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NEW HAVEN , founded in 1638 by
a group of wealthy Puritans from London on a large natural harbor
at the mouth of the Quinnipiac River, developed a solid economy
based on shipping and, later, industry. In 1716 it became the
seat of Yale University , the third oldest college
in the States, but it was hardware, firearms, gas and other types
of manufacturing in the nineteenth century that really brought
the city into its own. New Haven churned out Winchester rifles,
musical instruments, tools, carriages and corsets, and
Eli Whitney , inventor of the revolutionary cotton gin,
discovered in his workshop here a method of mass production that
eliminated expensive skilled labor. Today, however, little manufacturing
remains in New Haven, and the city has struggled for decades to
revitalize and redevelop.
It's an uneasy place, half tension-ridden urban
wasteland and half Ivy League idyll. Town-versus-gown conflicts
are so marked as to give the city a crackling energy, and New
Haven is certainly less WASPish and smug than many other Ivy League
towns. Drug pushing, gang wars and homelessness notwithstanding,
blacks and whites - and Italians, Irish and Asians - co-exist,
uneasily. The city's ethnic diversity, and the undeniable vitality
provided by the much-maligned Yalies, make it a stimulating place
to spend some time
