Newington is fine. Lots of petty crime. Lock your car doors and don’t leave anything in said car overnight, which is just good practice anywhere.

Downtown fine.

Flora probs fancier than ION. I’ve walked into both and usually sit at the bars.

I would recommend a reservation for more popular times, because flora is in a popular part of west Hartford.

A quick google shows me you can make reservations online for flora.

Ion isn’t super fancy or anything though, it’s connected to a market lol. Doesn’t look like they do online reservations, maybe call?

Fire and spice for take out.

Flora for sit down.

ION in Middletown for a drive is my fave.

I’ve heard good things about g monkey in elm wood.

https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ny/5071279

Used to be trio, it’s gitmor now

Yeah used to reek of curry!

Damn I got a deluxe 1 bed for less than that. Figure it’s pretty decent deal for all utilities included nowadays.

I lived in the same style unit though in 2017-2018 for 999!

Lol hi I lived here for 2 years and just moved back.

It is a good deal, has parking, but yes it is a dump. I have never had pest issues though due to my behemoth whale cats. It used to smell really bad in the common areas but now it’s a little better, so that’s a perk. I got my packages delivered to the mail room today with the logic if anyone steals it I’ll get my money from Amazon, but you are right, I wouldn’t get anything valuable from family shipped here. Of course garbage chutes are dirty lol. Also the back parking lot turns into an ice skating rink due to the lack of salt and plowing combined with the shape of the building blocking the sun.

I have laid out roach bait and traps for my time here before and now and have only stumbled upon a couple, which pails in comparison to some of the places I’ve lived in other parts of this country. I do keep a tidy home though and would never leave food out obviously?

The fire alarms do go off all the time because folks cook Smokey cuisine and keep their doors open to waft it into the halls and they smoke inside cause folks are simply inconsiderate. This has a lot to do with the smell I previously complained about which was worse a few years back.

You get what you can afford sadly lol.

Edit: all in all this apartment isn’t for the faint of heart, but it is a convenient location, has flexible leases, and is more affordable than the fancy downtown ones.

Where at? If ya still need them I can spare 2x one is massive and intimidating and the other is pure chaos.

Mine were perfect

This doesn’t shock me, as a gig worker myself, I understand why Uber and Lyft drivers who station at the airport would not take a bdl to Gbury trip.