Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

as1126 t1_j5a6i3l wrote

Reply to Yale by thug_nificent

It's listed as the top 3 prestigious universities on the planet year after year. It's incredibly desirable and any city would be glad to have that level of prestige. It's always going to be a net positive for the city (and, indirectly, the state) to have that.

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pelliosophelus t1_j5a5q7b wrote

Reply to Yale by thug_nificent

15 years ago NH was absolutely 1000x worse than now. Yale made a conscious effort to buy up lots of the slums, rehab the homes, and then offer them at good rates to staff and profs to encourage a middle class. It has worked. New Haven now has not only a solid middle class of residents but nice restaurants and other services that have moved in to serve them. I think your understanding of the effect Yale has had and continues to have on New Haven is misplaced.

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WonderChopstix t1_j5a3hin wrote

Reply to Info about car registration by ItalianResearcher

I would look into a month long car rental with someone like enterprise ASAP if you need a vehicle. Not 100 % sure but I think you're going to have some hurdles here. You may have to take a driver's course ... you'll need documentation to prove residency which you may need a month to collect etc.

Not sure but you could ask Dealer if a lease option could be faster but I doubt it.

Either way call the DMV to make sure you're clear on rules to get your license and sign up for that course asap if you need it because it could take time to find one.

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WestRiverTraveler t1_j5a02b4 wrote

Reply to Yale by thug_nificent

There is always a tension between major urban universities and the communities. Harvard in Cambridge, BU and Northeastern in Boston (especially Northeastern in recent years.) Without a doubt, the schools are a net positive for the communities. I don't think Yale has ANY problem with staff retention. Well compensated professors can live in one of the several beautiful neighborhoods on NH and send their kids to Hopkins, etc or live in one the suburbs. Guilford, an absolutely classic NE town, is a 20 minute commute to Yale. Woodbridge is 15 minutes.

Yale invests a fair amount in the community. I am a NH public school teacher. They have an amazing partnership with the magnet performing arts high school as well as number of other programs.

I'll tell you this - I would not be living in CT if not for Yale. I relocated from Boston ~ 2 years ago. I would not have left Boston with being close to a city that had a lot to offer. Because of Yale, New Haven does. Without it, yeah, it's Bridgeport.

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Jets237 t1_j59z702 wrote

Reply to Yale by thug_nificent

Yale has been around since 1701…. Yale is New Haven and New Haven is Yale….

I have no clue what New Haven would look like without Yale…

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CTHistory42 OP t1_j59pkvf wrote

Reply to comment by uuuge in "Native Land Digital" is an indigenous-led, Canadian-based non-profit group seeking to raise awareness of where original Native American tribes owned property. They admit that this is a work in progress, not perfect, and seek corrections. Thought the CT map (with some NY) was quite interesting. by CTHistory42

If you go to their site, I think you'll find that it's already been done. There's a very cool interactive globe that you can use to see a lot of such maps.

https://native-land.ca/

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CTHistory42 OP t1_j59peth wrote

Reply to comment by bunny_Lord_ in "Native Land Digital" is an indigenous-led, Canadian-based non-profit group seeking to raise awareness of where original Native American tribes owned property. They admit that this is a work in progress, not perfect, and seek corrections. Thought the CT map (with some NY) was quite interesting. by CTHistory42

Considering its proximity to the Connecticut River and the existence of the rock outcroppings in the Behind the Rocks neighborhood of Hartford, I'd hazard a guess that the answer is yes

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my2hundrethsdollar t1_j59n5tg wrote

Reply to "Native Land Digital" is an indigenous-led, Canadian-based non-profit group seeking to raise awareness of where original Native American tribes owned property. They admit that this is a work in progress, not perfect, and seek corrections. Thought the CT map (with some NY) was quite interesting. by CTHistory42

Does this mean when someone says they grew up in a “podunk town” it could have racist origins? I have never heard of Podunk tribes before.

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QueenOfQuok t1_j58x485 wrote

Reply to Yale by thug_nificent

Yale is in Connecticut? I keep forgetting. I always think of it as this separate, far-off place, somewhere unspecified, impossible to find upon a map, unless the masters of the university send you a secret key to unlock a door hidden behind an oak tree...or something, I don't know.

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lolaya t1_j58vrnc wrote

Reply to Yale by thug_nificent

Underinvestment? Yale provides tens of millions each year in payments to new haven for the lack of tax revenue.

Actually, its exactly 22.5 million per year that yale is paying new haven for a total of 135m for 6 years

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