Anonymous wrote:Stars Hollow is supposedly inspired by Washington, CT, but it’s really very, very similar to the town next door, New Milford - a blue collar former mill town with a fancy prep school, some historic homes, and even a town green with a bandstand.

Lots of places in New England are like this, though - mostly throughout CT and MA.

- CT native

This house in Washington has a Gilmore Girls vibe:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/30-Cook-St-Washington-Depot-CT-06794/57833700_zpid/

Haddonfield NJ

Anonymous wrote:Madison Wisconsin

No good private schools near Madison. Only Edgewood. Catholic, big, not great.

Franklin, TN in the old town part. More than one NYT columnist lives there, fwiw

The surrounding Williamson County has a lot of land use restrictions and big acreages (like Upperville Va. is to Fauquier County) and 30 minutes away is Nashville

Unionville, Toronto Canada. That’s where the pilot episode was filmed. Another reason to move to Canada!

Stars Hollow is supposedly inspired by Washington, CT, but it’s really very, very similar to the town next door, New Milford - a blue collar former mill town with a fancy prep school, some historic homes, and even a town green with a bandstand.

Lots of places in New England are like this, though - mostly throughout CT and MA.

- CT native

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Bainbridge Island, WA. It's as close as you can get.

Bainbridge, no. Whidbey, maybe.

I’m team Glastonbury and agree with the Hartford area poster above. Excellent schools, a historic town center, and decent real estate prices.

Too much of a military population for Whidbey to work. I was thinking Vashon, but there's not actually much of a town there

One issue is you will be an outsider. Most people hang out with family members that have lived there. It can be lonely.

Locally and blue collar- old Greenbelt. It’s insular to the larger corporated town. Tons of families who live their for generations. Everyone knows everyone. Grocery shop, restaurants, single screen movie theater at the town center. Youth center for the kids and teens. Plenty of activities and classes for community members of all ages. Festivals throughout the year including seasonal and holiday fun. Great place to raise kids as things are walkable and feels like you’re in a bubble away from the larger dc metro area. The elementary school is decent. The middle school is atrocious. If you have a smart kid they will do well at the neighborhood science & tech HS. Biggest downside is the difficulty finding a sfh on the market.

Mountain Lakes, NJ

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Anonymous wrote:Falls Church City

Hahaha! It’s ugly with a very busy street with something like 12 traffic lights. Huge developments everywhere. Ugly housing stock. No pretty, charming town square. It is insular and homogeneous, though.

This. PP is a narcissistic

Anonymous wrote:And can I raise my kids there? Close knit, small community, down to earth, kind, charming but also close enough to a big city and within 30 min drive of amazing private school. The best of all worlds.

Don't be ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Locally - Falls Church City or Hyattsville

Mt ranier, Crofton, Elliott city

Anonymous wrote:And can I raise my kids there? Close knit, small community, down to earth, kind, charming but also close enough to a big city and within 30 min drive of amazing private school. The best of all worlds.

If you raised your kids there it wouldn't be like the TV show, because your family is not TV characters and you'd be living there.

Pleasant Lake, MI