With an area of only 19.9 square miles, Weston, Connecticut, as per the 2000 census, has a population of about 10,000 people -- and 1,000,000 trees, insects and small mammals. The sister town of Westport, located just north, Weston is a charming, more rural town with two acre zoning, a very small shopping area and its own school system. Almost one quarter of the town is permanently devoted to open space use which means every neighborhood can claim some piece of recreational land nearby as its own.
There is a small town center which offers residents a small market, gas pump, post office, hardware store and package store, but that's about it. To get more supplies (or not pay an arm and a leg for them) most residents travel to nearby Westport, Wilton or South Norwalk. The affluence of Weston is seemingly understated since there is much forest covering the larger estates. Weston is also home to Devil's Den, the largest permanently protected tract of conservation land in Fairfield County. The Den itself is 1,756 acres and has twenty miles of walking trails. The Den's trails are part of the extended 70-mile Saugatuck Valley Trails System, all within contiguous forest and watershed lands of nearly 15,000 acres. The Den, known formally as the Lucius Pond Ordway/Devil's Den Preserve, was created by the late Katharine Ordway through a series of donations from 1966 through 1968, beginning with a 1,300-acre purchase from the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company.
It is conveniently close to neighboring towns with more shopping and I-95/New York City. Definitely more of a refuge than a destination.
Yes, a lot of people here drive nice cars. But some, like me, do not. And waking up to birds and trees and clean air after years of Brooklyn/Manhattan living is so welcome.
There is a small town center which offers residents a small market, gas pump, post office, hardware store and package store, but that's about it. To get more supplies (or not pay an arm and a leg for them) most residents travel to nearby Westport, Wilton or South Norwalk. The affluence of Weston is seemingly understated since there is much forest covering the larger estates. Weston is also home to Devil's Den, the largest permanently protected tract of conservation land in Fairfield County. The Den itself is 1,756 acres and has twenty miles of walking trails. The Den's trails are part of the extended 70-mile Saugatuck Valley Trails System, all within contiguous forest and watershed lands of nearly 15,000 acres. The Den, known formally as the Lucius Pond Ordway/Devil's Den Preserve, was created by the late Katharine Ordway through a series of donations from 1966 through 1968, beginning with a 1,300-acre purchase from the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company.
It is conveniently close to neighboring towns with more shopping and I-95/New York City. Definitely more of a refuge than a destination.
Yes, a lot of people here drive nice cars. But some, like me, do not. And waking up to birds and trees and clean air after years of Brooklyn/Manhattan living is so welcome.
by kittie cooper May 2, 2006
Get the Westonmug. Weston: most people consider this to be an overrated town where everyone has fancy cars, big houses, and designer clothing. I believe this to be true, however, not everyone from Weston, Massachusetts is like this. Many people get caught up in these types of things, but a few of us sane people manage to keep our heads.
It's true that people do get drunk at a lot of parties come 8th grade and High School...Weston must be famous for it. All I can say is live above the influence.
It's true that people do get drunk at a lot of parties come 8th grade and High School...Weston must be famous for it. All I can say is live above the influence.
WESTON GIRL 1: Oh-my-god! Did you hear about the new line that Victoria Secret put out?
WESTON GIRL 2: Oh, that's old news, I bought all that merchandise yesterday.
WESTON GIRL 1: Okay, well do you like my new Juicy?
WESTON GIRL 2: Don't you have 3 of the same color?
WESTON GIRL 1: So?
WESTON GUY 1: Like my new car?
WESTON GUY 2: Yeah, I can't wait for that party tonight
WESTON GUY 1: We're gonna get mad drunk tonight
WESTON GUY 2: Ehh. Can't wait.
WESTON GIRL 2: Oh, that's old news, I bought all that merchandise yesterday.
WESTON GIRL 1: Okay, well do you like my new Juicy?
WESTON GIRL 2: Don't you have 3 of the same color?
WESTON GIRL 1: So?
WESTON GUY 1: Like my new car?
WESTON GUY 2: Yeah, I can't wait for that party tonight
WESTON GUY 1: We're gonna get mad drunk tonight
WESTON GUY 2: Ehh. Can't wait.
by dreading weston February 26, 2007
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Get the Westonmug. A village in Toronto, Ontario. The best place to grow up back in the 90's. Local hangouts like Cruickshank Park, and schools like H.J. Alexander, C.R. Marchant, and Weston Collegiate Institute. A village with many different races and cultures. Known for its high-rise appartment buildings. A city which can be dubbed as a melting pot of Canada, where immigrant kids adopt classic Canadian activities such as Ice Hockey, Sledding, Baseball and much more. The dopest place to raise our kids in the 1990's.
That brown dude is ghetto, and smart at the same time, he has his head on straight, and knows his priorities, he must have been raised in Weston.
by Nick Noc April 18, 2006
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by Bigthiccitalian June 12, 2018
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