While it is never mentioned in the books, it follows that due to its Stamford mailing address that Stoneybrook is located in the county of Fairfield, Connecticut. Fairfield, according to its wiki entry, is often a contender for the richest county in America. Fairfield includes Darien, Greenwich, et cetera. The part along the Long Island Sound is called “The Gold Coast.” If you look at the facebook groups for it you will throw up a little bit in your mouth. Questions such as “What car did you get for your sixteenth birthday?” is answered with “Duh, lambourghini!” I am not joking. So this explains why, even though Claudia’s dad was an investment banker and everyone else’s was a lawyer, only Watson was considered rich.
Some odd things: Why does Stoneybrook have a Stamford mailing address? You’d think a town with so many schools would have its own post office. Then I read about the neighborhood of Stamford named Glenbrook. According to a recent New York Times article (username and password required), residents of Glenbrook don’t see themselves as living in Stamford. They see themselves as living in Glenbrook, a small town. Glenbrook’s not on the water, and Stoneybrook seems slightly larger, but the description of “downtown” Glenbrook sounds an awful lot like downtown Stoneybrook.
Here is a map of Fairfield.:
Stamford is sandwiched between Greenwich and Darien. Adjacent to Glenbrook is Darien, which has a billion schools like Stoneybrook and its own newspaper. Glenbrook is not big enough to have its own newspaper. So does Darien=Stoneybrook? If so, why did the BSC always have to pay for half its vacations? Another odd fact: while obviously in Fairfield, no other town in Fairfield is mentioned except for Bridgeport. There is no Mercer or Lawrenceville in Fairfield. Plus, Stamford is close enough to NYC to be a relatively easy commute, which is what Mrs. Stevenson does. For Stacey’s family though, it required a move when her father was transferred back to NYC. I understand why they moved when he was transferred to Stamford–why pay Manhattan prices when you don’t have to?–but why uproot Stacey when you just hop on the Metro-North? Plus, why does the BSC spend two weeks in NYC and act like it’s such a big deal when geographically, it’s just not? And yet Mal says that her family calls NYC “the city.”
Ahh, inconsistencies!
