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Living
in New Haven
Youshan Yang
Associate Research Scientist - Sigworth Lab
New Haven
is a small and quiet city to live in. You are within a 15-minute car
ride from New Haven public beach, Lighthouse Point Park or a nice hike
at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden.
If you have kids, there are wonderful educational opportunities within
the New Haven Public Schools. New Haven has spent a lot of time and
money in the past few years to make the public schools more beautiful
and the education better. If your kids are in high school, they will
have an opportunity to take advantage of after school programs, such
as studying at Educational Center for the Arts (ECA), a very intensive
magnet arts program for music, theater, dance, visual arts and writing,
3 hours a day and 4 days a week for all 4 years. They can also select
college courses at Yale University or Southern Connecticut State University
to take for credit. For those who are interested in foreign languages,
the students will be able to study Chinese, Japanese, Russia, Gaelic,
Arabic, German and more in an after school program designed to supplement
the regular school curriculum of French, Latin, Spanish and Italian.
During the summer months, there are always excellent free musical and
artistic programs happening on the historic New Haven Green. From June
with the two-week International Festival of Arts and Ideas to August
with Jazz Haven, there's something for everyone.
And don't forget the tons of restaurants around city. From Irish to
Ethiopian, from Turkish to Japanese, New Haven is quickly becoming a
food-lover's paradise.
New Haven also boasts ideal location for weekend getaways to New York
and Boston. Both cities are just two hours away by car or train. If
you're willing to invest more travel time, there is Cape Cod and Atlantic
City for your entertainment needs. If nature is what thrills you, then
consider driving around any part of New England during the fall season.
There is tranquility in the falling golden leaves that you won't find
in any other place.
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