We bought a fixer-upper in a coastal Connecticut town. In a year, we built a suburban life that's so good I don't miss NYC.

We bought a fixer-upper in a coastal Connecticut town. In a year, we built a suburban life that's so good I don't miss NYC.

I've enjoyed spending my 30s building the suburban life of my dreams in a coastal town in Connecticut.Alexa MellardoI spent my 20s living my best life in New York City in small apartments — then I fell in love.Engaged and approaching my 30s, I moved to the suburbs in Greenwich, Connecticut, with my partner.The coastal town is still close to NYC, and I've fallen in love with living here in every season.At 22, I had big dreams.A recent college gra…