All Five From New England Atop List of "Safest States in America'

Do you feel safe here in Connecticut? Are you worried about natural disasters, hate crimes, a terrorist attack, or your local government embezzling all of your taxes? According to a new study from WalletHub.com, we live in the 7th safest state in America for 2024, and our immediate neighbors here in New England have it even better.

WalletHub.com has just released "Safest States in America in 2024', and Connecticut has landed in the Top 10 at #7. In order to determine the safest states in the US for 2024, WalletHub.com compared all 50 across 5 key dimensions: Personal and Residential Safety, Financial Safety, Road Safety, Workplace Safety, and Emergency Preparedness. Those dimensions were evaluated using 52 relevant metrics, in order to determine a 100-point scale.

Some of the 52 metrics were EMT's, Law Enforcement, and Paramedics per capita, Bullying incidence rate, Hate-Crime incidents, Neighborhood Watch Groups per capita, Underemployment rate, Job Security, DUI's per capita, Road Quality, number of climate disasters causing 1 billion dollars+ in the past decade, and injuries and illnesses per 10,000 employees.

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Congratulations New Englanders, we live in the safest area of the United States for 2024. Connecticut was listed at #7 safest state in the US for 2024, but our neighbors did even better. Vermont came in at #1, New Hampshire was named #2, Maine at #3, and Massachusetts at #4. The four safest states in all of the US are our Northern neighbors. Rhode Island? at least we beat them, Rhode Island came in at #9.

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The worst of the worst as far as safe US states for 2024 according to WalletHub.com? Louisiana came in at #50, Mississippi at #49, and Texas at #48. Go North, young man.

A Sneak Peek of the New Restaurant Coming to Morris - La Guera

I love it when a food truck operator does well enough to plant some roots and settle into a real sit-down restaurant. Morris has a beautiful food truck location in the Pasture at South Farms on Watertown Road, and directly across the street we spotted a new restaurant that will have their grand opening celebration during the first week of November 2024. Have a look at what's coming soon.

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Five Worthwhile Stops For Bored Leaf Peepers in Litchfield County

Litchfield County is the premier destination for fall foliage in Connecticut, Route 7 is legendary, and the population is sparse. Bad news - Once you see the leaves, there's not much around to do. Here are five cities in Litchfield County where there's enough to do to make a day out of it.

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