By Brandon T. Bisceglia
Milford has been named the best place to live in Connecticut by HomeSnacks, a website that ranks the best and worst places in the country.
The new rankings, released May 19, bump Milford up one spot to beat out Shelton, which had long held the top position.
Overall, Milford ranked 31 out of the best places to live in each state across the country.
The report takes into account things that make a town or city desirable, including food, shopping, people and safe, clean neighborhoods.
“More importantly, we looked at the places with low crime, great jobs, worthy salaries, affordable housing, and solid schools,” the report’s summary says. “We even looked at short commute times.”
Connecticut overall has regularly placed in the top five best states to live on HomeSnacks, thanks in part to its low crime rates, quality public school systems and high concentrations of wealth.
Milford has placed highly on other online ranking sites before, though its placement has varied widely and is highly dependent on which factors considered and how they’re weighted. Movoto named Milford as one of five cities “that will instantly feel like home.” In 2017, Niche.com placed Milford at 37 in Connecticut, and in 2016 AreaVibes placed Milford at 23.
HomeSnacks says it “combines recent data from the Census, FBI, OpenStreetMaps, and dozens of other sources into bite-sized studies to help you understand what it’s like to live in different communities across the country.”
Milford Green. Photo by Fadein.
I disagree. Milford is going to the dogs. Desirable?