Comments on: What We Found at the Centers (Part III) http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii A journey to the heart of these united states Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:45:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Ross Chaffin http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii#comment-1414 Ross Chaffin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:15:27 +0000 http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii#comment-1414 You know, I REALLY just stumbled into this when I was reading an article. And then I was like "this sounds like something I'd want to do!" Then I was like "I know these people!!!" Very, very cool. Hope you're still safe and having a blast. My favorite story so far is Indiana... You know, I REALLY just stumbled into this when I was reading an article. And then I was like “this sounds like something I’d want to do!” Then I was like “I know these people!!!”

Very, very cool. Hope you’re still safe and having a blast. My favorite story so far is Indiana…

]]> By: CT Resident http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii#comment-1442 CT Resident Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:56:09 +0000 http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii#comment-1442 Downtown New Haven may not be a leafy suburb filled exclusively with white people, but it is the place of choice for 18-35 year olds in Connecticut. New Haven has more 25-34 year olds than any other town in CT by a huge margin, and it also is the most bikeable major city in the Northeast, in terms of the % of the population that commutes to work via bicycle. There are now hundreds of upscale New York Times-five-star-rated restaurants, bars, clubs, jazz halls, etc., lining the streets, with $3500/month luxury apartments above. Guess you missed them while you were there... probably because graduate students tend to be from the leafy Princeton-like suburbs and have a skewed sense of reality. By the way, homeless people tend to gather in the most vibrant and safest parts of any metropolitan area -- Midtown Manhattan, Harvard Square, downtown Austin, San Francisco, etc. are all examples of this. New Haven is the equivalent. Homeless people don't want to have to wander the suburbs or outskirts of town where they would just get beat up. Downtown New Haven may not be a leafy suburb filled exclusively with white people, but it is the place of choice for 18-35 year olds in Connecticut. New Haven has more 25-34 year olds than any other town in CT by a huge margin, and it also is the most bikeable major city in the Northeast, in terms of the % of the population that commutes to work via bicycle.

There are now hundreds of upscale New York Times-five-star-rated restaurants, bars, clubs, jazz halls, etc., lining the streets, with $3500/month luxury apartments above. Guess you missed them while you were there… probably because graduate students tend to be from the leafy Princeton-like suburbs and have a skewed sense of reality.

By the way, homeless people tend to gather in the most vibrant and safest parts of any metropolitan area — Midtown Manhattan, Harvard Square, downtown Austin, San Francisco, etc. are all examples of this. New Haven is the equivalent. Homeless people don’t want to have to wander the suburbs or outskirts of town where they would just get beat up.

]]> By: Jonathan http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii#comment-3030 Jonathan Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:23:03 +0000 http://fiftybybike.com/center-stories/what-we-found-at-the-centers-part-iii#comment-3030 Just read your report on the Illinois center and wanted to note that the town is Chestnut, IL and not Chester. Chestnut, geographic center; Chester, home of the creator of Popeye. Just read your report on the Illinois center and wanted to note that the town is Chestnut, IL and not Chester. Chestnut, geographic center; Chester, home of the creator of Popeye.

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