthcare and education. Residents of New Canaan enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, which include hiking trails at Waveny Park and tennis courts throughout the town. Additionally, New Canaan is home to numerous art galleries and museums featuring local artwork. For those looking for an affluent community with plenty of amenities and outdoor activities to enjoy, New Canaan offers a great living experience with its top-notch rankings from Bestplaces.net.

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#1 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#2 Best States for LGBTQ Rights
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#11 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)
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#15 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)
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#21 2005 High Gas Prices
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#27 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities
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#29 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)
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#30 2005 Best Places to Live
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#35 Most Comfortable Summer Cities
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#39 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
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#63 Drought-Riskiest Cities
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#77 The Most Single Cities
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#145 2005 Best Places to Live
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#176 Best Green Cities
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#181 2005 Best Places to Live
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Over 14 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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