Bald eagles have nested there in past years, along with the monk parakeets.

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/bald_eagles

If you’re moving with a partner, maybe rent first? Is this the first time you’re living together?

i am in the process of buying a home in new haven right now on basically the same salary. your best bets are going to be the neighborhoods that are further out from downtown -- amity, fair haven heights, and morris cove/east shore all have a number of single family homes in the $200k - $300k range and are relatively nice places to live. the neighborhoods that people on this board recommend for renters (east rock, wooster square, westville to some extent) are going to be prohibitively expensive for home ownership. new haven is a small city where virtually everything is within commuting distance via a short drive/bus/bicycle ride so i wouldn't worry too much about the distance.

you might also want to look into the yale homebuyer's program if you are buying in new haven proper -- the university tries to help its employees stay in the city proper by offering incentives to buy in certain neighborhoods. i'm not a yale employee so i don't know all of the details, though.

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These are Monk Parakeet nests. I think they are abandoned, haven't seen the little green parrots that used to swarm the area in a few years.

Monk Parakeet?

Pretty sure those are squirrel nests.

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Yea its just the rate hikes from providers. If you have electric heat try and lower your heat to 60 at night 65 during the day. It will help.....throw a hoody on lol

If the electric bill is in your name, you can change the supplier online. you can get a username and password to log into UI's website that would be affiliated with the account and meter number displayed on your bill

Who did you ask? If you asked the apartment they may have thought you wanted to use someone other than UI.

They have live music all the time. One of my favorite places to play.

Have you considered renting for a few years to get a sense of where you want to settle longer term before buying?

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Yeah try https://www.newhaven.edu/about/departments/one-stop/international-services/index.php

I also don't know about it. This is my first time trying international. But it's a good point I'll find out and ask about more insights on this. Thank you

Not insane, I'm in an identical situation.

Right now you're getting screwed by UI. As mentioned by someone, you can switch suppliers and get a cheaper rate (I switched to $0.15 from Constellation when UI announced they were increasing to $0.22).

Before that, it seems your apartment has always been very inefficient. I have a very similar place (2B2B, ~1100sqft) and my baseline daily consumption is around 8-9 kWh which I blame on very old appliances. That, plus poor insulation and crappy A/C and I was paying $600 during summer and $200 even in this very mild winter.

I live in a 1BR with gas heat so my UI electric is only for cooling and appliances. I used 232 kwh this last cycle. Is your heat electric too? 941 kwh is insanely high

Does UNH have an international student office that could be helpful? When I was on an F1, that’s where got a lot of info, but it wasn’t at UNH.

Thanks for the tip!!

UI and SCG are both Avangrid companies so the bills carry the same branding and look very similar

I will. Thank you for this update.

Talk to some other F1s in town, they'll give you better advice. Thats all I'll say. Good luck!