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_nousernamesleft_ t1_jc1khc4 wrote

Reply to Where to live if you want suburbia? by OldManJames10

Not really adding any new suggestions that haven't already been said but just reiterating really how many options you have based on what you're looking for.

Guilford and Madison are both great choices and would put you about 20-maybe 30 minutes from Yale. They're both kind of "long" towns so closer to the shoreline will be closer to their downtown and North Madison/Guilford is a bit more wooded. Both have great school systems. Closest Whole Foods and Trader Joes would be Milford but there's also a Fresh Market in Guilford, plenty of other shops and restaurants in both towns, and about 15 minutes (give or take depending on which town you end up in) from Branford in one direction and Old Saybrook in the other which both have Walmarts, Kohls, etc. Both also have train stations but to get to NYC or Boston you'll generally have to go to New Haven or Old Saybrook (there is a connecting train to either often driving to the other station is easier).

Branford and Milford are also great. Both are a bit more commercialized than Guilford or Madison but also have areas that are just as quaint and "New Englandy" if that's something you want.

Westbrook, Old Saybrook, Essex, Old Lyme area also has a lot of what you're looking for though you are getting farther away from Yale at that point. These tend to be smaller towns than the first four I mentioned. The Waterford/New London area has a lot of chains so even though you're farther from the New Haven area you'll still have access to many of the same stores/restaurants.

Having grown up on the shoreline I know less about these towns but as some others have mentioned: Trumbull, Orange, Woodbridge, North Haven, and Cheshire are all worth looking into as well.

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dslicex t1_jc1kga3 wrote

Reply to comment by Dry-Fee9923 in How bikeable is New Haven? by Eeeks25

As the third person to lecture me and say the same thing, you’ve definitely convinced me. I’ll be thinking of you when I’m eating a catalytic converter under a car the next time I get hit while following the rules of the road!

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Ecofre-33919 t1_jc0mw8d wrote

Reply to Where to live if you want suburbia? by OldManJames10

I’d say either milford/orange area or the guilford/madison area. All four towns on the train line.

Milford/orange will have the shops you are looking for.

Guilford/madison have nice schools - but less of the shops. But you can visit the places you are talking about from those towns. The kids would have to pretty much be in to either soccer or tennis as far as sports goes. (Grew up there)

Give old saybrook/old lyme areas a look too. Its on the train. Nice town. You could commute to the shops in either milford or in the crystal mall area. It would be about 40 min from new haven. Actually old lyme is not on the train, but old saybrook is. But they face each other across the ct river.

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Dry-Fee9923 t1_jc0ff1l wrote

Reply to comment by dslicex in How bikeable is New Haven? by Eeeks25

None of this matters - if you don't feel comfortable riding your bike on the street, then don't ride your bike. I ride from Bethany to downtown nh and back multiple times per week and NEVER ride on sidewalks. Get some lights and a reflective jacket if you are really worried. By riding on the sidewalk you are dangerous to others.

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