New Canaan is a small town about 45 min. outside NYC that is located in Fairfield County. An even ritzier lifestyle then that of the OC, people in NC are classy and of course preppy. Most likely if you live here, your family owns more then one house, has a variety of luxury vehicles to choose from and one or more of your parents commutes to NYC by train or limo. Parents make loads of money, participate in cocktail parties, play tennis and cart around their younger kids to soccer practice and such. Teenagers have nothing better to do then spend their parents money on expensive clothes, drugs and alcohol, so it's no surprise it has the highest rate of underage drinking in the country. However, they still manage to take home state championships in sports such as soccer, lacrosse and hockey and eventually go off to the Ivy Leagues. While you reside in New Canaan, there are a couple things to remember. It is Beirut, NOT "beer pong". Do not be surprised to see parents participating in drinking events right next to their kids. If the town seems deserted in the summer, you can take a short plane ride to Nantucket and discover most of New Canaan there. D-Baggers can at times be fun to party with, but at ANY sports event must always be considered the enemy. Pop your collar. And finally, don't be alarmed if kids between the ages of 12 and...well, up, closely fit the description of an alcoholic.
If you don't have at least 6 friends that drive jeeps, then get the hell out.
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You know you live in New Canaan when...
You canโt walk around any of the schools without seeing at least 3 Rugby shirts
Everyone even the guys know all the names of the people from the OC
Your next door neighbor gets arrested for dealing cocaine
Youโre scared to go to Norwalk because you think you going to get shot
The only time you would ever think of going to the Bronx is to go to the Bronx Zoo
Starbucks coffee is inexpensive to you
Even some of the guys wear some from of Ugg shoes
A Rams bumper sticker is plastered on every Land Rover
You still think its summer so you wear flip flops in December
Sports are not a game its life
When you turn 16 you want a Land Rover and you expect to get one
Birkenstocks arenโt for old people theyโre for the teenagers
When you talk about the moose the only thing you relate it to is Abercrombie
When you canโt count the number of Hummers, Porsches, and Land Rovers in the streets on one hand
Half the people arenโt who they really are
Even though every mom is blonde and big boobed, you know it's all fake
Perfection isnโt expected its reality
A 12 year old could pass for a 21 year old and get alcohol
The police are always showing up at the school for stupid small crimes created by the students
When almost half of the population hates living here
But we are still able to look like rich and perfect people
screw that
none of it's true
If you live in New Canaan you should know what all of this means
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New Canaan is a good place to live. The people are really nice, although they can be a little snotty.True, it's hard when you walk down the street(if you actually do, instead of in an air conditioned Mercedes) to not see a Range Rover or a suburban. However, it's unfair to stereotype NC people. They are actually really nice, and before you judge you should meet the people. Also,despite the perfectly manicured lawns and huge mansions on Brushy Ridge,look on the inside and be surprised with what you find. Many women get their nails done(I was at Floris and saw a 6 year old there!!!!)as well as their daughters. To the people in Norwalk: Don't base NC people on how they act with the LINKS program-it sucks. Just because they have more expensive clothes than you or a bigger house than yours does not mean that you should be mean and say that all NC people are like that.You are just jealous. It's okay: everyone can be. You can probably tell that I live in New Canaan. just because you live in a smaller house than everyone else doesn't mean we are worse than anyone else.
Maybe New Canaan has its cons: but it has pros too, just like every other town.
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I lived in New Canaan for 4 years.
It really sucks because if you don't have money or you're really ugly you are pretty much worthless. Sports are like oxygen to these people- well only sports that bring home championship titles, the other ones are treated like shit. Everyone has pretty much grown up together and everyone knows everyone. If you're really unfortunate looking, you can buy your friendship with cars, clothes, booze, ect. And drugs are pretty big. Not as big as Ridgefield though. Nearly everyone drinks, many people smoke weed, and some people do coke or oxycontin or whatever. The police are all itching to search teenagers because they are just as bored. Mainly people either hate New Canaan or like it. I'm indifferent because the people are mostly very nice, just not to those that are unattractive, lower middle class, or shy. Overall its a great family oriented place. Once you're older though, there's absolutely nothing to do except drink yourself into oblivion.
New canaan is a nice place to live if you are attractive and wealthy.
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I hate all of the crap people are saying about New Canaan. It is a great town with great people, and nobody should judge it. Not everyone's preppy, people arn't fake, and people DO NOT sell drugs. Also, i know plenty of people who havn't heard of the OC. There isn't even any real drama. Don't judge if you don't live there! Also, New Canaan Country School happens to be a very educational school, and isn't at all as bad as everyone thinks it to be. It has great teachers, faculty and students. Whoever is talking shit about New Canaan, it's got to stop. You guys are all a bunch of jealous, stereotypical freaks that make New Canaan people feel bad so you can actually have a life, which will never happen.
New Canaan Rocks, and you better know that!
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A small, wealthy town that in a million times better than their neighboring town of Darian. Basically, Darian has the worst reputation of being the snoobiest town in all of the United States. Darian teens like to make fun of them only because they have nothing better to do besides sucking at every sport from Soccer to Football. Anyways, New Canaan has a much better Crew and Football team than Darian. And to the Deffinition of "Formally DBagger is sufficiently incorrect.
"I saw a huge mansion being built in New Canaan"
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