I moved right down the street last summer and can tell you that I absolutely adore this neighborhood. My upstairs neighbors are law students and my downstairs neighbor is a doctor. It's a great block to be on, right next to Elizabeth park and UConn law. Feel free to DM me if you have questions.

Hartford Athletic play in the USL, which is basically AAA for soccer. It's the top level before the big leagues, so to speak. The Wolf Pack are in a similar league, but for hockey.

The Yard Goats are AA baseball, so they're two teams removed from the Rockies.

It was a raccoon! I remember that outage well, since the power at the bar I worked at went out.

I lived downtown for 5 years and yeah, I've seen quite a few rats. Mostly in bushes outside at night or in dumpsters, but I've never seen an indoor rat in Hartford. I had some neighbors who also had rat problems with their trash cans, but they put out bait boxes and I haven't seen them since.

Honestly though, rats don't bother me at all as long as they stay outside. They're kinda cute and I think squirrels are way more visible and annoying.

I live a block away from the law school. It's a great neighborhood and very safe. I mean, we're another two blocks away from the West Hartford town line and tucked in a very wealthy neighborhood.

I pretty regularly walk to Farmington Ave to grab a bite or visit a bar. Hartford is great, but small. The North and South ends are rough, but downtown is mellow (if abandoned) and the West end is rad. Suburbanites are idiots.

City Steam does trivia on Wednesdays at 8 and it's an absolute BLAST. The host is a mad genius and we love him.