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.