housing question for our CT people

[Bubba1]

I have a young relative planning to relocate to the Hartford area. Any suggestions for what town/area should be considered for an apartment?

[frapjap]

Nala probably has a room for rent.

[Rager]

what the radius outside of hartford? will they be communting into hartford for work? whats the budget? ive grew up and lived almost my whole life in ct so ill should be able to help you out

[Bubba1]

Nala probably has a room for rent.

And he would toss in a free ride in his mom's QX-4 if there's sex in it for him... .

what the radius outside of hartford? will they be communting into hartford for work? whats the budget? ive grew up and lived almost my whole life in ct so ill should be able to help you out

Yes, commuting into Hartford for work. I don;t know the budget but this is a 1st post college job so as inexpensive and as close as possible. I believe the first place being looked at is in Glastonbury

[Heavy]

avon, south windsor or manchester are decent towns, avoid west hartford and vernon like the plague

[numbnuts240]

berlin and newington aren't bad either. there are more, but it depends on how far/long they're willing to commute. hartford rush hour sucks, but it's nowhere near nyc rush hour. if it's planned correctly, or your hours are in your favor, it can be a non-issue. i'm halfway between hartford and new haven, and i can hit either city in 20-25 minutes with open highway without driving like tom petty.

also, define inexpensive. this IS ct we're talking about, after all. i haven't been in the market for a long time now, but from what i gather these days, inexpensive usually means complete s*** hole surrounded by scum, even in the suburbs. something decent will still cost a pretty penny.

[Bubba1]

berlin and newington aren't bad either. there are more, but it depends on how far/long they're willing to commute. hartford rush hour sucks, but it's nowhere near nyc rush hour. if it's planned correctly, or your hours are in your favor, it can be a non-issue. i'm halfway between hartford and new haven, and i can hit either city in 20-25 minutes with open highway without driving like tom petty.

also, define inexpensive. this IS ct we're talking about, after all. i haven't been in the market for a long time now, but from what i gather these days, inexpensive usually means complete s*** hole surrounded by scum, even in the suburbs. something decent will still cost a pretty penny.

Unfortunately I can't define inexpensive in this case, I suppose not slummy. This is for a just outta college kid from the WashDC burbs on their first job, with some possible parental assistance.

[darylzero]

Once you decide on the towns to look at, he can use https://www.padmapper.com/ to help find a place. It uses craigslist, apt. finder and others to map the places for rent makes things much easier.

[frapjap]

Once you decide on the towns to look at, he can use https://www.padmapper.com/ to help find a place. It uses craigslist, apt. finder and others to map the places for rent makes things much easier.

WOW! You da man.

[Rager]

avon, south windsor or manchester are decent towns, avoid west hartford and vernon like the plague

whats wrong with west hartford? its a nice area, blue back square is a nice down town area. vernon i agree with , cheep housing s*** area. most decent 2 bedroom apartments are going to start at 900ish to 1200/1300 would get you a real nice apartment. thats CT for you. as far as towns go, glastonbury will be expensive, west hartford expensive, most of east hardford cheep and ghetto. avon, canton , simsbury all really nice just on the higher end. bloomfield and windsor can be ghetto with nice areas and real close to hartford for the commute. windsor locks kinda fits in the middle of all that. real close to I91 highway. tons of cheaper apartments without the ghetto factor.

oh and im talking CT "ghetto" not LA ghetto.

stay away from the North end of hartford. thats REAL ghetto!

[Heavy]

sorry meant to put EAST hartford, west hartford is fine as long as its near the avon border.... oh and forget anything north of waterbury on RT 8 unless this person is white trash

[Bubba1]

thanks guys, I'm forwarding it all along.

[Rager]

sorry meant to put EAST hartford, west hartford is fine as long as its near the avon border.... oh and forget anything north of waterbury on RT 8 unless this person is white trash

rt 8 and waterbury is prolly a little far from hartford.

newington and rockyhill are nice areas as well. close to the highway and 20 minutes to hartford. i cant comment on the housing im not from around that area but i would buy a house in both those towns if i found a good deal