Caney Juntorn, 10, sets up a bird feeder in his backyard in West Hartford. By the time his father, Theeradej, left Thailand, houses were so close to each other that kids had no place to hang out and had to play in the road, the elder Juntorn said. “Here, trees are everywhere,” Theeradej said of what he likes about Connecticut. Yehyun Kim / CT Mirror