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Goodbye_megaton t1_jdf94vc wrote

Reply to comment by catsmash in I Don’t F*ck With Yalies Because They Leave by jlevnhv

Yale has been cultivating this since they walled off the university from the city in the early 20th century. I remember hearing a rumor that freshman undergrads are told where not to go and while it’s obviously anecdotal it would not surprise me.

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catsmash t1_jdfbiqm wrote

oh, they are. it's prevalent to the extent that a casual survey of undergrads some years ago (pre-pandemic) revealed that some absolutely insane percentage of them (like seventy, eighty) didn't realize new haven was on the water.

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