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Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 08:31 PM
How many miles is it from Hartford, Connecticut to the main shopping sections of New York and how far is Bridgeport, Connecticut? What are those 2 areas like? I've decided to move to America rather than Japan and would like to live in Connecticut but not so far from New York because I want my family and friends to be able to visit easily.
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 08:35 PM
got an address of "the main shopping areas in New York"
We can google map it.
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 08:35 PM
We can google map it.
No idea lol. I'm in UK
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 08:39 PM
I'm in the US and I have no idea either.
Thats a big damn state. 
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 08:40 PM
Thats a big damn state.
I guess near Times Square
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 08:41 PM
Hartford CT to Manhattan NY = 2.5 hours.
If that helps.
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 08:45 PM
If that helps.
Plane, Car, Boat, Walking, Hovercraft
And how far from Bridgeport Connecticut
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 08:54 PM
driving.
Now I live in Des Moines IA. Which is about as far from Manhattan (downtown NY) as you can get. 
I'm sure traffic will play a role in all of this. As I hear NY NY is a large city.
So, give or take 7 hours those should be accurate.
Directions from A to B:
1: Start out going NORTH on WORDIN AVE. 0.0 mi Map
2: Merge onto I-95 S via the ramp on the LEFT toward N Y CITY (Crossing into NEW YORK). 50.5 mi Map Avoid
3: Keep RIGHT to take I-95 S/CROSS BRONX EXPY/US-1 S toward G W BRIDGE/LOWER LEVEL/LAST NY EXIT. 0.6 mi Map Avoid
4: Take the H HUDSON PKWY/RT-9A exit, EXIT 1, toward W 181 ST. 0.1 mi Map Avoid
5: Merge onto NY-9A S via the exit on the LEFT toward DOWNTOWN. 6.3 mi Map Avoid
6: Turn SLIGHT LEFT toward W 56 ST. 0.0 mi Map Avoid
7: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto W 56TH ST. 0.7 mi Map Avoid
8: Turn RIGHT onto BROADWAY. 0.6 mi Map Avoid
9: End at Manhattan, NY Map
Estimated Time: 1 hour 16 minutes Estimated Distance: 58.86 miles
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 08:58 PM
I'm going to do it for sure. I just need to decide where in Connecticut to go.
Where would people recommend? I am going to learn to drive in the UK. Buy a car in USA when I move over. Save money for the next few months and I just need to find a job. If I find a job in USA will the company likely help me with Visa stuff?
Posted by: opeth.db Nov 10 2008, 08:59 PM
Never again will I go to NYC. The traffic is horrendous!
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 09:04 PM
Where would people recommend?
I am not at all familiar with that part of the country. I'm right smack dab in the middle. Closest big city is Chicago. (5 hours) And that is just fine for me and my family.
Remember to switch lanes. or it'll be interesting to say the least.
If I find a job in USA will the company likely help me with Visa stuff?
No idea. Hartford CT is a huge insurance town. So is Des Moines. Both myself and the wife work for monster insurance companies.
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 09:11 PM
I'm looking for an engineering job and I know they have engineering and electronics companies in the USA but I just don't know where.
I downloaded Google Earth and wow. What a program. It can do loads
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 09:17 PM
Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids IA is a big one I think. My old roomate worked there. He is a software engineer who now works for Lockheed Martin.
Cedar Rapids IA = small town life.
My ex-Father in Law worked there too as a Nuclear Hardening Engineer. Yeah..... You couldnt ask him about his day. All TOP SECRET.
Posted by: fkalich Nov 10 2008, 09:21 PM
I would look for the Job, and then just make sure the area I am living in is satisfactory. There are a lot of places that might fit your bill, and that would be easier places to live, where money buys more, where there are probably non-stop flights. Such as Chicago, or Atlanta. I always enjoyed downtown Chicago.
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 09:24 PM
downtown Chicago is a blast.
But I like living a healthy distance away....
Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 10 2008, 09:54 PM
To be honest I've wanted to live in CT for a very long time. Not just for a year or so but for the last 8 or 9 years of my life. I came to USA for the first time in 1994 time I believe and ever since then I have researched USA and been interested in the place and after lots of research Connecticut came up and I like my smaller places a bit more so hence having a fascination with Bridgeport as it is smaller than the big cities in CT and it is similar to my home town in the UK.
Posted by: jer Nov 10 2008, 10:18 PM
cool.
At least you have researched it!
Give it a shot. We'd love to have ya!
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