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MazenGreen t1_jblcbnz wrote

Reply to comment by green_lemonade in My Day in New Haven by marbleheader88

Yes and that’s why I’m saying, it’s not great for tourists. OP isn’t wrong, it’s not very exciting. Crazy that people in this sun get offended when people dont like/hate on our state. It’s a great place to live, but can’t deny it’s one of the less exciting states…

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green_lemonade t1_jbleso1 wrote

If they drove an hour to see Yale and New Haven they could have easily walked another 100yds to wall and york st, walked down it to see the libraries, law building, beineke, a couple secret societies tombs, a lively quad, then continued on to the green and onto crown street. I have no sympathy.

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MazenGreen t1_jblftfd wrote

Seems like they randomly stopped by spontaneously. And that’s just it, New Haven isn’t great for that. You need to pre plan, can’t just roam around and find cool stuff like other cities. Everything you’re suggest is cool to see for a bit, but not engaging for a tourist.

You’re suggesting to look at a quad and buildings, doesn’t that sound kinda said compared to what other cities have?

I’ve been going to new haven for years, and went to college there, it’s a good city, but not great for tourists

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green_lemonade t1_jblgzlu wrote

They said they were in the Berkshires, thats at least an hour away.

Again, college town. Yale has museums that are better than most university's. Other than that most colleges are just nice famous buildings and old architecture. They're the ones who wanted to see Yale.

No one said it was a tourist hotspot, but if you want to stop by, walk around a pleasant campus, and experience a dense, walkable colonial era downtown you could do a lot worse than New Haven.

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MazenGreen t1_jblhi7h wrote

Yes, I understand they were far away, that’s why I’m saying they spontaneously camped in New Haven and it’s just not a great city to go to spontaneously. You can’t just wander around and find cool stuff everywhere

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green_lemonade t1_jblju8a wrote

I disagree, you can absolutely spontaneously stop by and have a nice time for an afternoon or evening. If you're expecting hours of urban wandering you're gonna be disappointed but you could've saved yourself the trouble by just looking at a map.

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MazenGreen t1_jblptc5 wrote

Obviously not, see the post we are commenting on. If you live in the area, sure. But not as easy as when you’re a tourist

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green_lemonade t1_jbn204a wrote

You keep on saying "its not so easy if youre a tourist", like a mantra as if tourists are all brainless shambling zombies. Then again OP was unable to find Yale despite being within clear line of sight to a couple tall Yale buildings and presumably around plenty of townies who could point them in the right direction, yet failed to find it, so who knows maybe youre right.

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MazenGreen t1_jbo2xw1 wrote

Maybe some people are shy and don’t feel comfortable asking strangers for help? What I am saying is New Haven isn’t just a city where you can just walk around Lake, New York city or Boston and find some cool stuff, you walk in the wrong area New Haven then you’re done for. Obviously, this is what they did. They walked around and found the worst part, they could’ve kept walking towards Yellen found something better, but I think the point is New Haven is ignite city for people who live here, but not that great for tourists.

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Slave_IV t1_jbpoohb wrote

They took way more initiative in creating their post than they did during their time here. They had a 90 minute drive to look up one of the many recently articles from the NYT about what there is to do here, let alone from a local publication. Instead they wanted to complain. Sorry that locals aren’t satisfied with that.

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