The only reason it’s difficult is because state DOT’s worship the MUTCD when they should have their heads in NACTO as soon as they design in urbanized areas

Via’s is pretty trendy, instagramable for sure. They are constantly updating their food and drink menu. Always have a good time there.

CT is not regulated. These prices are getting out of control. We have some of the highest prices.

I stopped heating my apartment, so much less than last year 🥶

It might be wet.

Do me a favor and try a few pizza places (Frank pepe, Sally’s, modern) and tell us what you think. There are many who think that New Haven has some of the best pizza in the states (maybe the world). I know I’d be interested to hear what an Italian has to say about it!

Where you will be is a good walking area. If you’re coming for some yale thing, more than likely, you’ll have no trouble walking to it.

The weather in late February/March is typically cold. We’ve had an unusually warm winter this year, but I would expect it to be near freezing for the most part. There might also be some days that are warmer, but it’s hard to say. I’d assume you’ll need a winter jacket and warm pants for the most part, but there could be a day that’s literally warm enough for shorts and a t-shirt—that’s just how weather is around here.

I’m terms of walking, it’s generally pretty safe. I wouldn’t necessarily plan to go on long neighborhood strolls at 2 am, but I wouldn’t feel unsafe walking home at 10 pm.

New Haven is a city, so there is always the possibility that some bad actor will give you trouble, but it’s usually pretty safe and quiet.

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Oh that's so cool! I'm glad I was able to help. My partner and I had a fun time researching it yesterday. Best of luck with your future genealogical adventures!

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Stop blaming the victim when you have no details. Someone lost a mother/daughter/sister/wife. How awful it would be for their grieving family members to come here and see you baselessly accusing her of being high on PCP and stumbling into traffic. I'm going to delete your nasty comment and if you keep attacking this victim you will be banned from the sub.

My electric is the same because I switched companies. Oil is about double - $1100 so far. I’m glad it’s not too cold and my house is both energy efficient and small.

I have oil heat so that's almost doubled from already exorbitant rates, but electric seems to have basically stayed the same.

Thank you thank you!! I posted some brief context in a comment above in your interested. I’m definitely going to be digging further and contacting the New Haven museum. I’ve rummaged through their website so far but that’s about it.

I am so grateful for this information. Thank you! To give a little context, the full writing under the picture says “ residence at New Haven, Connecticut of Edward A. Mitchell, an uncle of Samuel Hinman.”

This photo comes from a genealogy book my great grandmother complied. The family tree in the book starts with Samuels parents, but no birth or death dates for them, just names.

Samuel hinman is my 5th great grandfather and he lived 1839-1890. His mother died when he was 12 in 1851. I’m assuming durning this time period it was more difficult for a single father, so presumably he put him in boarding school of sorts and then it seems he became completely distant from his father. There’s accounts about his life from his children and people that knew him but no mention of his parents. In my family book, there are no other pictures in the book that pertain to Samuels elders or his childhood or any “Mitchell’s”.

Samuel was a translator between the Indians and the US government. There are articles written about him that have his parents as Tom and Mary of New England descent. (Author was probably being lazy, didn’t want to dig into the genealogy and picked two makes no one would question.)

Later on in my research I found one of Samuels marriage licenses that listed his dads initials as H.B. Hinman and long story short, I found out who his parents were. And was able to trace the hinman side back to before they came to America. It’s a very well documented family. The fact the genealogy and tree got so obscured between him and his parents frustrated me. When my great grandma did all her research and complied this book, she never got back further than his parents, presumably because these publications wrongly list his parents name. So I want to reach out to the place the publications came from.

I discovered Samuels mothers maiden name was Mitchell, which made the photo of this house much more interesting. I had assumed his connection to his mothers family stopped when she passed but maybe not. The photo of the house always fascinated me. From the details of the actual build to the people on the front lawn. I’ve wondered about it for so long and this has really given me some head way. I’ll come back with any updates. Thank you, thank you!!

You’re right. Total free-for-all. Whalley is insane all the way from Amity to downtown. My gf and I count how many people cut us off, do u-turns, turn without yielding, run red lights, double park with no warning, switch lanes without signaling, jaywalk, drunk and disorderly in the street etc while we drive it. If there’s a bus in one of the lanes it gets worse. It’s usually around 10 incidents every time with 2 or 3 near misses with other vehicles and pedestrians while we just cruise slowly. Another pedestrian was killed in the Fall crossing up by the other McDonald’s too.

$148 gas

$139 electric.

744 sq. f living space but upstairs storage/art room is heated by electric set to 55.

Gas was $50 more. Electric was still in the $200 range this month.

You have to go to the crosswalks, hit the button and wait. It sucks but I did it when I was carless. No way I’d be crossing in front of cars doing 40-50mph on a snowy and rainy night. I’ll wait for as long as I have to and walk the 400 feet to the corner. The CT law even says so.

Sec. 14-300c. Pedestrian use of roads and sidewalks

No pedestrian shall walk along and upon a roadway where a sidewalk adjacent to such roadway is provided and the use thereof is practicable.

No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb, sidewalk, crosswalk or any other place of safety adjacent to or upon a roadway and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close to such pedestrian as to constitute an immediate hazard to such pedestrian.

I would argue that this is really difficult on a state road with so many crossings and stop lights. Many bicyclists (and drivers) don't abide by the rules of the road (especially stop lights). I'm not a bicyclist so I don't know the logistics of bike lanes.

Then we have the bus. There needs to be a dedicated bus lane? https://thecityfix.com/blog/4-ways-to-design-safe-streets-for-cyclists/

Roughly double even considering slightly less usage so far.

The electric/heating bill for my 2bd/2ba apartment for November was way higher than I expected. It was about $400 higher than October and $225 higher than last November, but I've also been having some issues with the heater

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Mine hasn't because we locked in a 3 year contract at 10.4c/kwhr..but prior to panicking about higher prices and locking that in, we were at 6.93c/kwhr...so its been an over 50% increase from there. Looking at the rates these days its almost more than double what it was in 2021.