Three Connecticut Towns Make List of Friendliest Across the U.S.

Anytime I'm down south or in a very quiet little town, I think "huh, I wonder what these people think of New York City." Not in a sense of the city itself, but the hustle and bustle, the "New York attitude", where your time is more important than the stranger's on the street. Going from a very quiet, nice town to something like New York City, it's a crazy difference.

When I'm traveling and ask people what they've heard about Connecticut, I love to hear the responses. "You're in the middle of nowhere, everything is expensive there, there's always traffic, everyone is mean in New England." The list goes on. I was interested to see AMFM put out a list of the friendliest towns and city around the country. The one's that are most likely to greet a stranger.

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My first question is for you - would you talk to a random stranger on the street? It's very interesting to see the different responses between introverts and extroverts. I always talk to strangers, I don't mind it at all. But some people see that as a fear of theirs or they just don't want to talk to anyone they don't have to.

As I was scrolling the list mentioned above, I started getting nervous because I hadn't seen Connecticut for quite some time. Is our state not considered friendly? We finally made our appearance at number 77. Norwich was the first Connecticut town to make the list. After that, Bristol came in at 94 and Torrington came in at 110. Mind you, this was out of a list of 130.

Even though we sit pretty far down, I'm happy to see Connecticut still made it. I do feel like we need to work a little bit harder to get those numbers a tad closer to the top. Next time you're passing a stranger on the street, smile at them and start a conversation. Maybe it'll start making your days that much better.