That’s a very solid salary for the area and you shouldn’t have any issues with affordability. Especially since you’ll likely be looking for a 1/2 bedroom(s)

1. I’ve been in the area for a few years now and I would recommend the Harbor Point area of Stamford, SONO Norwalk. Greenwich is also very nice but I’m not as familiar with that area. For luxury apartments in these areas you should expect to pay around $2,000 - $2,500 for a 1bd and $3,000 for a 2 bedroom. Obviously there are cheaper and more expensive apartments but those are probably the averages for nicer places.

2. most of these newer apartments (I know in Harbor point for sure) have EV parking/charging.

3. I’m more familiar with Stamford so I can only speak to the beaches there. There’s a number of parks in Stamford that have decent beaches.

4. For any sort of nightlife I’d recommend Stamford or Norwalk. There’s plenty of restaurants in either city. I feel like Stamford is probably more diverse than Norwalk or Greenwich. I’d say Greenwich is probably the least diverse of the 3 cities. Stamford is definitely more of a “working/professional” city.

Hopefully that helps a little.

No issues for me in North Stamford

I can’t speak to current rent prices, but Vela on the Park has some pretty spacious 1BR. We stayed in a short term rental there when we first moved here and really enjoyed the building and location! Great rooftop too!

We had already moved to Frontier Fiber from Optimum... We moved as soon as Frontier came to town... But had an outage in October due to a Fiber break to our house which Frontier seemed incapable of fixing... After 10 days without any progress, we ended up moving back to Optimum.

The only good thing is that as both Frontier and Optimum cover me with fiber, their prices are reasonable at $60 for 1 Gig.

Almost tempted to get two services... My Cisco router supports load balancing across two WAN links so it wouldn't be such a big stretch.

Same. Literally 10x the speed for half the price. I was an Optimum customer since 1996.

Was having issues earlier in the turn of River area

We are also in North Stamford. Switched to frontier over a year ago and haven’t regretted it. It’s been so much more stable than optimum. Not that that’s helpful right now but for future reference

No problem here and I’m downtown

Yeah my mom texted me saying its down

Optimum said there is a huge outage in Fairfield County. Apparently someone cut the optic lines and they are working to getting them fixed by tomorrow I believe. If you can log into your optimum account you can see the message about it.

Downtown had no issues

Never on weekends? Wut?

I had to hotspot for work all day.

Hey, I'm a current software engineer, and I just helped a family member transition into a career in software.

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Happy to chat! Please shoot me a message

Good advice. I think that's going to be the key to me breaking in from another industry, and in a recession. Just keep learning and talking to people.

It’s tricky because I don’t think there’s an obvious answer to your question sadly, however if there was a “startup place” in Stamford I feel it would be Third Place. Just try and talk to people and see if there are cool projects happening!

OK. I've heard of Third Place but never been. Looks like I know where I'm getting lunch. Thanks for the good info! Again, lol.

I got a couple of breakfast sandwiches and a latte last weekend. I thought everything was very good.

Hang out in Serendipity Labs or Third Place and you might find your match.

Used to get Poland Spring 5gallons delivered but the price got too high after multiple price increases. Use a Brita now and it’s fine… and much cheaper.

A Sur La Table opening in the new Darien Commons! https://westfaironline.com/retail/darien-commons-signs-three-new-retail-tenants/

awesome, thanks so much for the insight!

oh i didnt realize that was less than 2 hours away, ill def look into CIA! Thanks!!

We shared a station with another couple. We divided the cooking in half but if you asked you could probably do something on your own. It was all hands on and there were 3 chefs walking around helping.

Yea full meal, was stuffed. Socializing wasn't encouraged but everyone was talking at their stations. I think it would work for single, friends or family

I miss Sur La Table in White Plains! Thanks for mentioning this one.

I've gone up to the CIA in Hyde Park to take classes and adored them. The baking workshops were basic (but delicious), but the real fun was a multi-day bootcamp where they really let us loose in the kitchens. We started with reviewing the menus in a classroom and talking food science, then got to the kitchen with a little direction and a lot of support. Really felt like a pro walking around that classroom and trying new things. (To do that one I got a hotel up there so I didn't have to drive back and forth.)