How fitting that we celebrate the Constitution State today, for the First Amendment is an important part of JEA’s history.

1. New Haven Pizza–Pepe’s, Sally’s and Modern among others.
2. Small town vibes
3. Easy access to Boston and New York City.
4. Historical landmarks open to anyone who wants to check them out.
5. Haunted cemeteries and old houses.
6. Freedoms, including abortion rights
7. Safe place to live
8. No grave natural disasters, especially, major weather events or related disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes and blizzards.
9. Trees–including at least 20 official Tree Cities and two official Tree Campuses.
10. City activities and rural spaces only a short drive away from each other.
11. How beautiful it is to experience all four seasons.
12. A sense of privacy
13. Good schools
14. Good hiking spots
15. Public Radio
16. State parks and beaches
17. Lots of opportunity within the state for new and different experiences.
18. Good food places, beyond New Haven Pizza
19. Submarine Museum in New London/Groton.
20. Dinosaur State Park
21. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
22. High minimum wage.
23. History everywhere.
24. Small enough to enjoy short trips from one end of the state to another, from the beach to the hiking trails, including skiing in winter months.
25. Gillette Castle
26. The Connecticut River
27. American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol
28. Lake Compounce, Bristol.
29. Boulderdash Roller Coaster, Bristol
30. Phobia Roller Coaster, Bristol
31. Downtime — Zero Gravity Amusement Park Ride, Bristol
32. Essex Playhouse
33. Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam
34. The Palace, Waterbury
35. The Rockwell Theater, Bristol
36. Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport
37. Rocky Neck State Park
38. Hammonasset State Park
39. Ridgefield Playhouse
40. Infinity Hall, Norfolk
41. Infinity Music Hall, Hartford
42. Daffodil Festival Hubbard Park, Meriden
43. New England Air Museum
44. Yardgoats Dunkin Donuts Park, Hartford
45. Muzzy Field, Bristol
46. Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford
47. Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Hartford
48. The State Capitol Building
49. Ice skating rinks, thoughout the state
50. Architectural treasures, mostly older home but many contemporary ones too
51. Good libraries, including ones at colleges and universities
52. Hartford Wolf Pack
53. Traffic isn’t a huge headache
54. Scientific advances
55. Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort
56. Foxwoods Casino and Resort
57. Bridgeport Arena
58. The Schubert Theater, New Haven
59. Yale University Art Gallery
60. Yale Center for British Art
61. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
62. Hartford Stage, Hartford
63. TheaterWorks, Hartford
64. Toyota Oakdale Museum Theater, Wallingford
65. Kent Falls
66. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford
67. Skiing at Mt. Southington, Mohawk, Ski Sundown and Powder Ridge
68. The longest running ferry in American, connecting Rocky HIll and Glastonbury
69. Dunkin Donuts, since it is regional and not available across the country
70. Private colleges, from Yale to Wesleyan and Connecticut College
71. Mystic Seaport Museum
72. Mystic Aquarium
73. Lake Waramaug
74. The Thimble Islands
75. Steamed cheeseburgers, including the original Louis’ Lunch in New Haven
76. Lenny & Joe’s Seafood Restaurant
77. MetroNorth
78. Maritime Museum, Norwalk
79. Bridgeport Islanders
80. Bridgeport Bluefish
81. New Britain Rockcats
82. UConn women’s basketball
83. UConn men’s basketball
84. Connecticut Sun Women’s Professional Basketball Team
85. Alive at 5 (Summer concert series in Stamford)
86. Hartford Jazz Festival at Bushnell Park
87. The Book Barn, Niantic
88. Jorgenson Theater at UConn
89. Neil’s Donuts, Wallingford
90. White Flower Farm, Litchfield
91. Woolsey Hall, Yale
92. Rocky Neck State Park
93. Old Lyme
94. Sleeping Giant State Park
95. Lake Pocotapaug, East Haddam
96. XL Center, Hartford
97. The Carpenters, brother and sister singing group, are from here.
98. Toad’s Place, New Haven
99. Connecticut Science Center, Hartford
100. Yale Peabody Museum
101. Mystic Disc Record Shop