Hartford, Connecticut is where Emily and Richard Gilmore, Lorelai's parents, live. Also, in Season 5, Rory moves here to stay with her grandparents after deciding to take a break from Yale. Rory's high school, Chilton Prep, is also located in Hartford. In the first few seasons of Gilmore Girls, Lorelai attends a local business school here to attain her dream of opening an inn with Sookie St. James.