[BPt111]

Do you think Yale has impact on New Haven ? Does downtown new haven remind you of little brooklyn ?


NEW HAVEN-Yale University has been a part of life in New Haven for so long — with roots that can be traced back to before the Revolutionary War — that it’s hard to imagine one without the other.
The same holds true for the economy of the city and the region.

“Yale is what makes New Haven what it is,” said Donald Klepper-Smith, chief economist and director of research for New Haven-based DataCore Partners. “It puts New Haven on the map. If you take Yale away from the city, what you’re left with is another city like New Britain, Hartford and Bridgeport.”

The university is the New Haven area’s largest employer, with nearly 13,800 workers, most of whom work in the city itself.

Yale’s economic impact on Greater New Haven: more than $2B annually


New Haven without yale is Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury

[HumpDay]

Of course Yale has made an impact on New Haven. It brings young people into the city. A good majority of young people like nightlife and that's what New Haven has that most cities in the state don't. For the other half of your comment, New Haven doesn't even come close to Brooklyn or the little Brooklyn you might say. Stamford probably comes closest to Brooklyn. New Haven reminds me of Providence but I'm not sure why.

[AnonChick]

I think some cities remind me of New Haven, but never the other way around. If anything, I'd say New Haven reminds me a little of Boston proper. A central green with the main government and market areas surrounding it (Boston Common and the State House and Park Street), the wealthy area nearest to the government buildings (Charles Street and the Beacon Hill vs. East Rock and the mansions on Whitney just past Audubon), commerce adjacent (Chapel vs. Park, all the streets behind Chapel vs. ChinaTown and the mall and Commonwealth Ave), residential/student housing (Beacon to Comm Ave and points all the way to Fenway, vs. Yale all the way to Westville).

[BobNJ1960]

W/O Yale, New Haven's economy is in the toilet. Yale dominates New Haven.

[NJBoy3]

Attended Yale for a year 30 years back. Yale was New Haven then, probably still is.

[Stylo]

Yale, and to a lesser extend the other schools in the area, are what makes the city great.

The key to the city's future is to rally from the momemtum that Yale provides and create more jobs and industries, attracting young people.

I think New Haven has some character that is similar to Brooklyn, the gritty mixed with beautiful historic architecture, music clubs, growing hipster scene, foodies, etc. But I think its future is to be like Austin, Cambridge, Etc. A college town that grows out of its college in a way (but still benefits greatly from it).

[hucareshokiesrul]

What will really help New Haven is if more of Yale's employees choose to live here. Something like 90% of Yale's undergrads live and eat on campus (you have to buy a 21 meal/week plan if you live on campus), so they don't contribute as much to the local economy as at schools where students live off campus. Plus there are only about 5,000 of them, compared to 38,000 at UT-Austin. There are 5,000 or so grad students which has a greater impact since they are more like "real people" living in New Haven. Still, they tend to not have a lot of spending money, and a lot of them still live in Yale dorms and eat in Yale dining halls (the law school and the Hall of Graduate Studies have their own dining halls).

Meanwhile, Yale has almost 14,000 employees, compared to about 12,000 students, but fewer than 1/3 of them live in New Haven.

57% of jobs in New Haven pay a "living wage" (according to DataHaven) of more than $40,000 a year. Only 1/5 of the people who hold those jobs actually live in New Haven.

Yale provides a ton of great quality of life services, and hopefully with all these new developments being built, more of the people making good money at Yale and in NHV will choose to live here. I think we're in the middle of a virtuous cycle pulling people from the burbs back into New Haven.

[AnonChick]

Originally Posted by hucareshokiesrul

What will really help New Haven is if more of Yale's employees choose to live here. Something like 90% of Yale's undergrads live and eat on campus (you have to buy a 21 meal/week plan if you live on campus), so they don't contribute as much to the local economy as at schools where students live off campus. Plus there are only about 5,000 of them, compared to 38,000 at UT-Austin. There are 5,000 or so grad students which has a greater impact since they are more like "real people" living in New Haven. Still, they tend to not have a lot of spending money, and a lot of them still live in Yale dorms and eat in Yale dining halls (the law school and the Hall of Graduate Studies have their own dining halls).

Meanwhile, Yale has almost 14,000 employees, compared to about 12,000 students, but fewer than 1/3 of them live in New Haven.

57% of jobs in New Haven pay a "living wage" (according to DataHaven) of more than $40,000 a year. Only 1/5 of the people who hold those jobs actually live in New Haven.

Yale provides a ton of great quality of life services, and hopefully with all these new developments being built, more of the people making good money at Yale and in NHV will choose to live here. I think we're in the middle of a virtuous cycle pulling people from the burbs back into New Haven.

Compare though with over 130,000 people living in New Haven, and that 5000 undergrad student population isn't all that significant. In addition, many of those undergrad students who get the meal plan, don't actually eat 3 meals a day in the dining halls, 7 days a week. We had a meal plan in college, but I often just grabbed a sandwich from the food truck outside the Student Union building because I didn't want to have to walk 15 blocks to the dining hall for lunch.

[CT_Native]

New Haven doesn't remind me of Brooklyn, but there are similarities to areas like Williamsburg.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by hucareshokiesrul

What will really help New Haven is if more of Yale's employees choose to live here. Something like 90% of Yale's undergrads live and eat on campus (you have to buy a 21 meal/week plan if you live on campus), so they don't contribute as much to the local economy as at schools where students live off campus. Plus there are only about 5,000 of them, compared to 38,000 at UT-Austin. There are 5,000 or so grad students which has a greater impact since they are more like "real people" living in New Haven. Still, they tend to not have a lot of spending money, and a lot of them still live in Yale dorms and eat in Yale dining halls (the law school and the Hall of Graduate Studies have their own dining halls).

What I observe is very contrary to that. I see students all the time in lunch places, out to dinner, bars, etc. Many look too young to be grad students. When the Spring semester ends, many near-campus lunch spots and coffee shops become considerably less busy in the summer.