Fuck AirBnB

I’m a bit spoiled where I live. E&D and Naples are straight NYC style and excellent. Little City feels like a cross between New Haven and NYC and is fantastic. If you need cheap and fast, Hot Heaven is pretty good.

All around the Avon / Farmington area.

This. The “bad” area of Middletown is limited to the north-end. Avoid pretty much all apartments near downtown and the hospital. Wesleyan is right in that and has a good balancing effect. Walking down Main St is about as rough as it gets, which is absolutely nothing compared to Hartford.

The “Westlake” section way out on the west side on the border of Cromwell is apartment complex land. It’s safe over there, sometimes cars can get hit at night due to the proximity to the highways. There’s some crap housing developments to avoid, you’ll know when you see them. The area is far from downtown, though.

Most of Middletown is suburban or rural to the south. Very few rentals. Housing market still red hot there.

Yes

It's fine but good luck trying to find an apartment. I see weekly postings on the Middletown Facebook page with people asking for help. People suggest using a realtor. You may want to join and ask.

I guess they meant relative to the three most safetest states

It's pretty safe. Some beggars in the main atreet/south main area. I've encountered the same guy on multiple occasions asking people to barrow jumper cables. Don't hang out in the north end and it's side streets. And don't hang out in the woods/powerlines by the reservoir by yourself. You'll be good. It's a college town so there's stuff to do and it's safe. It's a great town. Frankly if It was commutable for my gf, it's probably tied with another town as our top town we'd want to live in.

To be honest I walk through downtown Middletown all the time, including at night, and I rarely encounter beggars. Maybe a bit moreso during the Summer but I haven't seen the one beggar I used to see all the time in months.

My Indian (and very particular) wife says this is her favorite Indian food in the state and we’ve eaten at pretty much every Indian restaurant outside of the panhandle

Oh okay, good to know! I’ll check it out!

Okay this is like the third time I’ve had someone recommend Chez Ben’s poutine. I’ve never had it and I want some SO BADLY. Guess I know where I’m going!

It’s not wings. Well it is, but they do traditional wings and separate traditional Indian food. Just don’t order wings. The Indian food is incredible

I know it exists, but unfortunately I’m just not a big wing person :(

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You're good OP, I know Middletown well.

Wait until you see the stupendous fees.

It is, the North end has its moments.. but aside from that it’s not a bad town at all.

Also we will be neighbors!

"All CT cities are relatively high in crime"

CT is between 47th and 48th in crime in the US. So saying our cities are high in crime is like saying your sugar-free ice tea is too sweet

Watershed area

My apartment was once broken into in Middletown and when I went to the police station to file a report, they didn't care. I was literally asked, "what do you want us to do about it?"

Um, to get off your ass and do your job of catching criminals??? You clowns will raid somebody's apartment just because you think they're smoking drugs, so where's that same energy when someone is robbing houses???

All CT cities are relatively high in crime, but downtown Middletown is probably the safest of them. It's a college town so you'll see some of that kind of activity, but just stay away from the 'hood' areas and you'll be fine.

Yeah it's a good place. Just do the usual lock doors at night but that's everywhere now

There are beggars out around Main Street, but that's the biggest problem. It's a college town, so it's pretty safe.

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Probably

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