I’d go North Haven over Hamden. Not really a coherent town, more hard-core suburban sprawl in feel, but Much easier to shoot down I-91 into New Haven than trying to go down Whitney with all the lights. Structurally Hamden government is F’d financially. Not sure how they are going to get out of it. That’s why the tax rate is so high. Maybe a renter doesn’t care, but would definitely not buy in Hamden, personally.