The Danbury Commute Guide: Metro-North mornings and back roads
Commutes, congestion, transit, and parking: what getting around Danbury really takes.
Lynn, Our Local Expert Guiding Your Move
Lynn has lived in Connecticut almost her entire life, and knows the difference between shoreline charm and quiet river towns. She's sampled pizza and donuts all over the state visiting all 169 Connecticut towns. Her most memorable (and probably last ever) move involved the trifecta of a hurricane, loss of power, and an August heatwave (so don't even get me started on moving horror stories!). She knits, bakes, metal detects beaches, and firmly believes New Haven pizza is a food group of its own. At Snappy Scout Lynn turns decades of CT discoveries into sage moving advice you'll enjoy reading and actually use.
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How Do You Get Around Danbury?
Commutes, congestion, transit, and parking: the daily logistics nobody puts on the listing.
The time I spend getting to/from work every day is
20 minutes on a good day, 45+ if someone was in too much of a frenzy getting to the mall and caused a pile-up.
Traffic congestion areas to avoid
Any route near the Danbury Fair Mall, basically always.
Ability to get around without a car
Technically possible if you enjoy walking 40 minutes to buy milk.
Locals dream of driving around in a
Subaru Outback with ski racks they use twice annually.
The reality is that most locals drive
Honda CR-Vs with Stew Leonard's reusable bags in back.
Quirky local driving habit
Treating yellow lights as gentle suggestions to accelerate.
The likelihood of finding parking
Easy most places except mall weekends when Connecticut descends en masse.
#1 driving tip
Budget extra time Saturday afternoons for the mall pilgrimage.
Where I Go for a Quiet Escape
Like many millennials, I find myself interested in birds suddenly. Tarrywile Park's hay field is great for trying to rack up the Life List additions.
— Lynn Nelthropp
Connecticut Local Expert
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