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Bklyn78 t1_j5ydj85 wrote

Reply to comment by Shortchange96 in What town in Connecticut is best to live in when driving to Jersey City,NJ? by Shoddy_Restaurant_34

Ok. I’m going to bite.

I’m fairly new to Stamford, and never heard that term.

What is it ? 😁

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FrozenGushers t1_j5ye1vo wrote

They’re talking about Byram. We used to call it that growing up, and I’m from Riverside. Born in 92

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Shortchange96 t1_j5ydxnj wrote

It’s what a friend of mine who is from the Byram part of Greenwich calls Byram. Also the closest Connecticut neighborhood to Jersey City

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loeborg t1_j5ysgvl wrote

I don’t know how much truth there is to it but Native Americans went to buy rum. That’s what I’ve always heard.

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rogerworkman623 t1_j613xhe wrote

I looked this up and you’re pretty much right. The area is named after the river, but the river was changed from the Armonck River to the Byram River because Native American fur traders would approach merchants on the river with the phrase “buy rum”. Source: the county archives, according to this article

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