Woodbridge (or general Amity school district) or Cheshire.

Cheshire. Super close and very cute community. North Haven has many shopping centers 15 minutes away.

north haven ct. My wife works for yale and can get there in 10 minutes. North haven is safe nice, lower taxes than hamden. close to everything. Love it

Rumor is they’re building a Whole Foods in old saybrook

I’m from Guilford. Amazing town and place to raise a family. Easy commute to New Haven. Town green is beautiful and has a brand new highschool.

Also I used to shop at Whole Foods regularly in VA, but don't here. There are other options though I do go to that area of the Post Road once or twice a month for Costco and Trader Joe's

I'd definitely recommend coming up and driving around a bit to see the different towns suggested. I think Orange/Woodbridge or Madison/Guilford (though farther from Whole Foods) fit the bill, but I also want to mention that Connecticut suburbia is very different from Virginia. There aren't a lot of subdivisions here,l; the towns themselves are older (though Woodbridge and Orange don't have much of a town like Guilford and Madison do) bit then outside of that the houses are a lot more spread out. A lot of these areas are wooded with no sidewalks. I have one coworker who lives on a neighborhood in Orange where kids can walk to friends' houses, but that is not common. Again not sure if that's something you want, but wanted to make that distinction.

Even before that, how many shootings were there in an average cowboy movie?

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Old people: "I hate how rap music glorifies gun violence!"

Also old people: "My favorite movie? Well Dirty Harry is up there. I mean, that one scene where he puts the 45 magnum in his face! Clint Eastwood is so cool.

East Rock looks safe but isn’t really safe IMO. I wouldn’t live there.

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted for stating an unfortunate reality.

Check out Branford.

Westville (west of the park) and East Shore have less shootings than other areas.

Orange and Milford probably fit best but inventory, as you noted, is low. North Haven would be my second choice.

Orange shares a school district with Woodbridge and Bethany. Also great towns. A bit less convenient to the shops and restaurants you listed, but they are quieter.

Whitney avenue and Lawrence St. Third shooting in three months. And yes, this is known as a very safe area.

man i live in the suburbs and a guy tried to do a mass shooting in 2021. my friends house had a few bullets come through the wall and the cops used his yard during the standoff

I’m aware

it's always been like this since the 80s. almost every american city is like this now

Yale used to or still does have a big listing of rental properties that's secret and not available to outsiders.

I'd use that first. MIL's friend got us the password back in 2005, got hooked up renting a tiny house in the woods 15 from Yale. Rented from a nice retired couple of Yale professors, no management company

East rock area is fine but it’s happening daily all over new haven numerous times , follow On Scene Media new haven on FaceBook or the gram

As usual, an ignorant person has to call names.

I refuse to have an intelligent conversation with an unarmed person..

In a few years, you'll be complaining. I can't tell you how many times my parents were almost hit just walking to their mailbox which is on the same side as their home. Had cars stolen and their home broken into.

You aren't thinking about the already stressed out school system.

Since your budget allows, I’d say Fairfield for sure. Milford is also a good option with access to everything though I’d say some areas are nicer. Trumbull is very family oriented, clean has 2 targets and is close to everything else.

Is this in east rock? Are there areas without gun violence in new haven? We are about to move there and this makes me very nervous

Old Saybrook checks all your boxes except access to all the stores. Just a Walmart and a couple of grocery stores, but plenty of restaurants. You can buy a house with 1-2 acres, as long as you don't mind not being by the water. Train to NH/NYC.