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  • Опубліковано 16 жов 2024

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  • @beigerag3
    @beigerag3 3 роки тому +133

    “Just check out Mark Twain’s house, then go across the street and buy heroin.”
    Oh. My. God lmfao

  • @Kunu_
    @Kunu_ 3 роки тому +355

    "Get shot, cross the street, and go bowling at a fishing store"
    Holy shit this cracked me up.

    • @Tinaturtle191
      @Tinaturtle191 3 роки тому +5

      I was just there on Sunday 😃👍

    • @sk8erboy551
      @sk8erboy551 3 роки тому +2

      I was just delivering beer in Bridgeport, its true 🤣🤣👌

    • @AvEnGeD7X238
      @AvEnGeD7X238 3 роки тому +1

      I cried😂😂😂

    • @mikedj9025
      @mikedj9025 3 роки тому +4

      Definitely bass pro shop in Bridgeport my hometown

    • @sssxgar
      @sssxgar 3 роки тому +2

      @@mikedj9025 right across from the chipotle and Starbucks 💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @TorchHacker
    @TorchHacker 3 роки тому +135

    This is the best tourism video of Connecticut that I've watched.

  • @angelmaker5818
    @angelmaker5818 3 роки тому +216

    Holy fuck dude. I laughed so hard in the first 20 seconds. As someone who lived in the non penis part of CT, everything in this video is 100 percent accurate.

    • @meeshob1975
      @meeshob1975 3 роки тому +2

      Im from the penis part too!

    • @emed1977
      @emed1977 3 роки тому +2

      I’m from the base of the Penis.

    • @billscanlan5639
      @billscanlan5639 2 роки тому

      @@meeshob1975 non penis part of the state here checking in

    • @marklaudano4596
      @marklaudano4596 2 роки тому

      Dad grew up in the bad part of New Haven (which is saying something) and now I live in a swamp that's only known for its fair and the Washington Trail.

  • @tpaul793
    @tpaul793 3 роки тому +218

    The vast amount of the state you covered during the running scene, is under rated.

  • @moe9730
    @moe9730 3 роки тому +211

    “We’re the Midwest of the northeast and the Deep South of New England” 😂 that about made me lose my sip of coffee. Thank you

  • @catie7466
    @catie7466 3 роки тому +406

    the 17 dislikes are from 17 guys named brad who live in greenwich

  • @fionasweeney173
    @fionasweeney173 3 роки тому +177

    Me every time someone asks me where I'm from, "Between New York and Boston"

    • @tylerl3578
      @tylerl3578 3 роки тому +4

      If i'm in a foreign country I'm 50/50 between saying I'm from new York or boston

    • @CSMGRP
      @CSMGRP 3 роки тому +2

      I say north east nyc

    • @lisafaithful3787
      @lisafaithful3787 3 роки тому +4

      Lol I always respond, “Connecticut” but right after Im asked; “where?” Then i respond between New York n Boston 😂

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home 3 роки тому

      I’m from there when I left 42 years ago.

    • @dreaming9to5
      @dreaming9to5 3 роки тому

      When I leave the country, I just say "by NYC"

  • @superspaghettibrawler
    @superspaghettibrawler 3 роки тому +276

    As a fellow Connecticut boy, born and raised... this is entirely accurate.

  • @5UBV3T
    @5UBV3T 3 роки тому +91

    Hilarious video! When I lived in Norwich and people unfamiliar with Connecticut asked where I'm from, I would tell them Norwich and they'd cock their head in confusion and then I would say Mohegan Sun, and they'd say "oh ok, I know where that is".

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +9

      They hadn’t heard of the Navigators??????

    • @howie9751
      @howie9751 3 роки тому +2

      @@alextraynor Long ago and far away.

    • @glowgurl777
      @glowgurl777 3 роки тому +2

      Same!!!!!

    • @Tinaturtle191
      @Tinaturtle191 3 роки тому

      I used to say Monroe. Between Bridgeport and New Haven

    • @alfredklek
      @alfredklek 3 роки тому +5

      I usually just say "New Haven area" which isn't really technically accurate (I'm about 15 miles away from it) but it's a place people have usually heard of at least. Either because of Yale or the Doors song.

  • @geekaren
    @geekaren 3 роки тому +39

    "We don't do eat, pray, love here, just live, work, invest." Fun video! Loved the variety of CT locations.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +5

      Thank you! Beyond thrilled to not have to drive around everywhere in a sleeveless denim shirt and red bandanna anymore.

    • @geekaren
      @geekaren 3 роки тому

      @@alextraynor Haha, I bet!!

  • @tiredthesbian
    @tiredthesbian 3 роки тому +70

    Throwback to when we had not one but two museums of literal trash and we took children there. I went to the trash museum so many times growing up. Then I went to college out of state and had to convince people that was a real thing and they didn’t just take kindergartners to a landfill.

    • @ThoinFrostaxe
      @ThoinFrostaxe 3 роки тому +6

      Voluntown CT checking in, we went on a class trip to a trash burning facility in like third grade.

    • @hasinachevannes2096
      @hasinachevannes2096 3 роки тому +5

      OMG I REMEMBER THE TRASH MUSEM FIELD TRIPS OMGGG

    • @TheLazyass111
      @TheLazyass111 2 роки тому

      Trash Museum! I think I got pink eye there lol

    • @JJJct333
      @JJJct333 2 роки тому

      Omfg I remember the trash museum!!!!

    • @paradiseprogram
      @paradiseprogram Рік тому

      I unironically love the Trash Museum. I had to do a presentaation on municipal waste management in grad school. Part of my research was a trip there. I was literally the only person in there so I got a personal tour from the docent. It was tremendous

  • @spikykitt
    @spikykitt 3 роки тому +55

    Going to Maury and doing I assume fake over the top responses for film time is actually amazing, and you took your mom so wholesome!

    • @maxuabo
      @maxuabo 3 роки тому +2

      Mom looked genuinely interested! A true connecticutitten!

  • @kacper5286
    @kacper5286 3 роки тому +38

    I've lived in the void between Boston and New York since the mid 90's and this is spot on. Well done sir.

  • @dianealbrecht496
    @dianealbrecht496 3 роки тому +33

    I'm a CT native. Moved out in the early 80's. To me, it's still "home". However, this video was the funniest I have ever seen about any state. That is CT, thru & thru...

    • @_GreenShadow_
      @_GreenShadow_ 3 роки тому

      CT is fucking garbage don't lie to yourself or others

    • @billscanlan5639
      @billscanlan5639 2 роки тому

      You’re right. This is well said

  • @jamiegilbert2938
    @jamiegilbert2938 3 роки тому +22

    Lives in CT my entire 39 years on this planet. And this is the most genius thing I’ve ever seen.

  • @zanemansha9571
    @zanemansha9571 3 роки тому +16

    Getting yourself onto maury was damn impressive, love the high effort gags. Keep up the great work!

  • @halbrenner8635
    @halbrenner8635 3 роки тому +29

    "Maybe we all should start liking this state, it isn't that bad, we're not all named Brad" was the funniest part for me

  • @jamesgates1074
    @jamesgates1074 3 роки тому +16

    This whole video is Genius...
    "It might be a dump, but it's my dump"

  • @mikesullivan7417
    @mikesullivan7417 3 роки тому +6

    Spot on!! I grew up in CT, went away for college and ‘temporarily’ came back after graduating. I spent the next 3 years telling people, “I’ll be moving soon.”
    BUT, now that I’ve lived in Boston for 20 years I can appreciate the healthy skepticism we all have towards our home state. Up here, everyone thinks their town, neighborhood, street is the best place ever. I’ve met people who have tattoos of their zip code because they’re so proud. It’s over the top.

  • @suepizzoferrato2423
    @suepizzoferrato2423 3 роки тому +22

    I was born and raised in the "tax you to death" state. Still here and would rather be here than a lot of other places. Not much happens here, like earthquakes or tornadoes. Loved your video, very accurate.

    • @brianheath959
      @brianheath959 3 місяці тому

      *New Jersey 4.8 earthquake has entered the chat*

  • @alextraynor
    @alextraynor  3 роки тому +39

    I would like to let the record show that I attempted to hike to the highest point in CT for this (our highest point is actually literally on the border, on the slope of a mountain that summits in another state) - but didn't make it far because it was a solid sheet of ice the whole way.

    • @josephwalewski2028
      @josephwalewski2028 3 роки тому +7

      That's effort. I'm from CT and absolutely love my home state but sometimes it's good to have a laugh at yourself! Great vid.

    • @greggmitchell4173
      @greggmitchell4173 3 роки тому +1

      Mount Frizzle the peak is in Mass.

    • @dreaming9to5
      @dreaming9to5 3 роки тому

      The amount of time you spend driving the state for this...omg

  • @EmilyKnight413
    @EmilyKnight413 3 роки тому +13

    I’m a New Orleans transplant living in Chester and I love it. Coming from the south I’m very grateful to be here.

    • @SuperCeeme
      @SuperCeeme 3 роки тому

      How I so would love the opposite right now! 😅

    • @amandagrace6877
      @amandagrace6877 3 роки тому +1

      I work in Chester and absolutely love the scenery. Still learning my way around since I live in Middletown.

    • @SuperCeeme
      @SuperCeeme 3 роки тому +1

      @@amandagrace6877 from Middletown if you drive route 154 to route 1, it is actually a nice ride. I often find new spots to eat and shop. I’m trying to find a nice beach area but will most likely continue driving to Rhode Island for those waves 🌊!

  • @gratefullove7322
    @gratefullove7322 3 роки тому +28

    Laughed so hard that I cried. Thank you for creating this!, Born in Waterbury and currently in Willimantic

    • @6193drizzle
      @6193drizzle 3 роки тому +5

      Waterbury to Willimantic??
      You poor thing💔

    • @Bruthadawn
      @Bruthadawn 3 роки тому +3

      Ouch, you started at the bottom and ended up at a place 60 Minutes did a segment on and called it "Heroin Town".

    • @Ronewest1300
      @Ronewest1300 3 роки тому +1

      Poor you.

    • @oyotundookubegwa520
      @oyotundookubegwa520 3 роки тому +2

      Is it still called Willi-Rico?

  • @MadiLush
    @MadiLush 3 роки тому +29

    I've been "trying to move soon" for 15 years.

    • @sumnickd
      @sumnickd 3 роки тому +1

      The state breaks you down so you learn to expect its shittiness

    • @SuperCeeme
      @SuperCeeme 3 роки тому

      Lol same!

  • @jjfoshay
    @jjfoshay 3 роки тому +35

    I'm pretty sure I climbed in that whale sculpture and got stung by bees as a child. Very #CT

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +10

      Yeah, it's weird that you can go inside and it's just concrete. Like, no attempt to explain the anatomy of a whale. Just echoes.

    • @parisphillips5208
      @parisphillips5208 3 роки тому +2

      When I was 14 I smoked weed for the first time inside that whale

    • @parisphillips5208
      @parisphillips5208 3 роки тому

      @Pat Hughes exactly

    • @sssxgar
      @sssxgar 3 роки тому +1

      @@parisphillips5208 glad many of us shared that experience 😌😌

  • @raynebug
    @raynebug 2 роки тому +1

    "We're a land of true nuance, a unique blend of past and present" with the shot of the church surrounded by insurance buldings in the middle of downtown hartford subtle but incredible, thank you so much for this

  • @illmaticvisions9211
    @illmaticvisions9211 3 роки тому +19

    Go check out Mark Twains old house, then cross the street an buy heroin. lmaoooo . i live around here dude lol

  • @brookesea4610
    @brookesea4610 3 роки тому +33

    I’ve only lived here for 4 years and I’m trying to move 😂

    • @averyj6504
      @averyj6504 3 роки тому +3

      Why would you ever move here in the first place? 😂😂😂

    • @micai.j8920
      @micai.j8920 3 роки тому

      I’ve been here 4 years too 😂, it’s ok... I don’t hate it though. But I know there’s better places out there.

    • @myerscoded
      @myerscoded 3 роки тому +1

      I’VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. SEND HELP.

  • @TruckingSeriously
    @TruckingSeriously 3 роки тому +25

    Probably very few people who can say they've stood on the subway headquarters sign. Well done sir.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +5

      And I lived to tell the tale!

  • @kensuyagami3492
    @kensuyagami3492 3 роки тому +24

    I’m from New Britain. This is all accurate.

  • @carment5197
    @carment5197 3 роки тому +16

    I love Connecticut with high taxes and all😂😂

  • @barf_lord_9399
    @barf_lord_9399 3 роки тому +10

    Connected gives off the same vibe as the island in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

  • @CrunchbiteJR
    @CrunchbiteJR 3 роки тому +1

    Subscribed for this alone. After 28 years in this “state”, somebody finally compiled all that shit into a clear, concise educational video. Pure gold my friend. Bravo to you.

  • @colesimons2000
    @colesimons2000 3 роки тому +19

    This is spot-on and I love it so much. Go Huskies! 🐺💙🤍

    • @sssxgar
      @sssxgar 3 роки тому

      😌😌🤚🏻

  • @kevinperez1518
    @kevinperez1518 3 роки тому +5

    This is such a well made video dude, being from CT you did us justice here lol. Subbing and hoping to see you continue to grow bro, keep it man lol

  • @pincore2377
    @pincore2377 3 роки тому +10

    We need a follow up in the future! Not sure if you know this but CT invented the damn speed limit....Mianus, Huskies, Sub Bases, 50 cent losing his house, we also invented the hamburger (look up it and how it came to be), Colt .45 and how CT is so boring that we invented damn Anesthesia lmaoooo

    • @pincore2377
      @pincore2377 3 роки тому +2

      also how our weather is super hormonal lol

    • @forthefiends
      @forthefiends 2 роки тому

      From ct and didn’t know these facts before. Thank you for you’re knowledge

  • @Elle-mq8ij
    @Elle-mq8ij 3 роки тому +17

    Now I know where Maury is filmed. Still not gonna make a trip for a taping.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +7

      You absolutely should. It's incredible. I've been 5 times.

    • @jakecahill7795
      @jakecahill7795 3 роки тому +3

      Stamford Connecticut just a short trip across the way from a disappointing mall that is half going out of businesses!!!?

    • @Bruthadawn
      @Bruthadawn 3 роки тому

      Thats 85% of the malls in CT, really.

  • @saphricpcgaming5182
    @saphricpcgaming5182 3 роки тому +16

    Ugh feeling very called out here in Danbury.
    But that's okay I'm going to move soon.
    ...Yup. Very soon....Pretty much any day now...

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +2

      I've driven through on 84 but never stopped - it's the one area of the state I could say I had never really been to.

    • @awolsurf-TC
      @awolsurf-TC 3 роки тому

      @@alextraynor you're not missing much of anything these days...even the local hockey team is currently on ice

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +1

      I'm not sure why they ever had the Hartford Wolf Pack stop playing. Their games were already socially distanced BEFORE covid.

    • @awolsurf-TC
      @awolsurf-TC 3 роки тому

      @@alextraynor I can hear the bigwigs talking now: "We'll play it safe and start back with 25% capacity". Ummm...that would be more fans that show up to an AHL game on a good year.

  • @BobElHat
    @BobElHat 3 роки тому +10

    As an ignorant Brit I looked up Conneticut to see what's really there that I might have heard of. And the answer is nothing. Nothing at all. Normally I'd expect to say "oh yeah, that's where that place from the TV show is" or "oh wow that's where that thingy is", but it appears Connecticut truly is a giant void who darkness is pierced only by the shining light of Alex Traynor.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +4

      Oh come on we have Yale! But that’s basically just off-brand Harvard.

    • @BobElHat
      @BobElHat 3 роки тому

      @@alextraynor OK, I have heard of that. I was going to make a joke about the Yale lock company, but it appears that was actually founded in Stamford. So it appears Connecticut is mostly famous for things called Yale.

    • @Kv-pk2st
      @Kv-pk2st 3 роки тому +1

      @@BobElHat you're kidding right we're like the military industrial complex heart, we got Pratt & Whitney okay so two of their factories are closed now Sikorsky Aircraft to make those freaking Blackhawk Choppers electric boat to make our nuclear submarines so when someone finally launches missiles against us we'll be the first to go.

    • @f2m185
      @f2m185 3 роки тому +1

      @@BobElHat Not exactly true, you kind of have to be from CT to know a bit about its history and the types of cool things it has to offer(few and far between, I admit). CT is actually a very pretty place in the late spring, summer and fall months. Once you get away from the areas Alex focused on, there are a lot of hidden gems in the state. Cool breweries tucked away in rural areas, very historic places, great areas for hiking, some very good restaurants if you know where to look. Despite being home to some very undesirable places like Bridgeport, NH, Waterbury, etc. there are some very tranquil, beautiful places in the state you can find plenty to like and do.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому

      It’ll be much better in the summer post-pandemic. But one guy here was like “you didn’t show off the scenery!” And it’s like I went to most of the top ten most notable views - its not my fault it’s March.

  • @LisaMichele
    @LisaMichele 3 роки тому +6

    thinking of how much driving you did to make this... is... something
    good job, I legit lol'ed

  • @IlliterateSage
    @IlliterateSage 3 роки тому +2

    This is the most accurate thing I've seen since I looked out my office window and complained about the traffic on I-84.

  • @lmart520
    @lmart520 3 роки тому +2

    this is the best thing Ive seen in a while, after getting stuck back in CT during the pandemic this is really cathartic to watch :p good job man

  • @madisonlongley5082
    @madisonlongley5082 3 роки тому +2

    I lived in Connecticut for 18 years (and two extra years on-and-off while in college), and not at all near that Greenwich/Westport jut. I felt this entire video to my CORE

  • @bluegypsy71
    @bluegypsy71 3 роки тому +9

    I just moved to Connecticut, but, yes, I’m going to move out at some point😅😭 Move to New Haven they said, the crime is low they said, Yale is very pretty they said. Thank you for making me smile😊

    • @Kv-pk2st
      @Kv-pk2st 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah crime low in New Haven. LOL first and only place I ever got mugged

    • @AveiroDan
      @AveiroDan 3 роки тому +5

      New Haven does have a low crime rate.... compared to Hartford and Bridgeport! 😂😂😂

    • @howie9751
      @howie9751 3 роки тому +1

      I moved here from NYC forty three years ago and love it here.

    • @AveiroDan
      @AveiroDan 3 роки тому +2

      @@howie9751 I’ve been here 47.
      New Haven, then North Haven, now Wallingford & Clinton.

    • @TheLegend-pi4yj
      @TheLegend-pi4yj 3 роки тому +1

      Whoever told you the crime rate was low got you real good 🤣. Everyone in my hometown (New britain) knows not to go to towns like new haven, hartford, Bridgeport etc alone or at night... especially if you want to buy a car there are many towns people tell you to stay away from... waterbury too

  • @AveiroDan
    @AveiroDan 3 роки тому +7

    That was SPOT ON!!!
    I live in Wallingford.

  • @sethconnelly1271
    @sethconnelly1271 3 роки тому +2

    Connecticut's best theme park is six flags in Massachusetts, the highest point in Connecticut is a mountain that peaks in Massachusetts. Weed is still illegal in Connecticut so everybody just drives to Massachusetts.

    • @quarlic
      @quarlic 3 роки тому +1

      And Connecticut’s state fair is in Massachusetts as well.

    • @agilitydawg
      @agilitydawg 3 роки тому

      True about the weed. My friends and I hit up INSA a couple times a month

  • @pnv8477
    @pnv8477 3 роки тому +3

    Great job for this entire production. It was a lot of work

  • @JeffryHouser
    @JeffryHouser 3 роки тому +21

    Not sure why you skipped Danbury.. they have a waste plant named after John Oliver.

  • @audreyrossignol1208
    @audreyrossignol1208 3 роки тому +2

    kind of crazy that this video came across my UA-cam suggestions and there’s a clip of you in my living room with my roommates cat. Lol

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому

      I mean it’s very personally vindicating that I’m the kind of person that can just randomly show up at your house dressed as Bruce Springsteen, frantically explain that I just got into a fight with a security guard at Aetna, then film myself getting scratched by a cat - and somehow that turns into a video where everyone in the comments is saying, “this guy GETS IT”

  • @gregorygerety279
    @gregorygerety279 3 роки тому +2

    As someone who's from New Jersey who needs to move to CT for work, you got me HYPED

  • @AdmitthatijustdiditX
    @AdmitthatijustdiditX 3 роки тому +23

    Oh my god it was so weird how many locations I recognized. I also stood out on that same ice in the west hartford reservoir! Maybe even the same day by the looks of it lol !!

    • @MKxpl
      @MKxpl 3 роки тому

      yea that was Meriden's hubbard park resevoir

  • @TheUkeloser
    @TheUkeloser 3 роки тому +21

    I've driven through Connecticut multiple times in my life, and this video is the closest I've ever gotten to wanting to be there.

    • @davidsands2019
      @davidsands2019 3 роки тому +2

      I'm sorry you had to be that close. Coming from someone who lives there.

  • @CraigWCCC
    @CraigWCCC 2 роки тому +1

    Left 9 years ago. Thanks for making me not regret my decision.

  • @ShilohJulia
    @ShilohJulia 3 роки тому +4

    38 born and raised and lived here all my life. Accurate af

  • @jynxie17
    @jynxie17 3 роки тому +16

    I wasn't born here but I share that motto, 'I'm trying to move' 🤣🤣

  • @KingPongC327
    @KingPongC327 2 роки тому +1

    As someone from Greenwich CT, I can confirm every person here is named Brad

  • @jackleary6246
    @jackleary6246 3 роки тому +3

    I love how you featured all of our “landmarks” like I totally forget people care about holy land cause I have a view of it from my classroom

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, for an "abandoned religious theme park" it's a HUGE letdown - but that's Connecticut!

    • @matthewrose2908
      @matthewrose2908 3 роки тому

      @@alextraynor those Waterbury scenes were actually seriously risky to film haha. Not everyone goes up to Holy Land and lives to tell the tale.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому

      It appears to be a public park now open to everyone in the day.

  • @ChrisLafferty
    @ChrisLafferty 3 роки тому +7

    You have created the perfect video.

  • @perlotk
    @perlotk Рік тому

    This video has become a legend in our house. Whenever I tell people, “we’re trying to figure out where to move” my husband will break into song, “Let’s just accept that we’re from Connecticut!”

  • @KrazyJohnny
    @KrazyJohnny 3 роки тому +30

    Dude that was funny as hell please roast CT some more

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +7

      Connecticut’s Jimmy Buffet is waiting for summer to appear.

    • @XMcBainXUSA
      @XMcBainXUSA 3 роки тому

      @@alextraynor Steamed hams in paradise!

  • @marymontgomery3818
    @marymontgomery3818 3 роки тому +1

    As someone who moved here and is counting down the days I can move....I have never agreed more with a video! Brilliant job!

  • @fablenewsnetwork7223
    @fablenewsnetwork7223 2 роки тому

    “I’m Chad from Greenwich!” Well done 😂😂🥁🥁🥁

  • @ehoc5248
    @ehoc5248 3 роки тому +25

    connecticut: the land of people about to move to new hampshire

    • @fabiantalton6888
      @fabiantalton6888 3 роки тому

      I’m from West Haven lol and South is where its at

    • @briancarroll3232
      @briancarroll3232 3 роки тому

      As bad as CT may be, not sure anyone would consider New Hampshire an upgrade.

  • @georgepappas9672
    @georgepappas9672 3 роки тому +8

    Honey you really promoting Connecticut ❤️

  • @jake975
    @jake975 3 роки тому +3

    perfectly encapsulates the state. good stuff

  • @SpideysNo1Fan
    @SpideysNo1Fan 3 роки тому +2

    Hilarious!!! I live close to Brooklyn Connect-I-Cut and you're not wrong, LOL. They don't call it the "The Quiet Corner" for nothing. But I'm an introvert so the quiet corner is perfect for me! 😜

  • @r4spb3rrysw1rl
    @r4spb3rrysw1rl 7 місяців тому

    “check out Mark Twain’s old house, then cross the street and buy heroin.” --nearly spat out my drink🤣 and the constant references to our water being “toxic” and polluted with “chemicals” is to true, especially were I live. this entire video is comedy gold.

  • @staceyweav
    @staceyweav 3 роки тому +8

    The Haddam / ct river valley shots are killing me

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +3

      I went all the way off the highway to downtown Essex and then cut it. And it was like 20 degrees that day so I didn't even film with the steam train.

  • @robincapuano8216
    @robincapuano8216 3 роки тому +3

    Nice job, I actually had a few giggles. I'm a Connectikitten and I love living here. Wish all the complainers would just leave.
    Thanks!

  • @nicolecruz4967
    @nicolecruz4967 3 роки тому +1

    lmaooo the frog bridge in my hometown 😭😭😂 everytime i say i was born there people are like “where?” I’m like “exactly” 😪

  • @TrishaLynnSpins
    @TrishaLynnSpins 3 роки тому +2

    As someone who is from jersey and now lives in ct, you had me laughing nonstop 🤣🤣🤣

  • @CountryBoy4554
    @CountryBoy4554 2 роки тому

    I'm at work trying not to laugh. I'm failing. Awesome videos

  • @tanicathompson56
    @tanicathompson56 3 роки тому +1

    The heroin across the street though! Hilarious. I always wondered what they were selling out there. 🤣

  • @caseyzombieebear3223
    @caseyzombieebear3223 3 роки тому +3

    Sending this to out of state friends when they ask me what it's like living in ct ... connecti🐱

  • @Mcgreaze
    @Mcgreaze 3 роки тому +6

    the lengths you go to for a shot is inspiring long live Alex Traynor!!!!!!

  • @kylemcgill2966
    @kylemcgill2966 2 роки тому

    Lived in New Britain for 30 years. Not bragging. This video is great. The Brooklyn line 😂

  • @jillnastasia
    @jillnastasia 2 роки тому

    I am obsessed with this video. I play it all the time. I too am from Connecticut and I show all my friends in Texas (where I live now), this video to explain Connecticut to them. I now watch all your videos. I also wanted to go to Emerson but I went to Uconn because of $$$ KEEP GOING!!!!!!

  • @bigpoeshizzle
    @bigpoeshizzle 3 роки тому +7

    That Rock Band mic is iconic

  • @ilovebacalao8516
    @ilovebacalao8516 3 роки тому +2

    Been in CT my whole life and you went to places i never went to and want to go to now 😂

  • @adaperez4770
    @adaperez4770 3 роки тому +2

    You ran through my City, Bridgeport. In Connecticut New means worse.. Lol

  • @119jkwh
    @119jkwh 3 роки тому +2

    lol I literally eat my lunch on those stone benches when Im on lunch break

  • @JaleenAduma
    @JaleenAduma 3 роки тому +1

    This was so funny i had to subscribe.😂😂😂😂😂. Im from Meriden, moved 5 times already in CT and been wanting to move out im now starting to live it😂, even though i still hate it.😂😂😂

  • @fruitbatfennech
    @fruitbatfennech 3 роки тому +2

    I didn't hate CT as much as I used to when I was a kid. For a while it didn't seem so bad and I enjoyed the scenery of the rural areas here in Litchfield county. Then I moved to Torrington. Never move to Torrington. (Leaving shortly, thank god)

  • @Reecenov
    @Reecenov 3 роки тому +2

    THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING. Thank you from Ellington.

  • @Viva_la_natura
    @Viva_la_natura 3 роки тому +3

    I genuinely haven't laughed that hard in so long.. I had to pause at 1:13 to catch my breath. Lol edit: actually made it to the end and respect this video so much more because you correctly attributed the misery to late-stage capitalism. I was born and raised in New York's answer to Asbury Park but I've lived here for 20 years, and if I were convinced there was anywhere better I would be out of here fast...it's so lame, but NY is the sad shadow of its former self

  • @MeliLeani
    @MeliLeani 3 роки тому +1

    I screamed at the tantric sex/Portland reference 😂😂😂😂 I used to live at the beginning of the Portland bridge, next to a tantric sex & bondage studio(it’s called Rednawa if you’re nosey like me)

  • @xzAllisonxz
    @xzAllisonxz 3 роки тому +3

    Love this! I've lived in ct all my life. We want out!!!

    • @mcmemo
      @mcmemo 3 роки тому +2

      i made it out after 36 years, i promise you wont look back

    • @xzAllisonxz
      @xzAllisonxz 3 роки тому

      @@mcmemo we literally hate it here, we are afraid getting jobs could be difficult due to stupid covid but we need suggestions on where to relocate to

  • @joewoodchuck3824
    @joewoodchuck3824 3 роки тому +1

    Spelled it wrong. It's Connectishit. Constitution State? Hah! The legislature regularly tramples on it. I repainted my car plates which say CONSTITUTION STATE from CONSTITUTION to CONSTIPATION. The T and U became P and A. I did it with nail polish. I really did!

  • @carliecasas8533
    @carliecasas8533 3 роки тому +6

    I want to go to Connecticut now if only to see those frogs! And the animatronics at the supermarket (though I hear they got those in Cincinnati)

    • @tylerl3578
      @tylerl3578 3 роки тому +2

      Go to willimantic for the frogs!

    • @josephwalewski2028
      @josephwalewski2028 3 роки тому

      The frogs are in Willimantic and that supermarket is Stew Leonard's in Norwalk

    • @Bruthadawn
      @Bruthadawn 3 роки тому

      They also have a bunch of the animatronics in the Stew Leonard's in Newington CT too

  • @johnv3662
    @johnv3662 3 роки тому +5

    This was too funny I can’t wait to get out.

  • @foulbachelorettefrog
    @foulbachelorettefrog 3 роки тому

    I have no words to express how much I love this video - someone who grew up and moved from CT

  • @timlash
    @timlash 3 роки тому +5

    Hilarious video and epic parody song. I actually want to visit Stamford now. You should have thrown in a "We're not Maine" like Cleveland's "We're not Detroit." Nice work!!

  • @russelltaylor535
    @russelltaylor535 3 роки тому +3

    This is brilliant!

  • @waitingforepisode1927
    @waitingforepisode1927 3 роки тому +15

    I can't imagine how this would have been if you were born in Delaware...

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +13

      3 minutes shorter. And 75% Joe Biden jokes.

  • @NotoriousDOG
    @NotoriousDOG 3 роки тому +2

    This had everything except the casinos and submarines, bravo!

  • @DeeDeeX73
    @DeeDeeX73 3 роки тому +3

    Hilarious!!! Not sure why anyone would thumb this down. Maybe they need to buy a sense of humor with their affluent income 🤣

  • @aquariumsoap
    @aquariumsoap 3 роки тому +3

    was somewhat disappointed my home town of Groton didn’t get a mention, but does Groton deserve a mention is the real question here.

    • @alextraynor
      @alextraynor  3 роки тому +4

      I ran by it!

    • @f2m185
      @f2m185 3 роки тому

      There is actually and oddly a very good BBQ joint I visited in Groton. Cant recall the name but I can’t imagine there are many great bbq stops in Groton

  • @jafoinct
    @jafoinct 2 роки тому

    Born in Essex and moved to Middletown. 12 years ago. This was a trip to watch spot in but you need to do a second video and add a mental hospital CVH in Middletown, The Warrens an the doll, Moodus noises or Devils Hopyard,,etc lol.

  • @compulsion_mike
    @compulsion_mike 3 роки тому +1

    I’m from Connecticut, And I Approve This Message. 🤣