Glorious Greenwich is the crown jewel of Connecticut’s gold coast, the epitome of perfect suburban living. Greenwich has a lot of variety within its boundaries, with perfection available in a mix of neighborhoods that include downtown apartments in the commercial district, coastal enclaves, charming harbor villages in the south, and all the way north in the back country, acres of baronial, sprawling country estates. Greenwich also has a strong business district, home to multiple hedge funds and financial services firms. Yet the city is surrounded by nature, including 1,400 acres of public parkland, multiple marinas, and public and private beaches. Some thirty islands also fall under Greenwich’s jurisdiction, most of them uninhabited. And in the back country, it’s the tradition to allow horseback riders on the miles of bridle trails to ride across private property, a symbol of Greenwich’s magical combination of residential and rural life.