Talk:Connecticut

All this stuff needs to go into the right city/region pages (WT-en) Majnoona 11:55, 19 April 2006 (EDT)

Other sites

• Club Getaway: an all inclusive, camp-like resort in the Berkshires. Located in Kent, approximately 90 minutes north of NYC. http://www.clubgetaway.com
• Limerock Park: A scenic racetrack located in the Berkshires of Northwestern CT. Holds many events each year, including a 4th of July American LeMans Series event.
• Lake Compounce Amusement Park: Holding the title of America's Oldest Continually Operating Amusement Park, Lake Compounce has many thrills for kids or teens.
• Dinosaur State Park: Dinosaur tracks from 200 million years ago were found in the CT River Valley. Come and make a plaster cast of a footprint, explore the exhibits, or take a stroll on the 2 miles of nature trails.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House: Visit the Hartford Home of the woman known to single handedly start the Civil War.
• Noah Webster House : Home to the author of the first American Dictionary.
• Mark Twain's House: Check in on the home of the most famous author known for his works "Huck Finn" and "Tom Sawyer"
• Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: For those who love old time beauty, visit the nations first municipal rose garden, truly gorgeous.
• *Nathan Hale Homestead: Visit the home of CT's State Hero, Nathan Hale. No American can forget his final quote of, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."*
• Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden CT: A great place to hike, take a walk, plan a picnic. The mountain is actually in the shape of a sleeping gaint. There is also an authentic stone castle at the top of the mountain, kids love it too! http://www.friendsctstateparks.org/parks/sleeping_giant.htm http://www.sgpa.org/hikes/hikes.html

Struck items were moved. (WT-en) OldPine 09:11, 22 July 2006 (EDT)

Regions

So according to the state tourism authority[1], there are 5 regions in Conneticut. I think it's small enough that we don't need to break them up into North, South, East, West, or Southeastern, etc as there would only be one sub-region in each. Is there anyone local who can speak as to the usual way of breaking up the state? Do you say "Southeastern" or Fairfield? Thanks(WT-en) Majnoona 12:00, 19 April 2006 (EDT)

Not really an expert, but I think the five regions above delineated by counties that they encompass would work. Would like to get this structured before it gets more unwieldy.(WT-en) OldPine 12:15, 12 July 2006 (EDT)

I installed the regions per the per the tourism site and included towns. Lets see if there is further discussion before I proceed further. (WT-en) OldPine 14:28, 13 July 2006 (EDT)

Fairfield County

Fairfield county is lcoated in the southwest portion of the state bordered by Long Island Sound on the south, New York State on west, and the Housatonic river on the east. Its major cities include Greenwich, Stamford, and Bridgeport. It is a very wealthy area with a short commute to New York City by train or a slow crawl along interstate 95 or the Merritt Parkway. Residents of the southern portion of Fairfield county often refer to this area as the "Gold Coast".

South Central Connecticut

The South Central region is immediately east of Fairfield county and is centered around the city of New Haven. The city of New Haven major attractions are centered around Yale University's campus.

The Connecticut Shoreline

The Shoreline area consists of the shoreline towns (or those close to the shoreline) to the east of South Central region (beginning in Guilford and moving along the shore to Old Saybrook.

The Mystic area The town of Mystic has a popular aquarium and seaport as well as a quaint village. The state's two casinos are also in this vicinity.

Litchfield county Litchfield is in the northwest portion of the state. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the north and New York State to the west. Litchfield has the state's largest lake, Lake Candlewood, and is often visted in the Autumn for its foliage.

The Hartford area The state's capital region. —The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) 71.235.0.60 (talk • contribs) 21 July 2006 (EDT)

OK, that's pretty much as I thought. As per above, the towns have been divided up into regions based on: http://www.tourism.state.ct.us/tourism_regions/ (WT-en) OldPine 19:57, 21 July 2006 (EDT)

I do not think the regions setup for Mystic-Eastern is particularly accurate, considering the "Quiet Corner" definitely does not see itself as having much in common with the Mystic Shoreline area. I would personally suggest having a "Quiet Corner" or Northeastern region, which encompasses all of Windham County, with potentially some spillover into places like Willington, Storrs, Mansfield, etc. which, while not part of Windham County proper, have much in common with the region. I'm particularly referencing (as a resident of the region) the quiet, rural, historical communities, wide-ranging woodlands and parks, and closer ties with Mass and Rhode Island (or perhaps a certain viewpoint of "we're different than the rest of the state") which you do not see much outside of this area. Willimantic and Putnam (and potentially Killingly/Danielson/Dayville) should be the regional hubs of activity for this region. --Ambarenya13 (talk) 13:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

How many cities with articles would be in each of those regions? Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:53, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

At the very least, Willimantic and Putnam should have their own articles for the region (until the mid-1980s, they were city status in CT, and still act as important centers for the area). Norwich potentially as well, but it has more ties with Mystic and New London than the "Quiet Corner".

3 articles is very few. I would hope for 5-9 per region. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:32, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

That's just for cities, though. Potentially every historical town in the area (Pomfret, Thompson, Woodstock, etc), in addition to attractions such as parks and shopping centers, could have a page. I don't think it's logical that, a region whose primary draw is small towns and scenery, is to be defined solely by number of city articles. The region has essentially nothing to do with what's down south. It's like saying New York is the same as Boston because it's in the Northeast. --Ambarenya13 (talk) 13:48, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

You understandably misunderstood my question. On Wikivoyage, "cities" is a generic term that also covers towns and villages. So what I really mean to ask you is how many populated places would there be that merit a Wikivoyage article and would be listed in the "Cities" section of the two region articles you propose to create out of the one existing one? If you have a sense of it, too, how many non-populated "Other destinations" (e.g. articles for islands and perhaps some parks that would overwhelm city articles if treated just as "See" listings within them) would each region be likely to have? Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:51, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Colleges in Connecticut

Please add the following to the list of Connecticut colleges:

Fairfield University, Fairfield CT Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT University of New Haven, West Haven, CT Wesleyan College, Middletown, CT Trinity College, Hartford, CT University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

There are also several branches of Connecticut State University that are separate from UConn: Southern Connecticut State, New Haven, CT WEstern Connecticut State, Danbury, CT Central Connecticut State, New Britain, CT

Community Colleges: Norwalk Community College, Norwalk,CT Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT North Western Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT

—The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) FlossyCT (talk • contribs)

This article need not contain a comprehensive directory of Connecticut's institutes of higher learning. We list only a few campuses that could be considered attractions in their own rights. (WT-en) LtPowers 09:37, 13 July 2010 (EDT)

Images

I just looked at the Featured, Quality and Valued image results on Commons Category:Connecticut, and most are irrelevant. The only interesting relevant one I saw was a Valued photo of the Norwich City Hall. That said, let's strategize what should be depicted. Here are some ideas:

(1) A photo of some iconic Yale University buildings or a view including them is obligatory. (2) A panorama of Long Island Sound, with or without an estuary and bridge (3) A photo of some natural beauty in the Litchfield Hills and/or Eastern Connecticut would be good. When I think of of the Litchfield Hills, I think of forested mountains, lakes, the Housatonic River and pretty small towns. Kent is a nice one. (4) A photo of pretty houses in Greenwich or another wealthy suburb. (5) A photo of Mystic Seaport (6) A photo of some of the pretty buildings in Hartford

I think these photos are either going to have to be looked for under other Commons Categories than "Connecticut", and/or many of them may not have a special classification (Featured, Quality or Valued). Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:12, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Stamford

Should Stamford be in the list of 9 cities? Greenwich seems like the one that doesn't belong. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:52, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Nobody seems interested, so I'll act unilaterally. Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:44, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Dayton Kingery - Connecticut Editor

Thought I'd introduce myself as I'm from Connecticut and interested in editing all pages related to the state. If there's anyone else here from CT, please say hi :) Dayton Kingery (talk) 16:53, 17 February 2022 (UTC)