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New Haven is the best city in the world |
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01/22/2000 |
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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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I am absolutely sick of Connecticut politics. Each of the 165 or so towns
fights for itself, and they don't tend to work together. If all of the
towns in Connecticut merged into one city, they would form a city the size
of San Diego (in land area and in population) and would be the nicest,
richest, best-educated city in America. Next year, I am going to start
writing my thesis paper on Connecticut politics. I am going to take
advantage of the high-speed train which will connect Boston, New Haven and
New York City and put each within a short train ride of each other.
Connecticut is the richest state in America and has the #1 public education
system. It is also the most convenient state to New York City and Boston.
These are indisputable facts. In my opinion, Connecticut is also the
prettiest state. In New Haven alone, 17% of the city's land is dedicated to
a large city park system, and the city's public tree planting program (the
oldest in America) has paid off as New Haven's streets are lined with
beautiful shade trees. Out of all of New England, New Haven has the
sunniest days and warmest January temperatures. It also has milder summers
and less rain than Boston.
Connecticut and New Haven are in an economic revival. In a survey cited in
Business Week four months ago, the New
Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury-Waterbury metropolitan area was selected
as the third "most desirable" area in the country to earn and save money,
he says. (The winning areas were chosen for the combination of high
household income, high job quality and low unemployment, among other
factors.)
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