I lived in New Haven for many years. It is a third world hellhole where you will get killed if you don’t watch out. Funny how the people of Yale have not been able to improve the lives of the people of New Haven, even when using Progressive tools and techniques.
Here in NJ any area hoping to attract “people that matter” (read: taxpayers) is expected to purge the welfare class first. Years ago Asbury Park NJ was supposed to be the epicenter of a revival in which wealthy homos would sink piles of cash into the place, but it faltered when the freaks in question realized that the year-round welfare population would be just blocks from their shorefront mecca.
Newark NJ won’t expel its welfare class, and it is reflected in its continuing loss of worthwhile jobs; Jersey City, on the other hand, is quite willing to deport its gibsmedats to remote areas where they won’t interfere with the “people that matter”. Jersey City now has the “Gold Coast”, flush with cash from NYC refugees, while Newark continues to wither on the vine despite massive injections of gubmint aid/projects.