She went on to explain that the work is part of a restoration project to return the Lake Ave bridge to its original 1940 form. вЂњYou are being ridiculous,вЂќ a Greenwich friend told me. The distance isnвЂ™t far, but you might as well be traveling to another planet.ДЄnd now we have the gold grapes to prove it. Driving north along the parkway, we go from the вЂњGold CoastвЂќ to some of the grittiest cities in the country, such as Bridgeport. The piece was all about how Fairfield County saw some of the most drastic examples of wealth inequality. Shortly after we moved to Greenwich, NPR ran a story вЂњIn Connecticut, Two Sides of a Deep Economic DivideвЂќ by Michael Moran. The other way to get people to hate you is to compare Greenwich to its neighboring cities. ItвЂ™s a great way to get people to hate you.

But try telling your friends from the city you were priced out of Park Slope for Greenwich. Several hours later, his 10-year-old daughter came shrieking downstairs announcing to the party that our bathtub had a gold faucet.Д«ut the reality was Greenwich made more economic sense than raising a family in NYC, gold faucet and all. вЂњThatвЂ™s quite a drive in,вЂќ he remarked after making his way up Round Hill Road from the Merritt. The guy is famous for his work on exposing wealth inequity in America. We invited a friend who is an activist filmmaker to our moving-in party. вЂњClaire, give it up and go play polo,вЂќ a friend told me bluntly. When we first moved out here, I was the one running around with the statistics about GreenwichвЂ™s Section 8 housing and wealth inequality. Now IвЂ™m the first to complain about the stereotype that Greenwich is all wealth and privilege - mostly because I have spent so much time trying to debunk it.

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