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IndicationOver t1_j582cxd wrote

This is your first time noticing this before? Here is link since I don't feel like writing an essay on the topic.

https://www.quora.com/Why-are-elite-universities-in-the-US-surrounded-by-poor-communities

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thug_nificent OP t1_j582nrl wrote

I am curious, though, how locals feel about the presence of the university. Net positive?

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zubv t1_j583ran wrote

I mean isn't the only nice area around Yale anyway? A lot of blight and poverty in other spots. It's sad. I go a couple times a year and there isn't anything there that would make me want to live there.

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lolaya t1_j58vy61 wrote

Not really true. East rock and wooster is pretty nice and growing a lot

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