{"id":35,"date":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/ericbergersrealestate-com\/2026\/09\/20\/connecticut-cost-space-and-commute-trade-offs-fyp\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","slug":"connecticut-cost-space-and-commute-trade-offs-fyp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/connecticut-cost-space-and-commute-trade-offs-fyp\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut: Cost, Space, and Commute Trade-Offs | fyp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/eric-bergers\/nyc-connecticut-move-remotion-videos-a17e\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Connecticut offered meaningful savings versus Manhattan: one-bedroom rents in some Connecticut cities typically ran $1.8K-$2.8K, compared with ~$3.5K-$4.5K for similar Manhattan units.<br \/>\nFor similar housing costs, Connecticut often meant more room: a small city apartment could become a house with a yard, garage, and multiple bedrooms.<br \/>\nConnecticut&#039;s lifestyle was slower and more domestic, with more driving, fewer nightlife options, and access to nature that many families found healthier.<br \/>\nCommuting remained practical in Connecticut: a commuter rail line linked several towns to NYC, and remote or hybrid schedules made that access easier to use.<br \/>\nBefore choosing Connecticut, compare towns carefully, especially schools, commute times, amenities, property taxes, and car needs, because the best fit depends on priorities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut offered meaningful savings versus Manhattan: one-bedroom rents in some Connecticut cities typically ran $1.8K-$2.8K, compared with ~$3.5K-$4.5K for similar Manhattan units. For similar housing costs, Connecticut often meant more room: a small city apartment could become a house with a yard, garage, and multiple bedrooms. Connecticut&#039;s lifestyle was slower and more domestic, with more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericbergersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}