Bought a house here back in September, but actually had been renting in Milford prior to that for about 4 years. The downtown area is up and coming and you can get a nice house down here for about half the price you would pay down in the Gold Coast of SW CT. Taxes are low too. I would definitely recommend as long as you don’t mind sacrificing some snow lol.
My commute is only 10 mins. My fiancee takes the train to Stamford but even then it’s still only about 45 mins.