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femmedem

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19. Look at New London!

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 10:34 AM

Apr 2021

Very walkable. I walk to work, walk to the food co-op, walk to the coffee shops. We're technically a distressed municipality because our per capita income is low, but we are rich in community engagement, progressive activists and the arts. Our mill rate is high but our property values are still relatively low.

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Connecticut lingo... How do you spell package store nickname? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 OP

If you are a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court. cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #1

No, i'm just a displaced CT Yankee from the working class Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #14

Heaven? MLAA Apr 2021 #2

They're liquor stores in CT. Packies (sing.:packy) are farther north. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #3

Ok.. good to know! No one near NYC called it a packy. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #13

For my parents it was Tomconroy Apr 2021 #4

I just say the wine store. Ours has a large selection and has the non-alcoholic wine I like to drink CTyankee Apr 2021 #5

You're so classy CTY!! I've heard you write about this "wine" before Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #15

Here's an article in the NYT about a rise in drinkers of non-alcoholic wines. CTyankee Apr 2021 #18

Interesting article, although I had to read a couple Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #20

I'm in the NYC orbit, so it's a liquor store. krispos42 Apr 2021 #6

Don't think so... Since it was my friend in Boston who made Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #21

Booze joint. eom sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #7

Likker store. Not package. eom sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #8

I see it spelled packy and packie online, but mostly packy. femmedem Apr 2021 #9

That's where I want to move to! Eastern CT shore! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #12

Look at New London! femmedem Apr 2021 #19

Thanks. That is very good to know! I kind of think of Niantic Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #22

Groton doesn't have a walkable downtown the way New London and Niantic do. femmedem Apr 2021 #24

What's a package store? Ocelot II Apr 2021 #10

UPS Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #17

Don't package stores also serve liquor? Bristlecone Apr 2021 #11

No serving, no. Just a store to buy liquor and wine. I was Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2021 #16

Bodega. Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #23