Here's Greenwich, The Wealthiest Neighborhood In Connecticut
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Wow - this is one of the richest neighborhoods in the nation!
For this edition of dashboard tours, the plan was the opposite from the trip I had just taken into the bowels of the worst hood in the state of Connecticut. On this afternoon, I’d take a tour of the richest and most exclusive section of town in the state of Connecticut. So I exited off of I-95 south and headed for Greenwich, which is not only the wealthiest community in the state, but one of the richest towns in the nation.
For this route, I chose an area that had the biggest and most expensive homes. I settled on an area here, kind of in a windy road part of Greenwich and just sort of explored the area to see what it looked like. For those of you who are wondering how much these homes go for, the average home we’ll see goes for well over $2 million bucks. However, some are priced at $900,000, and many are well over $4 million.
What do these people do that they can afford such luxurious homes? The average household income here is about $250,000, but many people here make waaaay more than that. Many work in New York City, which is about an hour drive away. They are hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, and work in the banking and entertainment industry. To be middle class here in Greenwich, you make about $180,000 and $400,000.
Here’s a look at Greenwich, the wealthiest place in Connecticut, and one of the ten wealthiest places in the country.
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You drove past my house
I actually love these drives through neighborhoods. I do THIS when I get bored or stressed. It's rather relaxing and the birds are a nice touch 😊
Ok!
Why not take a nice long walk?
Exercising is better than driving.
I lived a few towns over for the past six years as a person on the “opposite” end of the wealth spectrum. The multi-million dollar houses are all hidden behind super high fences and trees with a lot of acreage between the home and the road. Same with New Canaan, Westport and Darien. My husband’s career let’s him see past the high gates and interact with the one-percenters from time to time... the amount of wealth they have is astonishing. Some of them are really kind, others are jerks - “my maid will buzz you in, don’t get mud on my Belgian block driveway”. I once passed a tiny cottage for sale and looked it up out of curiosity, $1.2 million for less than 1000 sq ft with no property. It’s insane. Many areas of lower Fairfield County are beautiful, but just like California’s Santa Barbara and other similar demographics, it’s unfathomable to the regular person.
You got that right. Some are completely jerks. Especially the ones in Fairfield that think they live in paradise. You are less than 10 mins from the hood lol
Darien represent 💯
@@cliftoncharles3285 😂😂😂😂🔨
@@cliftoncharles3285 which hood? Bridgeport? 😂😂😂
The uber rich are all scum, sorry to burst your bubble, you only get that wealthy from doing evil things.
I do not get tired looking at costly homes in a deluxe neighborhood...thanks for sharing...🙂
as someone who's lived in greenwich basically their entire lives its so trippy to see it like this. I knew it wasn't the average town but living here I never realized just how insanely upscale it is
You never looked your own town up on Wikipedia?
I figured working and middle class people from Greenwich would be well aware of how wealthy their city is.
@@mrtony80 i was basically the “bottom” of greenwich growing up (going to food pantries, clothing drives, etc.). i thought that everyone else in greenwich was “normal” and i was just less. now after leaving for college i realize that in any other town i would have done pretty well, but the cost of living in greenwich is so insanely high that it left me and my mom with no funds after paying rent. it’s hard to realize that when that town is all you’ve known.
@UCtLQo1rRU-tIbnwe8pZC64w there are two public housing complexes, one in a good part of town and one in a terrible part. the one in the good part of town is in very high demand and 5% of applicants are offered a spot. my mom would have gone bankrupt before letting me live in the other housing complex, which wasn’t a safe environment
@@EmmaSchuren I didn’t know there are terrible parts in Greenwich? Which part exactly?
Very interesting! Some beautiful homes! And that neighborhood seems very rural as well. I’m used to seeing the rich neighborhoods where there’s mostly tall hedges, walls, and big gates. Definitely interesting! Thanks for the drive through! Happy Easter Nick! ☺️
Happy Easter to you as well! There's some fancy areas in Redlands too!
My mom bought a house just a month ago, my mom and my dad split 150,000$ each. For a 4 bedroom house in Connecticut, do you think she did well on buying it?
I appreciate that bird soundtrack :D
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Connecticut is my home state. I grew up in what’s called the quiet corner close to Rhode Island and Massachusetts state line in a little town called Ashford. Lovely area. Still very beautiful and quiet
Most of the more exclusive/expensive parts of Greenwich are private communities where the general public doesn’t have access to
Belle Haven is one of those neighborhoods
@@ETheChosenOne I went to a wedding at the Yacht Club there years ago and went to the town party last summer. Two things that are somewhat difficult to do if you are not a resident. On my bucket list is attending a polo match at the Polo Club which are occasionally open to the public.
Growing up in Westchester and Fairfield country Greenwich was just a daily hang out spot for me and my friends. I didn’t know that so many people glamorized this place
You don't realize that growing up with a silver spoon in your mouth isn't the norm when everyone else around you also has a silver spoon in their mouth. Being from Long Island, i can relate. I didn't realize how the average American lived until i went upstate for college.
@@WoWplayer527 lol Long Island
You should see Shaughnessy in Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦: 13 million dollar homes. Old mansions and renovated ones. Come on up, Nick.
Nice job Nick. I live in CT and you captured our winter-look quite well. Had you done this during the warm weather months the foliage would have obscured much of what you were able to show. I have to say that I would have loved some coverage of Diana Ross' home that's also in Greenwich.
and yet the first thing you se is a port-a-shitter in someone's front yard. I guess it's a step up from Portland, where the port-a-shitter IS someone's front yard.
Can’t have the hired help using one of their 10 bathrooms, the housekeeper must’ve been on vacation!
wow nice to see a piece of england over there in conneticut 😉
I'm originally from Rye. I've been in Chelsea Manhattan since 2004. I worked in the early 1980s at Xerox Northeast Regional Headquarters at 2 Pickwick Plaza. When my mother had breast cancer she was in Greenwich Hospital and beat it at the age of 75.
I grew up in Cos Cob, CT. My parents were upper middle class, in the 50s. I lived on River Road. Greenwich, is to CT, what Beverly Hills is, to Cali. The price tags and affluence is a cut above every other wealthy enclaves here. Even Westport, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Wilton, Stamford, can't hold a candle to Greenwich. They try though.
river road? Im on river road extension right across from louie's!
New Canaan and Darien are definitely as wealthy as Greenwich, if not more so.
@Gaelle Future Nurse lmao then greenwich ain't the spot, try LI, they have every race and culture under the sun
New Canaan will give you a run for your money. You did say that you were Upper Middle Class. Are you referring to where the Elite are or are you talking about something else. Both are beautiful.
@@mirzaahmed6589 You hit the nail on the head. Greenwich is nice, don't believe the myth.
Used to bike ride through northern Greenwich on my loop up from White Plains, NY when I lived in WP ... kept trying to recognize some of the streets you were on, Nick/some of it looked a littttle familiar ... I remember one time going by a for sale house on a beautiful hilly winding lane. It had been on the market for a long time & there would be open houses on weekends, week after week, with no people going to take a look, no cars in the (circular) driveway. A lonely realtor woman once waved from the front patio as I rode by & I waved back and I thought various things: she and I were closer in income bracket than anyone who could actually afford to live there ... and she was the only person who ever waved (or smiled) in all the times I rode through Greenwich.
Aww here's a smile Bill 😊
did you ever pass through Banskville?
Nick I used to pick up and deliver art to these faux chateaux. It was a strangely life affirming mission. When I returned to New York City I experienced a renewed sense of gratitude for my tiny apartment.
What kind of art? Just curious. I used to go to the museums in Chicago.
I lived & went to Julian Curtis elementary, central jr. High & Greenwich high school, I graduated in 1976. We were poor, rented on the avenue when they were apartments and lived on mason street st. also...we moved there in 1969....the best childhood ever! will never forget it.❤
I've been watching your videos for a long time Nick and love them! Keep up your sense of humor. You almost passed by my childhood home in this one! Keep the videos coming! ...love if you could compare sections of Florida again. It's such a huge state and I don't think anyone has been able to really compare all the areas objectively. (So many folks wanting to move there, but don't know which area to move to or invest in real estate in)
I like the bird sounds. I lived in Fairfield County, CT until I was 7 in the early 1970s. Now I understand that you have to be able to pay a lot in property tax besides the cost of a home there. It is so beautiful with the trees, stone walls, and old houses. Thank you, Nick!
Don't be fooled by the canned bird sounds. I have done work in expensive gated communities and a normal week day often has the drone of mowers and blowers going off and on all day.
Obviously it wouldn't be the same birds on every street! I agree about the lawn equipment. Still like the bird sounds because the wild birds I feed started responding to the "new" birds and I had to stop the video to figure where the new bird sounds were coming from. My bird comment was more meta than micro.
@@bikesandcampswithcats I agree about the bird sounds used in the video Patricia. It did make the viewing more pleasant.
Actually taxes in Greenwich are some of the best in the state.
@@tomrobinson7393 Well, that's surprising. We lived in Weston, then moved to NC.
Very cool drive. I actually live off of Stanwich Road(north of the Merritt Parkway, though). It's interesting that you didn't go past the Merritt, it's much more bucolic there than in central Greenwich.
Im 34 and you are the first person I've ever seen make use of the word bucolic 👍🤙
Stay away from brain rot and variable doom scrolling
Stay close to nature and "discovery" type content
Those towns south on I 95 Are the A hole part of CT in my opinion. In the fall all you hear is leaf blowers . God forbid a maple leaf is on your grass . They can have it
Different places for different people. I grew up in Larchmont & Rye New York. In Westchester County just below Greenwich Connecticut on Long Island Sound. Not only did I commute to Grand Central for 30 years but also worked in Connecticut. We have Playland Amusement Park built in 1928 it's an historical landmark. All on Long Island Sound.
I love where I live now but I actually live next to an ambulance dispatch. Thankfully I'm in the back of the building so it's not that bad.
If you look closley at a map of ct, the richest towns are located in the short stubby little pecker of the state. Over compensation is kind of our thing here in Fairfield county 🧐🤑
Yep, that’s Greenwich all right, a place where the American Dream is on full display. Thanks for taking us there-certainly some of the best footage of this town on record, as far as I know. The video very much speaks for itself. Very well done!
"American dream" ha, most of these folks already had money before they were even born.
This was a nice video. Finally a nice neighbourhood. You should make more positive videos like this!
A nice neighborhood but filled with self righteous assholes, part of the elite fucking everyone else over.
Bobby not everyone who lives there or who’s rich is an asshole. Sometimes they’re nicer than lower class ppl.
This is all very beautiful, amazing what some people have accomplished.
Or what their parents accomplished
The thing a lot of people don’t realize is that Greenwich has wealthier neighbors. Greenwich definitely has the billionaires and the Ferrari’s but also has condos, apartments and borders with Stamford and Port Chester, NY. Darien, New Canaan, Westport and even Weston and Wilton are usually higher on the wealth list when looking at average income. The celebrities are also just as prevalent in these tows as they are in Greenwich.
So much reminds me of Northeast Louisville! Indian Hills, Prospect, Mockingbird Valley, Glenview ect.. BEAUTIFUL
The songbirds were awesome!
Great video showing how "the other half live".. I'm from Connecticut myself and this is nice to see. The general public doesnt see this...Unfortunately we do also have a huge gap between rich and poor , which is really apparent.. like the difference in driving from Westport, Fairfield into the Bridgeport area... But having said that I still love it here and there is a lot to see, Beaches, small towns etc...
We have places just as pretty as Greenwich, CT right outside of Chicago; ever heard of Winnetka, Highland Park and Kenilworth, IL? We even have a beach along Kenilworth and just as pretty as Waikiki, HI. Most people ignore these ritzy places and focus only on Chicago.
no its not, it is so ugly
Greenwich as well as the time that I'm from Rye just below the Connecticut border is on Long Island Sound. They're very beautiful places no matter where you go.
Yes, i loved watching it!
I love the lil tweety birds sounds!
Thanks for the beautiful drive. I always wonder, what does someone do with a 50 room mansion?
@@Sochi314 Great idea!
Oh man it’s another Connecticut city showing the wealth disparity. As a long time Connecticut resident I’ve seen it firsthand
@@Hndjdj400 most places is nice but there are lots of sad and poor areas in some cities. However, things are getting better due to people moving to all of our cities during COVID when they were seeing sharp declines
Connecticut used to be the second richest state in the United States.. not anymore thanks to the Democrats..with all of their taxes.
I was stationed at the submarine base in Groton Connecticut for a while a long time ago. The malls always had new recruits in their navy blues fresh out of boot camp roving around. The locals considered any enlisted people from the navy as poor drunken uneducated trash. They were mostly right about that. Few people enjoyed life off base because it was so expensive there but the base facilities were very good there.
Hey Nick.nice video.like allways i looking forward for your next video
Hey Allan! Happy Easter!
Happy Easter big boy!!! CT!? ok....smooches! PS- was that Martha Stewart or David Letterman on the bike, could not tell;)
I think it was Gary shandling
@@NickJohnson awww they all look alike to me;)Glad you cleared it. XO.
Right on the New York Connecticut border check out Grace Church Street in Rye which is also a very wealthy community drive it up across 95 into Port Chester New York what a contrast
From 1960 to 1972 I grew up in large spot removed to Rye that year.
Happy Easter, Nick Johnson. I’m across the Long Island sound from Connecticut. 😀😀😀😀😀 which is of course, is Long Island, NY.
I need to come see it I only saw queens and Brooklyn. But that's kinda not really Long Island is it?
I would get lost in one of those homes! They are all so beautiful!
I'm just always wonder? Are this people really happy in their lives? Because we all need monies to survive but overly having it can also be ungrateful and allot of times it brings misery!
Along with greed ego selfishness.
Thanks for sharing!
My guess if they have good health, a loving family, get on with their neighbours, have friends, have a rewarding career, enjoy life long learning, are a member of a faith community and so forth, then they are happy.
Oh they're happy alright
money doesnt make you happy
@@Essays4Collegeonly poor people say that
Looks like a peaceful drive in a japanese rural town. Rice farmers and fishermen are actually very well off in japan.
Hey Nick ! My husband and I are loving your videos. My sister lives In Greenwich. Other sister lives in Darien. Connecticut native here! Daughter went to UNCW. We love your spirit and always look forward to your posts! Keep on, keeeping on!
Hey Laura! Thanks! I know UNCW well!! I lived in Wilmington for a while! ❤️❤️
The back country of Greenwich is especially beautiful in the summer, especially in the middle to late afternoon.
I find it interesting that Connecticut is the third smallest state yet they have a few of the wealthiest towns in the country, some very nice upper middle class small towns, rolling hills, farms, a coastline with nice beaches, lighthouses, forests, and a lot of crime, drugs, poverty and very bad ghettos that are the polar opposite of the wealthiest areas.
Greenwich is a suburb of NYC. I live in Northern Jersey. We also have very expensive towns here. There's a lot of wealth in the NYC metro area.
Third smallest, but still fairly large by global standards. About the size of Northern Ireland.
Reminds me a bit of growing up in rural New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. I'm surprised how hilly it is. I also figured more people would live on tiny back roads instead of a main thoroughfare like that.
The northeast definitely has the most beautiful houses. I lived up there for years. 🏡
It’s so easy to access, where I’m from in Florida, these million dollars homes have 24/7 security guard and you’re not allowed in until a residents gives you permission.
because there's very little crime in Greenwich. Florida is literally the opposite end of the spectrum.
@@peterfahey9088 perfectly said ! 100% correct
Nice videos, Nick. You've come a long way since 🎶 "We built this city and now it sucks" 🎶. Traveling the country and advocating unity as Americans.
Ok let's see how the other half lives. I could probably afford a shower stall.
All the NYC pigeons would like to fly up here!
The birds here are very happy!
Been awhile since being up there but it is beautiful
"In the end only envy remains".
La Rochefoucauld
I love Greenwich the houses are very nice
the change between Danbury and Greenwich is quite astonishing
Gosh, some of those homes look like mansions! Thanks for a great video and Happy Easter!
Lived in Greenwich during the 1990s, commuted into NYC for work, came back, drove to the residents beach, ate a burger went home. Greenwich is where I learned to drive, learned to horseback ride, ate local fish my neighbors caught, I lived on Steamboat Road, good base for weekend trips to Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Some of the exclusive communities are private roads but not always gated. They had a nice public library compared to the ones in NYC. But not much of a night life. Fond memories.
Our family member lives there and Yes they are rich very expensive people garage are bigger then most Americans home
I was waiting to see Shane McMahon jumping off a roof lol
lmaooo so was I
Here comes the money
Lmfao
@@arjans7573 Money, money, money, money, money 🎵🤣🤣🤣
LOL... I noticed you did not randomly dial up some Greenwich resident and question them on the unique aspects of the area...😶
Too right !
Lol. Right??? C’mon now.... every place is fair game!
You do that in Greenwich you might have a cop on your six most Ricky tick
Nick, we want the following... A. Dressing up in costume as a Greenwicher to introduce the vid. B. Random phone call to resident. C. Skype interview with past or present resident. D. Cheezy song about Greenwich at the end. Now get going, you're sleeping on the Job....😴
Beautiful town 🌳🌲
I stumbled upon this video but live in Greenwich. My home is shown at 9:30!! Cool. It’s nothing compared to the upper echelon homes.
lmfao i drive past that house all the time
What u do for work looks like comfy sqft 👍👏
It’s definitely cool seeing this beautiful country. Can’t go on enough vacations to see this. Feel free to show people in Connecticut norther Illinois and Iowa. Happy Easter
Happy Easter Nick& Mappy & is Mappy setting up a Easter egg Hunt with you Making sure no Cheating Nick. 😉🐰🐇
Never Josh!
Sweet. You're taking us uptown! 😁👍
I love your videos, you should do Great Falls VA next!
thank you for wasting some of you petro lol I feel even more poor now but I loved it! : D
Forget the large houses, unless you are into possessions. I would be happy with a low crime, low pollution neighborhood.
So...would...I.
Me too.....and a community of people who are at least civil and respectful and NOT self righteous, bombastic pricks.
I lived here growing up, in a more modest part of town! Really nice community.
Nice to see that the roads in Greenwich are kept up with, unlike everywhere else in CT.
It's a rich town. Of course they maintain their roads.
Lots of money there!
Beautiful Video Nick
Greenwhich may as well be another planet from where I live in southeastern CT. For a place that votes largely Democrat and has influence that impacts the rest of the state, there sure are a lot of high privacy walls and gates! :-/
New London? Taftville?
Yeah, it's amazing how different the different parts of the state are. I lived in New Canaan and then Willimantic, and they might as well be two different countries.
Greenwich doesn't vote Democrat in local elections. The Board of Selectmen is usually mostly Republican.
i wish this were the norm for all of us.
My best friend's stepdad's brother lives in Greenwich on a gated street, he's a dentist for people with money-money, and I went to New York back in 2012 and stayed in their house. It was three floors, had an elevator, and everything inside was done with crazy detail. I was told that neighbors at one point complained to them, because the molding at the bottom of the walls INSIDE THEIR house was wrong somehow and they had it changed. I don't know why but it seemed to matter to the neighbors, and my friends step uncle lol. But we were close enough to walk outside and go right down that main street with the Starbucks, Apple store and like a Ferrari dealership at the bottom of the hill. It was also walking distance to a train that took you into the city. The whole experience was unlike anything else. Their lives were so different my low income midwest one lol. They were super cool people who showed us a ton of stuff while we were there both times we went.
Kept waiting to hear the theme song to Silver Spoons. 👀
OMG i know!!
And then you have us people in the new haven area 😬 definitely isn’t like this over here 🤣
No way Nikki
....the secrets behind those walls...
Thanks Nick 👍
Beautiful place dear, wonderful sharing dear
Ok dear
Hi Nick, welcome to our state!
It was an interesting day!
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐫𝐤!!!
Glad to see you driving in a nice neighborhood for a change. Connecticut is beautiful but I prefer being down south. Have a great day Nick Johnson 🙂🙂
Did you add the bird sounds or are there loudspeakers along the road that play them?
George Bush Sr is originally from Greenwich Barbara is originally from my hometown of Rye New York.
This is my bread and butter . 26 years of the Gold Coast ! Affords for a fantastic life.. service service service .. mechanical business is where it’s at.
the most pretty place who i saw in my life
I'm definitely taking a ride to Greenwich soon
I see you didn’t go to the really exclusive homes where the top entertainers and movie stars 🌟 live at. I know there are a lot of streets that you can’t even drive through unless you are a resident of that street.
I grew up, at 74 RiverRoad, in the Tudor style house. Across from the Mianis,River
Mianus.
they also pay an 11 mill rate compared to 71 in Waterbury.
Nick, why do birds suddenly appear/ every time you are near?
Lol I'm just all rainbows and sunshine I guess :)
Wow! Good views.
Lived here since I was 2, love it
Where did you live before you were two?
@@tamunshud5730 nyc
I live in Greenwich, wish I had seen you
Next time, do the Merritt Parkway at the Ny/CT boarder
I love your channel
Love you Tim!
It's beautiful. But for some reason, I don't even those living in mansions and exclusive areas. Something else is missing in my life that I have yet to discover.
Hi Nick, I'll be making a trip up to the Raleigh area in about a week. Any idea what natural scenery or restaurants to check out?
Falls Lake is cool. Lake Jordan. If you like sushi I like spicy 9.
@@NickJohnson Thanks Nick!
I like that the sounds of the birds that traveled with you....But there is something I must say about the homeless.... People seem to think they are all the same....I too was once homeless for a long time and as I saw the horror of the city streets and the horrible shelters I decided to get away and find a secluded place in smaller towns and worked day labor....I had to camp in the woods and save my money.... Sometimes the cops saw me and noticed I kept a clean camping place and some times they helped me.... Thank God for good cops.... Maybe I'm not the norm....One time when I was hitchhiking someone let me out in a place like this but not there....As I was walking down the road with my backpack on my back the cops showed up and said even though this is a shortcut to the highway you can't even walk on the side walk here....I felt hopelessly sad....But he did give me a ride to the highway.
Originally from Larchmont we moved to Rye in 1972. Years later I was briefly homeless because of addiction and ended up living in the shelter in White Plains New York. I was fortunate it it got bad enough for me to want to change as I have now been at Chelsea Manhattan residence since 2004. With my father just passing 3 years ago at the age of 90 my parents were married 63 years mom is not well there's one of the top three facilities in the area to care for and all I can think about is I can no longer go home.
I actually grew up in Redding,ct but had never been to greenwich
Las Vegas population: 3 million
Connecticut pop: 3.5 million.
Arkansas, Utah and Puerto Rico have 3.0 million people as well.
The entire state it Nevada has 3 million people. You are wrong.