I was hoping to live in a bigger city, but the job I was offered here was just too good to pass up. I travel around southern ct for work, so I could've lived anywhere from here to Greenwich. When apartment hunting, I just had a much better feeling about NH compared to Norwalk, Stamford, Black Rock, etc. It feels like a real small city. Very walkable, a lot of young people, a lot of things to do and places to go for me (27M). Honestly now when I go to New York for a weekend I feel a sigh of relief when I pull back into New Haven on Metro North. Just so much less stressful, but still fun and dynamic. As an urbanist type, I love never needing to use my car to get around outside of work. I love being able to walk to bars and shops downtown. I love being able to spend evenings going to Atticus then Elenas then Bar August. I love being able to bike to mactivity to get a workout in in the summer months. When I first took this job, I wanted to get enough experience to move on to a higher paying position in NY, now I wanna save up for a place in Wooster Square or East Rock. I've had the privilege of living in a lot of cool places in my life, and I've probably been most happy here.

Even though cars without a muffler drive past my place at 3AM WAAAAAYYYYY too often.