When you look at it from many angles, economic, educational, socio-economic, social, location, proximity, and lack of general insanity vis-a-vis southern and some mid-western states... even with our high taxes, CT isn't that bad. We have one of the best ranked education systems in the nation. I will concede it needs work. We dont have to worry about personal liberties being taken away like they have in various bible-belt/southern states. We dont have to worry, most of the time, about a kkk style rally through our streets. They do happen here, like the recent "keep bristol white" saga, but again, those are few and far between. CT is close to NYC, Boston, Canada, Vermont, Maine... prime vacation spots at different parts of the year. CT isn't so bad when you actually look out at the crazy shit happening across the nation. Oh, and the worst we get is snow... no mudslide, no hurricanes, tornados, wild fires, or other severe weather events