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These Fairfield County Locations Rank Among CT's Top 25 Best Places To Live These Fairfield County Locations Rank Among CT's Top 25 Best Places To Live
These Fairfield County Locations Rank Among CT's Top 25 Best Places To Live Several Connecticut communities are among the “best places to live in America” in 2022, according to a newly released poll. Each year, Niche explores the best places to live in the US, evaluating factors that include crime, public school systems, job opportunities, and local amenities. Using data based on the US Census, FBI, US Bureau of Labor (BLS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other sources, Niche then ranked the top places to live across the country, led by Chesterbrook, a suburb of Philadelphia. In Connecticut, West Hartford in Hartford County was named as the…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says
Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says People who think money can’t buy happiness are woefully mistaken, according to a new study. A University of Pennsylvania study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that people who earn $85,000 or more per year are happier than those who earn less. And the more money you earn, the happier you are. This contradicts common knowledge and refutes an earlier study that found there is a cap on how much happiness money can buy. Once a person earns at least $75,000 per year additional money won’t buy additional happiness, according to a 2010 Princeton Uni…

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by Kristin Palpini
Lifestyle
These Fairfield County Cities Are Most Expensive For Funerals These Fairfield County Cities Are Most Expensive For Funerals
These Fairfield County Cities Are Most Expensive For Funerals Two Fairfield County zip codes are among the country's most expensive places to be cremated or buried. Funerals can cost between $1,500 and $15,000 depending on many factors that include the level of services and location, according to the founder and CEO of ChoiceMutual Anthony Martin. Martin's insurance company conducted a study to look at the national average costs of funerals and their range depending on the United States location. In a report published on Choice Mutual's website, Stamford and Greenwich made a top 10 list of cities where both traditional burials and cremations cos…

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by Donna Christopher
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New Rankings: Median Household Income In Fairfield County Towns According To Census Data New Rankings: Median Household Income In Fairfield County Towns According To Census Data
New Rankings: Median Household Income In Fairfield County Towns According To Census Data The median household income in Connecticut is $73,781 -- so how does Fairfield County factor in? According to data from the U.S. Census covering 2013 through 2017 released last month, several area communities have some of the highest earners in the state. The median income in Fairfield County was $89,773 -- the highest-earning county in the state. Middlesex followed at No. 2, then Tolland in third. Here's the median household income across Fairfield County (2013 to 2017): Bethel: $97,289 Bridgeport: $44,841 Brookfield: $113,009 Danbury: $68,068 Darien: $208,…

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by Cecilia Levine