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New Britain Connecticut
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New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Hartford. According to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 73,206.
Among the southernmost of the communities encompassed within the Hartford-Springfield Knowledge Corridor metropolitan region, New Britain is home to Central Connecticut State University and Charter Oak State College.
The city's official nickname is the "Hardware City" because of its history as a manufacturing center and as the headquarters of Stanley Black & Decker. Because of its large Polish population, the city is often playfully referred to as "New Britski."

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It's a quite place not to much bad stuffs happening. Everyone is nice in the town . And the mayor is really fixing all parks and etc it's going to look amazing over the years

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Another of vagrants roaming the streets

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It's great a commute has good schools

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Nice area to raise kids lots of fun activities too

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It's a friendly quiet town

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