Norwich has some cheap rentals, but it’s not ideal for safety. There’s a lot of crime that’s usually drug related. I find that if I mind my business I’m pretty much left alone. As a single woman, I avoid going out when it’s dark, but I have a fire dept directly across the street from me which helps me feel safer since. I also moved into a place right next to a bar, and the bar owner looks out for me. He’ll take my bins to the curb and he cuts my grass. There’s a package store a few buildings down and the owner there keeps an eye out for me too, we had roadwork on my street and construction wanted me to park like two blocks away from my house and walk. The package store owner said I could use his parking lot and he’d walk me to my door. Most of us over here are just honest people that go to work, so I find that nobody is overly friendly, but we look out for one another. As long as you’re not involved in the drug stuff, roaming the streets at night, or flaunting valuables (which judging by what you can afford, you probably aren’t) I find that mostly everyone just keeps to themselves. I have a two bedroom for 795.

I’m a social worker and very knowledgeable about community resources so if you come to this area, message me on Reddit and I can point you in the right direction for energy assistance, renters rebate programs, food stamps and cash assistance programs, state medical insurance, soup kitchens, food pantries and a multitude of other programs for lower income people.