I know that there is a good economic reason for staying in Connecticut (one’s job is there), but aside from that, I see no reason to live there.
Having relatives there seems to me to be a weak reason. We have telephones, the Internet and automobile, bus, train and air transportation by means of keeping in touch.
If it’s not your job keeping you there, you really ought to think in terms of your basic freedoms and leave that miserable state.
Thats my only reason anymore, and I am currently doing interviews with companies in other (less rabid blue) states, i.e. the Carolinas.