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New Haven is the best city in the world |
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There were 2 robberies, 4 car thefts, 0 murders, and 1 aggravated assault
last year on and around the Yale University campus, according to FBI
Uniform Crime reporting. This is less than Harvard, Brown, MIT, Duke and
even Stanford; and much less than Columbia, and U-Penn, which saw 39
robberies, 24 car thefts, and 15 aggravated assaults according to this
year's UPenn safety report.
Although it was once one of the more dangerous campuses, Yale is now one of
the safest campuses in the nation. The administration, once conservative,
has responded to the realities of things like adding campus lighting and
creating a police force. The Yale University security report can be viewed
at http://www.yale.edu/search/securityrep.pdf. By the way, both of those
Yale robberies occurred in the same parking lot off campus, all four of the
cars were recovered, and the assault involved two individuals who knew each
other. Read the security report.
Oh yeah, if you hear sirens around the Yale campus, it's because Yale-New
Haven Hospital, one of the nation's most important and largest hospitals
and medical research complexes, is located adjacent to the Yale central
campus. The sirens are ambulance sirens taking advantage of some of the
larger roads which run close to the Yale campus. This allows Yale students
to work in the hospital and medical school (#3 all-time USNWR-ranked) by
walking over. This can't be said for Harvard, JHU, Cornell, Tufts, or
U-Penn; medical schools at these institutions are located several (or even
hundreds) of miles away from the undergraduate colleges.
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Last year, Boston had 35 murders. In 1996, Philadelphia had 408 homicides.
Last year, there have been just 12 murders in the city of New Haven.
Over the past five years, violent crime in the city of New Haven has fallen
by over 50%.
The New Haven metro area is the sixth-richest in the nation. The Wall
Street Journal ran an article dated December 9, 1998 about high-tech jobs
which names New Haven as the metro area with the second-highest
concentration of high-tech jobs, with 21.6% of its work force, after San
Jose (with 25.9%). The unemployment rate in New Haven, while fairly high
about 10 years ago, now stands at 2.1% as of September 1999, according to
the Bureau of Labor Standards. In Money Magazine, New Haven receives the
highest possible score in the category, "arts and culture index." This is
because New Haven is the nation's most important theatrical center, after
New York City. Even if you don't include the galactic resources of the Yale
School of Drama and Yale College's undergraduate productions, there are two
incredible Tony-Award winning regional theater companies and two major
regional performing arts centers within a mile of the Yale Campus. Touring
Broadway shows this year in New Haven include Tony-award winner Annie Get
Your Gun, Tony-award winner Art, and Scarlet Pimpernel. Shows that had
their world premiers in New Haven include, but are not limited to, The
Sound of Music, The King and I, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Boys from
Syracuse, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Raisin in the Sun, Madame Butterfly,
The Civil War, Spirit, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Wit,
and My Fair Lady. How many shows can you name that started in Boston, or
California? None.
You don't even need to say that New Haven is also a major center for art
and music. The largest British Art museum outside of London is located
across the street from the Yale University Art Gallery, which is across the
street from the Yale Repertory Theater, which is across the street from the
Yale School of Architecture, which is across the street from the Yale
Cabaret theater (www.yale.edu/cabaret), which is across the street from the
Yale University Theater... you get the idea.
Like modern stuff, ska, metal? New Haven has Toad's Club, which has been
named the #1 nightclub in North America by Rolling Stone Magazine and is
ironically across the street from the Yale library. Many of the top acts,
including U2 and Bruce Springsteen, start their national tours at Toad's
each year-- and if they want a larger place they go down the street to the
Palace or to the New Haven Coliseum. There are many funky bars, jazz clubs,
and dance floors of every description around downtown New Haven (where Yale
is located), much more than you will find in Cambridge, Massachusetts or
Princeton (ha!--P'ton's not good for anything unless you want French
lingerie or expensive perfume).
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