I did the same 15 years ago, returning from Boston

Try looking in the Comms direction. I mean… I still haven’t had any luck but worth passing along lol

This is looking like my most likely option right now despite enjoying in person/hybrid work

Can you get a job working remotely?

I lived in Reston for many years and also loved it. I live outside new haven now and love that too. Two great places honestly.

Real shame we don't have better rail service, could be less than a 90 minute commute from New Haven to DC if so.

To each his own. I wish you the best of luck!

IMHO, NOVA has more character and diversity than CT as a hole. The traffic equals out, but with NOVA’s great transportation systems it really helps offset the congestion.

Just my thoughts.

Sorry, hope my bias doesn’t dissuade you.

-It’s urban sprawl on steroids. One “ life style center” after another keeps going up. Build it as fast as you can and as cheap as you can. -No character or charm. New England is rich in history and culture. Northern Virginia was mainly vacant farmland up until 30-40 years ago. Now it’s just cookie cutter developments with no sense of identity. -Although comparable to much of New England, rents in northern Virginia are amongst the highest in the nation. -Traffic. Beltway traffic is just as bad, if not worse than metro NYC depending on where you’re going. -DC is not a real city and is both literally and figuratively a swamp. It’s just one big monument.

Yes, before down voting, I’m a New England snob through and through.

Get the southern wings at Christopher Martin’s in your life!

I know some people who work in the state Capitol and live in New Haven that I’m pretty sure just take the train or something up to Hartford every day. If you have experience on Capitol Hill it should at least be transferable experience, I don’t know what the job market is like though. I see listings for state policy analysts and stuff every now and then tho.

I always thought I’d want to live in NYC in my 20s too, and I still do. But it’s nice being near family and it’s not like my career is being stifled here. If anything it just makes it easier to move there when you’re more established and have a little more money. Plus, the train ride there isn’t that long.

I returned to New Haven after 10 years away in DC and Seattle and really love it here.

Do you mind explaining further about why NOVA sucks? I’m moving down there this weekend and I want to hear your opinion.

I’ve been looking for policy jobs in new haven/surrounding areas since moving here in 2021, and it is absolutely barren for that area. I’ve been stuck doing instacart other than a three month remote role for the election because I haven’t been able to secure employment in any relevant fields for my experience.

I moved to NoVA from the New Haven area and can’t wait to make it back too. It sucks down here.

I think you missed the point in my reply. I regret returning to CT from VA. VA, on the whole, is cheaper than CT. I didn't read the OP as have only three choices, DC NY or CT. He just thought he would like in DC or NY. Furthermore, OP references law school and he or she may go elsewhere in the USA.

And you think the cost of living in DC or NYC is so much better????

>Thanks!

You're welcome!

Thanks!

Do not return to Connecticut. Cost of living is high and only going up. I went to school in VA and regret returning to CT.

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I was thinking more along the Whitney/Dixwell corridor.

If you do get a job in NYC you can do what many people do and live in Stamford or the surrounding area to depending on how long you’d be willing to commute into the city while still having relatively easy access to New Haven as well.

i'd say that former point is really not super accurate. whitneyville is pretty close to the new haven border &, as plenty here have mentioned, it's one of the town's more appealing neighborhoods.

Thanks!