Badboyforlife411 t1_j9ppty3 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 6:14 PM

I lived in Bridgeport for 25 year total in my life. This is in the Mill Hill area, not in the east end. No this is not a neighborhood I would live in. In that exact neighborhood there are really good, hardworking people. There are also a lot of murders, car thefts, muggings, ect.

Another thing that people on here probably wont mention is this area of town used to have a lot of industry and has a lot of dilapidated buildings. The air quality is NOT GOOD.

There is no full Grocery Store in this neighborhood, just mini marts and bodegas.

There are 100% areas of Bridgeport I would still live in. Black Rock, The North End, & Brooklawn.

Just like any other major city you will probably be fine if you mind your business, have a garage to park your car, are not flashy, ect, but statistically that neighborhood is not good.

I love Bridgeport this is not a nock on the town. If you can afford to live elsewhere please do so.

ObiOneKenobae t1_j9s2uwe wrote on February 24, 2023 at 3:46 AM

There's a C-Town 60 seconds down the road (by car to be fair) and the air quality around there is fairly good. There have been some shootings, robberies etc in the area, but OP is not going to be at any real risk if they aren't wandering the streets at night harassing people.

You do want to be closer to Boston than Barnum though imo

Badboyforlife411 t1_j9se8nu wrote on February 24, 2023 at 5:28 AM

"Some shootings, robberies" means that you are at an increased risk of experiencing those things. Life is hard enough, no reason to add the potential for more PITA crap to happen to you if you can avoid it.

Here is an example. My buddy had his stock car radio stolen out of his car during the day in a school parking lot in that neighborhood. A GATED SCHOOL PARKING LOT. Sure no one was hurt, but do you really want to introduce the annoyance of things like that if you can avoid it?

If you don't have to live in a neighborhood where those things occur there is no reason to.