<p>I'm a junior and have been considering Fairfield. I think I will be going for a visit next month over spring break. To be honest, the main reason I'm considering it is because I love the beach, but I still want to stay on the east coast because I'm from New York. I don't really know a lot about it. I've heard it's in a really nice town & very affluent.</p>
<p>Does anyone go there & have any thoughts about it?</p>
<p>hey! i don't go to FU but i'm a high school senior who lives in fairfield. if you're looking for info about the town... it's a great little town, great for college. i live at the beach and can get to FU in less than five minutes by car, to give you some perspective. downtown is adorable- the firehouse deli, las vetas (awesome coffee shop), and the community theatre (discount movie theatre) are all within a quarter mile of each other. it's a little stepford-ish for someone who's grown up here, but as a college kid you couldn't ask for more. it's expensive, i guess, but as a kid without a job i never have ANY money and i still always have something to do. what's even better is that from the fairfield train station (which is right downtown, with everything else) you can get to grand central station in just over an hour for twenty bucks!</p>
<p>thanks for your input! :)</p>