Whether you have been a resident of New Haven, visited the area, or have frequented the parking authority for various traffic violations; you know the level of class separation that New Haven obtains.
In roughly a twelve mile vicinity you have beautiful Victorian homes, lush public parks, a city like metropolis, a variety of ghettos and public housing, and in the center of this trifecta; Yale University.
Founded in 1701, Yale originally wanted to be separate from the New Haven area, with aspirations of creating its' own private community; where royalty could live on the other side of the gates, while meaningless peasants of SCSU and Albertus Magnus fight $20 parking tickets and steal food from the dining hall to fill our apartments.
I am clearly, not bitter.
Yale students, faculty, and even their janitorial staff possess a certain sense of entitlement; an elitist attitude presented to the rest of the community.
There is a bar between college street and the west end of the campus called Gipsci. It is a beautiful stone building in the center of downtown New Haven, with no windows and literally, a secret door. It is a private club and only for Yale students.
Over the summer they would have live music three nights a week, two dollar Pabst Blue Ribbon cans and three dollar Jameson shots. We all pretended to go to Yale for three months.
I guess the burning question still arises from time to time.. Why are they better than us? What makes these students and residents of "Yale, New Haven" stand out more than the rest?
Aside from the hundred thousand dollar education, being significantly smarter, and mostof the governmental and business leaders of America being direct alumni of this great school...I really can't think of anything else.
I surrender Yale, you win..proceed.
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