Readers speak: Connecticut is the pizza state? We can’t be serious.

September 15, 2025

The state has been debating about a nickname for the state, and they came up with “pizza state?” Are you really serious, that’s what we want to be known for, pizza?

That’s pretty frivolous I would say. How about something substantial like the “Submarine State.”

We have more submarine activity including the submarine builder Electric Boat, the Navy’s Submarine training base and more submarine history than any other state. David Bushnell, a Connecticut native and Yale graduate built the first attack submarine during the Revolutionary war in Saybrook.

CT pizza is the stuff of legend, interstate rivalries and now a music video. Here’s why

Also, how about the building of the first nuclear powered submarine at Groton in 1954. Pizza, no submarines, yes!

Dick Emmons, West Hartford

https://www.courant.com/2025/09/15/readers-speak-connecticut-is-the-pizza-state-we-cant-be-serious/

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