@BenchKvatcher
As someone whose family was in business in Waterbury since 1958 and saw its complete collapse and corrupt politicians, I would not be sending a young man to live in learn there. I will say that the Yeshiva is a good repurposed use of a conservative Synagogue.
BUT…Cooke St is not safe or desirable, nor is the former UCONN Waterbury campus. It was no surprise that a move to Durham has happened,