I don't love exercising, but I do it anyway. It's part of being an adult.

Inventory is still super low and the Norwalk real estate market is still hyper-competitive. I'd be more inclined to advise you against certain areas, but generally speaking if you're looking at single-family homes then most of the neighborhoods where those are located are generally safe. The socioeconomic dynamic in Norwalk is really geographically-dependent, sometimes even down to a block or two. SoNo and Wall Street are perfectly safe areas to visit for dining/entertainment, but I'd avoid any homes within those vacinities.

Cranbury, Silvermine, and West Norwalk are generally the safest but most expensive. Rowayton is technically a part of Norwalk but might as well be its own town, it's basically just an extension of the wealth/exclusivity you see just across Five Mile River in Darien. East Norwalk is really nice, but overpriced due to proximity to the water and the houses are all a bit smooshed together for my own liking. The neighborhoods off of Westport Ave., East Ave., West Rocks Road, and Newtown Ave/Chestnut Hill Rd. are all really great options for situation, but good luck finding anything right now haha.

“realeyes”

Norwalk gets a bit of a bad rap because it's constantly compared to school districts like Westport & New Canaan, which have some of the best schools in the country. However, Norwalk is still above average nationally. If you want a city feel, it's a great place. If you can swing it, Westport, Wilton, Weston are also fantastic and have great communities and an amazing place for young kids to grow up. So many young parents, too.

It is very dependent on how they are doing the numerical analysis for that graphical representation. They could be picking a point in the middle of the parcel and doing a search within a radius that extends beyond the parcel's edge which could contain WF crime. There's also crime in the new Britain/newington related to ccsu.

This is all to say unless you're right next to CCSU, violent crime should not be an issue.

Why not both

You must be a valley graduate

Not sure if this is the same place:

https://www.firstlightpower.com/recreation/

The area is open for summer hiking, picnicking,and fishing from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The 1/2 mile Shepaug Interpretive Trail on the shore of Lake Lillinonah describes the diverse roles trees play from shade, to wood products, to food for both people and wildlife. Shepaug Recreation Area also boasts two canoe portages both upstream and downstream of the power station along with two vegetative buffer garden demonstration areas showcasing native plants.

CT has the worst debt per resident amongst all 50 states. 3x that of any state. They can’t manage a budget here. They tax the poorest areas. Give the rich a pass and because they are democrats say “women’s right and lqbtq” you idiots continue to vote for them. You’re just idiots.

Lol come onnnn DJ, you were the slightly less dumb one.

Brother of late football star……. No….. brother of serial murderer and coward who offed himself

Same reason why Hartford, Bridgeport Waterbury are always in there for worst cities even though they barely qualify. They just make the threshold at 100,000. And I’m sure your privileged ass will talk a great game, but would be caught there at 1am.

Wilton has A plus level schools but is very expensive.

You need a Snickers.

Vote in a regular person who wants to make a change because it’s not getting better. But the parties know low intellect foot soldiers will only react to garbage. Just look at your ridiculous comment. Murder LGBTQ people. Lol STFU. That’s ridiculous and solves nothing. It’s rhetoric. A distraction. A magic show. Slight of hand. The parties know this. And will always take full advantage. It’s why tik tok will never go away. It’s not about national security, it’s about getting more people onto the app. More distractions because less and less are watching MSM. They know that’s where people are getting the “news” from now.

So I've been to Stratford a few times, I actually went to look at a house that was on main street and no offense to anyone but let's just say main street wasn't what I was expecting. Someone told me that upper/northern Stratford is where you want to be.

No, there are no bad parts.

Stratford is next door and is FFC, but the taxes are much higher than in Milford and it’s arguably a more blue collar town. Lord$hip is on the water and beautiful, and there are great neighborhoods in the north end (check out Beaver Dam area). Everything in between is kind of meh, and parts of the south end (success village) suck. That said, I would not hesitate if you can afford one of its “nice” neighborhoods.

Then there’s Shelton and Trumbull if you want a more rural lifestyle.

Fairfield is beautiful if you can afford it.

I thought westfarms was named westfarms because it was half in West Hartford and half in Farmington

Stratford is lovely.

The way they smooth the data is important. More likely than not shop lifting from West farms is impacting the data and the edges of the boundary are fuzzier than they present.

I appreciate this and will definitely be looking into Norwalk more. Are there any areas of Norwalk you would suggest?

No offense, but you sound like my grandpa that sits around watching Fox News all day. The problem for you guys is no one believes your dumb talking points anymore outside of your own little shrinking circle. You just sound.... crazy. Like old man shaking fist at the clouds crazy. Maybe stick your head out the window and yell "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Your anecdotes aside, Connecticut and our neighbor to the north have the highest standards of living and quality of life in the country by virtually every metric. You can look at just about any top 10 list, and you'll find the same states in the top 10 and the same states in the bottom 10. That's neither anecdotal nor coincidence.

Yep. Imo a lot of roads need to go back to dirt in some of the more rural towns. The cost to pave is absolutley insane. Lots of times its not even done correctly or bandaided and ends up costing tax payers big $$ . A lot of DPW directors bandaid shit to make themselves look good.

Like any mid-sized city Norwalk is not without its crime, however it's generally very very localized and not a pervasive problem whatsoever. I've lived here almost my entire life and have always felt very safe.

My wife and I are both products of Norwalk public schools and we turned out just fine- both successful professionals with advanced degrees. The schools may not be as great as surrounding affluent towns like Darien/New Canaan/Wilton/Westport, but compared to other schools in the state they are about average, and on the national scale they are above-average.

Depending on where you are in the city, Norwalk can feel very urban/city-like, or very woodsy/suburban and even rural. It's a large city geographically so there is plenty to do, and each section of town has its own distinct feel to it.

Feel free to PM me with any specific questions, always happy to fill people in on Norwalk and how great it is. Definitely a great place to raise a family.

Honestly I don't mind taxes so long as they go towards services that help the people