I was in New Haven on business about 15 years ago. Just as the sun was rising I went down to the lobby of the hotel to go out for a casual run. As I was walking past the front desk the clerk quite candidly told me I did not want to do that. The hotel was a couple blocks from Yale.
I taught a couple of semesters for a Hartford based college, a few blocks from Yale....the whole experience was very unnerving.....getting to and from the campus. Even though it paid well, I quit ...couldn’t take the stress of the drive through some pretty awful ‘hoods.
What boggles is that Yale tuition is now $63,250/yr.......who would spend that much, if you can’t leave campus and be safe?
Poor New Haven ain’t what it used to be. Sad.