New Rochelle vs. Stamford vs. White Plains (better, compared, places)
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I think Stamford is the better stand-alone city of the three. It has a distinct early history before it became an edge city of NYC. The other two have always been suburbs of NYC, popping up after commuter rail started. Stamford itself has suburbs and is a center for its region of SW CT.
Safety - Stamford
Transportation - Stamford
Downtown - Stamford, the biggest, most dense, most # of high rises, good urban downtown that is growing
Neighborhoods outside of downtown - Fairfield county is leafy, wealthy and attractive. So is Westchester, but I'll give the nod to Fairfield since it is less nuts and less populated by a bit
Education - New Rochelle (Iona)
Access to Manhattan - White Plains and New Rochelle are about 25-30 mins or less by train
Urbanity - Stamford feels bigger than either, and is
Vibrancy - White Plains may edge Stamford here
Shopping - Stamford barely
Dining - Stamford offers more options
Nightlife - Stamford
Arts - Stamford
Entertainment - Stamford
Local economy - Stamford
Stamford is bigger, at roughly 124k and is the better option overall. Except for closeness to Grand Central/Manhattan.
Stamford seems good overall-- a variety of neighborhoods, big downtown area, long island sound shoreline, New England governance. The other two are in Westchester so you pay high taxes to the city, to the county and to the school district whereas, in Connecticut, property tax goes to the city only. White Plains has been a regional shopping destination for a long time--earlier in 20th century in stores on and off Mamaroneck Ave and in recent decades in malls. I wouldn't say the other two compare for shopping. New Rochelle has LI sound shoreline too and some really nice neighborhoods and significant cultural diversity, but I don't know how integrated, and I don't think it has much of a downtown compared to the other two despite some big new buildings.
I love White Plains and wouldn’t mind moving there at all actually
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