BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — This city along the eastern seaboard can be a dangerous place. Indeed, at various times in the 1980s and ‘90s, it had murder rates that far exceeded the national average. To this day, it is ranked among the nation’s worst cities to live in, a list that is in part created through input from crime statistics. It is not all bad here, however. There are beautiful areas by the Long Island Sound, some amazing restaurants, and occasionally, world-class entertainment. It is downtrodden yet filled with potential. Bridgeport is complicated.
That’s always how it is here.