121 towns is a dump surrounded by an abandoned super market, an active scrap yard, shuttered restaurants, a men’s homeless shelter and a converted industrial apartment complex that is sinking into the ground.

Just a stones throw from the sewage treatment plant and borders Henry street - the highest ranking street in stamford for violent crimes per mile of roadway since the 90s.

Don’t move to 121 towne.

Yale New Haven has a walk-in orthopedic center on Long ridge. I've only gone to the hand surgeon and PT associated with them, but I've never had a bad experience there. I also have Anthem.

Thanks for answering! Where is the common patio area?

I live at URBY and commute to New Haven by car twice a week, it’s an easy 45-60 minute reverse commute. I’d definitely recommend taking the train if it’s feasible. Living at URBY has been great, management and maintenance are very responsive and rarely needed, but it is very expensive. I’m happy to answer questions about URBY.

I feel like you’re getting some misleading advice here. My impression is that the buildings just off of downtown, like URBY, are much quieter than Harbor Point. The biggest noise problem at URBY is the construction, I get very little road noise in my apartment. On safety, there really isn’t any area of Stamford that’s unsafe and the people complaining about halfway houses and “slums” around Harbor Point are being racist.

I lived in harbor point for a year (Allure) until I bought a house in Stamford and loved it. There are a couple dog parks and plenty of happenings in the spring and summer time. Super safe - walked around at all times of day. I’ve also grown up in Stamford (25+ years) and it’s safe for a city. Legit never had an issue. I’ve also lived in New Haven for university and that was not safe. I lasted about 4 months and sublet my lease and commuted. Best of luck with the move!

We lived at Summer House in downtown and we really loved it. We were there on similar circumstances, my partner was getting her doctorate in Fairfield and I commuted to NYC. They have a shuttle service for the morning and evening hours, even then walking to the train is a short walk (i did it many times if i missed a shuttle).

Agreed. You couldn’t pay me to live in Harbor Point because of the slums that immediately surround it

Agreed on that section of town. Close to the train station, and close to harbor point but not TOO close to the nightlife/park events. Good area for walking the dog and close to the harbor point dog park

We bought a house in Norwalk so can't help you there. Noise level at night wasn't bad. Actually it was worse during the weekdays. We had an apartment with a view of a construction site (the new building) but I'm sure that's winding down. There were some nights where there were some loud college age kids in the hallways, but other than that it was pretty quiet.

Are you still in Stamford and renting the apartment somewhere else? Can you give some suggestions? What about the noise in the area at Urby, especially at night/weekends?

I’ve shown units in this complex many times for both rent and for sale, and besides the old elevators and tiny gym, I found it to be a great complex. Parking, common patio area and a short walk to downtown are what make ideal IMO.

I unfortunately don’t know anything about the super but hopefully others can comment

I can’t make it tomorrow but would love to be included in the reddit chat for the next one!

Urby is nice and expensive. There's a lot of dogs there, you can bring them to the courtyard on a leash. The area is safe too, within walking distance of all the restaurants downtown. The facilities are super nice, they have activities for the residents, cafe downstairs... Rent is just high. Also I'm not sure where Yale is, but New Haven is about an hour from there (at least to the Ikea) and to NYC it's an hour train ride. If it wasn't so expensive considering how much space we had in the actual apartment we'd probably still be there.

Everyone has their own opinions. I currently live on Bedford Street and it is beyond noisy and if someone is a light sleeper then you’ll be up half the night. So I suggested Harbor point for somebody who has a dog and wants a safe area for them to walk, and they have a place for them to play as well. And it is much quieter at Harbor point than it is on Bedford Street or Urby. Also, I said if you don’t care much about the downtown area than Harbor point is also a good choice.

Urby is literally 2 blocks from Bedford street, harbor point is drastically further away from ‘downtown’. Urby is also more of a retail/office area so would be drastically more quiet than harbor point, and Harbor point directly abuts TERRIBLE neighborhoods. There are like three half way houses 2 blocks from it.

I would consider Urby drastically safer and quieter than anything in harbor point.

Urby area is definitely safe and I’ve heard good things about Urby. As others have suggested you may want to check out Harbor Point since it’s even closer to the train (Urby is not that far either) and also a great place to walk a dog. Good luck!

Fairfield Orthopaedic Specialty Group is amazing! I had knee surgery there this fall, currently doing a physical therapy program with them as well.

If you are commuting by train, check out 121 Towne. It’s a 10 min walk to the train. There’s also a new building nearby that, called Hazel, that has studios and 1 BDs.

We went to NY Orthopedics in Scarsdale and were super happy with them

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Yes, Harbor point will probably suit you much better. If you want something quieter, maybe don’t get an apartment right next to sign of the whale which is pretty popular bar in the Harbor point area but other than that anything around there will be much quieter than anything in the downtown area of Stamford

Thank you a lot! I was a little worried about URBY because of the noise risk in the area (both my partner and my dog are very sensitive and may not sleep well at URBY!)

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Yup! Just like that. There are a few other buildings around it as well with different names but if you do a little bit more research about them they’ll come up. All luxury living:) hope I could help a bit.

Like this: https://www.111harborpoint.com/ ?