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Connecticut
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Regions:
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Fairfield County: Southwest
Connecticut, near New York City. ................................. Litchfield Hills : Northwest
Connecticut ................................. Greater
New Haven: South central
Connecticut ................................. Connecticut
River Valley : from North
central Connecticut to
the. ................................. Mystic-Eastern: New
London, Tolland and Windham Counties in
eastern. .................................
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Danbury Hartford - The state capital.
................................. Greenwich Middletown
Mystic. ................................. |
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New Haven:-
The state's "creative capital" and home to the greatest
amount of pedestrian life, top-rated restaurants and tourist
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New
London:- Norwalk - home to
trendy SoNo with an active night life and The Maritime Aquarium
Stamford.
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Traveling:
Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey; it is
the process or time involved in a person or object moving from one
location to another. The people are travel for their personal
motive. They want to visit their friends and the family members. Or
they want to relax, or for the business they are travel one place to
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Connecticut is a state located in the New England
region of the northeastern United States of America. Portions of
southwestern Connecticut are also considered part of the New York
metropolitan area. |
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Connecticut is bordered on the south by
Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north
by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. The state
capital is Hartford, and the other major cities include New
Haven, New London, New Britain, Norwich, Milford, Norwalk,
Stamford, Waterbury, Danbury and Bridgeport. There are 169
incorporated towns in Connecticut. |
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The name "Connecticut" originates from the
Mohegan word quinnitukqut, meaning "place of long tidal river." In
fact, the exact spelling "connect I cut", was rendered by Whalley,
Goffe, and Dixwell, the three "Regicide Judges" who came to New
Haven in the 17th century, fleeing persecution by Charles II of
England. John Winthrop, then of Massachusetts, got permission to
create a new colony at Old Saybrook at the mouth of the Connecticut
River in 1635. This was the first of three distinct colonies that
later would be combined to make up Connecticut. Saybrook Colony was
a direct challenge to Dutch claims. The colony was not more than a
small outpost and never matured. In 1644, the Saybrook Colony merged
itself into the Connecticut Colony. In the 1637-38 bloody Pequot
War the European settlers and allies officially destroyed the Pequot
Indians. The third colony was founded in March of 1638. New Haven
Colony, (originally known as the Quinnipiack Colony), was
established by John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton and others at New
Haven. The New Haven Colony had its own Constitution, 'The
Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony' which was signed on 4
June 1639. The western boundaries of Connecticut have been
subject to change over time. According to The Hartford Treaty with
the Dutch, signed on 1650-09-19, but never ratified by the British,
the western boundary of Connecticut ran north from Greenwich Bay for
a distance of 20 Miles"provided the said line come not within 10
miles (16 km) [16 km] of Hudson River. This agreement was observed
by both sides until war erupted between England and The Netherlands
in 1652. No other limits were specified. Conflict over uncertain
colonial limits continued until the Duke of York captured New
Netherland in 1664. "... On the other hand, Connecticut's original
Charter in 1662 granted it all the land to the "South Sea," i.e. the
Pacific Ocean. Most colonial royal grants were for long east-west
strips. Connecticut took its grant seriously, and established a
ninth county between the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers, named
Westmoreland County. This resulted in the brief Pennamite Wars with
Pennsylvania. Connecticut's lands also extended across northern
Ohio, called the Western Reserve lands. The Western Reserve section
was settled largely by people from Connecticut, and they brought
Connecticut place names to Ohio. Agreements with Pennsylvania and
New York extinguished the land claims by Connecticut within its
neighbors, and the Western Reserve lands were relinquished to the
federal government, which brought the state to its present
boundaries.
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Roads: Between New
Haven and the New York City, I-95 is one of the most congested
highways in the United States. Many people now drive longer
distances to work in the New York City area. This strains the
three lanes of traffic capacity, resulting in lengthy rush
hour delays. Frequently, the congestion spills over to clog
the parallel Merritt Parkway. The state has encouraged traffic
reduction schemes, including rail use and
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Rail:
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Since many Connecticut residents commute to
New York City, there is an extensive commuter railway network
connecting New York City to New Haven on Metro North Railroad
(a commuter railroad based in New York and operated by the
Metropolitan Transit Authority) with spurs servicing
Waterbury, Danbury, and New Canaan. Rail service does not end
with New Haven, however. Connecticut is in the heart of
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Amtrak Regional line makes
stops in New Haven-State Street, Old Saybrook, New London, and
Mystic. Smaller town stops between New Haven and New London
are served by Shore Line East, which takes commuters to those
stations to catch a main train. These commuter services are
heavily utilized during weekday rush hours. Regional rail
service is provided by Amtrak, which makes regular stops in
Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford, as well as in
Wallingford, Meriden, Berlin, Windsor, and Windsor Locks.
Operation of commuter trains from New Haven to Springfield on
Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield Line |
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Statewide bus service is supplied by
Connecticut Transit, owned by the Connecticut Department of
Transportation, with smaller municipal authorities providing
local service. Bus networks are an important part of the
transportation system in Connecticut, especially in urban
areas like Hartford, Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport and New
Haven. A three-year construction project to build a busway
from New Britain to Hartford will begin in August
2009. |
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Air:
Bradley International Airport, which became truly
'International' in the summer of 2007 beginning service to Europe,
is located in Windsor Locks, 15 miles (24 km) north of Hartford.
Regional air service is provided at Tweed-New Haven Airport. Larger
civil airports include Danbury Municipal Airport and
Waterbury-Oxford Airport in western Connecticut. The Westchester
County Airport in Harrison, New York serves part of southwestern
Connecticut. |
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Truism:
Connecticut is a small New England state, full
of charm, rural beauty and several major cities. The State's top
tourist attractions include Yale University, which maintains
numerous world-class museums, Mystic Seaport, the restaurant and
nightlife scene in downtown New Haven, The Maritime Aquarium, and
two major Native American casinos. |
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