Me, being from Brooklyn, can tell you, its colder then polar bear feet up north....now i never been to Hartford Connecticutt, but the price of houses and partments are high in teh city ( Ny that is)...now the cost of other things are cheaper, clothes, food, gas...but if i was you and really wanted a change in things, id take the job.....or take a quick vacation there, see how you like it