I second this. The best artist for Traditional and American Traditional in the state

Highly recommend their King and A&A pies. But definitely report back! I’d love to hear what you think!

Or head down to RCF in Fairfield. It’s right off one of the train stops.

I might get vilified for this but I’d recommend going out to a major city for any permanent body mods like tattoos. Plenty of amazing world-class shops in Boston, NYC, and Philly.

Rich Hadley at Keys on Kites. American Traditional. His work is incredible.

Foxden in Wallingford. LGBTQ+ friendly with incredible artists

It’s been a war zone for decades. Yale has done nothing to improve the area. And they never will.

Wow, I didn’t think of that. Golly.

I’ve been on that stretch many times. Sometimes late. I worked on the edge of a bad area of Fair Haven for years (and nothing happened).

Yeah, Dixwell/Newhallville is rough. What’s your point?

Also, nothing is going to happen driving that stretch at 1am. I’ve done it many times. 😂

Get on Dixwell tonight around 1 am and head towards Hamden and let me know how it goes.

This is true, it's one of the nicest neighborhoods in the state in most parts. I was thinking of some of the areas near the edge of the neighborhood, where there have been more violent crimes.

You’re conflating the argument here. I’m not defending or “embracing” Yale or arguing that they have insane amounts of money and could do more for the city.

I’m saying that the idea that Florida cities are safer, or Florida overall is safer is not correct, and neither is the idea that New Haven is unsafe outside the campus. Parts of downtown outside Yale, East Rock, Westville, Wooster Square, Prospect Hill, Morris Cove, East Shore, City Point are all safe areas outside of Yale.

They say that whenever they’re under pressure. They have a war chest that rivals a small country. They’re getting away with murder financially yet you embrace them? It’s a dump, you have no idea what you’re talking about. I grew up there.

Get a car alarm and steering wheel lock :). New Haven PD get 1-2 stolen car reports a day.

Uh huh.

https://www.nextburb.com/us/compare-states/connecticut-vs-florida/crime-rates/

Yale could certainly do more. But they did just increase their voluntary payment.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/17/city-and-university-officials-announce-six-year-commitment-increases-yales-voluntary-contribution/

You’re wrong. People love cops in Florida. In New Haven all the woke losers want them defunded. Wake up junior, it’s not a utopia, it’s a big tax break for a juggernaut. If Yale was truly progressive they start cleaning by up the outer areas of their main campus. They don’t do shit for the community.

While this thread is open, any recommendations in the area for very precise/exact typography tattoos?

I've been told Forest to Shore in Stratford is good. Same with Black Hatchet in Wallingford.

I personally go to Witchhouse in Hartford (https://www.instagram.com/witchhousetattoo/?hl=en) or Ratkiller (https://www.instagram.com/ratkiller3000/?hl=en) in Glastonbury but those are both shleps.

Yale police is a tiny presence and NHV police overwhelmingly are still responsible for that area.

Bullshit re: that being the only safe part of the city. Not even worth typing more of a response to.

The only safe spot in New Haven is the Yale main campus because they have their own police force. It was brought in years ago because foreign students didn’t want to attend the school because of crime. The rest of the city is a dump. Stay in Florida.

It’s a tiny city compared to what you’re used to.

Miami is 3x the land size.

Even in East Rock or Wooster Square, you’re still very close to the hospital. Even in a suburb like Milford or Branford, you’re always 15-25 minutes away (depending on traffic).

The plus is, for a small city it’s very lively. I travel all over the country for work and even some larger cities don’t have the amount of great restaurants, bars, entertainment, and culture New Haven has.

Will you have a car?

The south Florida region has a higher crime rate than the New Haven region. Florida in general has significantly higher crime than CT.

I have been around JC for decades. Most of the city is pretty nice but the West Side areas are still not amazing. The waterfront and downtown were looking up as early as the late 90’s. It was really bad in the early 90’s but has been steadily improving for 20+ years.

New Haven has had a shorter run of improvement. Crime peaked around 2010. Since then the city has been improving, lots of investment, new apartments, and as I said before, the crime index in 2009 from City Data based on FBI stats was 769, and 2019 it’s 431. That’s not just looking safer, that IS safer.

I've lived here forever, but haven't been doing New Haven pizza. I got into a pizza rut in the burbs. Last week I started a personal pizza reboot tour and will try a different one every week!

Grand Apizza was my neighborhood go-to a long time ago. The question by Putrid-Acadia-2490 and the answers are going to be helpful. TY

Most of Beaver Hills is absolutely fine. It’s a desirable neighborhood, mostly large architecturally beautiful SFH houses with decent sized lots, lots of long term residents. Mostly middle class, also working and upper class, nice mix of people, very diverse and community-minded. Between Goffee and Crescent is very nice. I would avoid areas right near SCSU (loud college students and increased crime) and living on Whalley itself, and would be cautious about the areas between Whalley and Goffee, especially Winthrop (between Goffee and Crescent is fine however).

we're talking about gentrification specifficaly as a seperate idea from a nicer look or a safer feeling, though thats part of gentrification. but to use your example JC is not the same. Downtown now is amazing and journal square and the heights have been gentrified. even bergen-lafayatte is looking good. Grand Ave has hip and trendy bars. it's night and day compared to what it was even 20 years ago. whole sections have been gentrified, New Haven didn't get that wave. yes neighborhoods got stabilized and lead chipping paint painted but not gentrified. there is clear divide between original stable neighborhoods and the rest of the city.