<p>That's the <em>one way</em> price.</p>
<p>hence the "to new york" comment.
oh, was that your attempt to be funny? gee, what a comedian you are.
(i LOVE nyc, and live in new haven, and the only time in the past year that i felt i needed to get to the city was to go see a show; otherwise all my needs are perfectly met in new haven).</p>
<p>That's fortunate. For many people, a roundtrip fare of $26++ every few days would begin to add up.</p>
<p>well then they shouldnt be in new haven (or boston, or ithaca, or ann arbor, or los angeles, etc ad nauseum) if they want to be in new york every other day.</p>
<p>Ha. Too true.</p>
<p>Right. If they want to be in NYC a lot, they should go to Columbia or NYU, not to Yale or Princeton or Cornell, etc.</p>
<p>First of all, there's some business to take care of. Someone a couple of days back, and I'm an honorable guy so I won't mention any names... but <em>someone</em> decided to slander pizza after I mentioned Pepe's and Sally's.</p>
<p>There are a few possibilities...
1. This person was being facetious
2. This person hasn't eaten at Pepe's or Sally's.
3. This person has no tongue.</p>
<p>I'm not much for exaggeration, so when I say those two pizzerias (and I shudder to call them pizzerias, a category infested with inauthentic greasy detritus) - when I say they're a godsend, I mean it. Earlier this year I procrastinated a major paper, did it half-heartedly the night before an unrelated exam, and saw poor results on the exam and paper; my academic anger was projected on my suitemates, then I made a social faux pas with my girlfriend and finally my laptop crashed. Small things, I know, but I was irrational and decided to flip out. Then my friend recommends pizza. We wait in line for two hours (the two families in front of us had come from NYC and New Hampshire - for PIZZA - on a Thursday night - in the WINTER - to stand outside and freeze... these places are popular). Finally we get inside, the pizza comes, I take a bite and all my vitriol and self-disgust evaporate and I feel warm and fuzzy and NOT because I was six-days unshaven although my shaggy appearance did end up being yet another faux pas at a black tie political event the following day.</p>
<p>Get my drift? This isn't ordinary food we're talking about, and I'll hold a $15 Pepe's pizza to Per Se or Nobu any day of the week.</p>
<p>Back on track... I see no reason why a car is necessary here. Fare to NYC isn't cheap (although if you order tickets in bulk and online it works out to a smidgeon over $20 round-trip, but this only applies to people who will be going in frequently) ... but most students go in once a semester, if that, and $26 for a big city experience isn't that lousy, and when you're all NYCed out you've got nice small city New Haven to come home to.</p>
<p>Seriously, New Haven is fun. Not overwhelming, not underwhelming, just fun. Obviously there are plenty of people this environment would not befit; come visit for yourselves and find out. For me, NH is an ideal college location, and I have spent quite a bit of time on other college campuses so I am not without reference. Still, it plain and simple depends on the person.</p>
<p>hey, thatsa me you talkin about butchieboy and I'm gonna givea you one nicea spaghetti anda meataballa{Tony,... from Lady and the Tramp}</p>
<p>That was a vivid tribute to the healing power of pizza baked at particular New Haven establishments. Alas, nothing, nothing, not a reunion of the resurrected beatles, not if were I one of the huddled masses yearning to be free, would ever persuade me to wait in line two hours in the cold. I sympathize with the calamities that led to this paralysis which perhaps in its way insulated you against the ordeal of a long line,..of course you were kvetching the entire time to your sympathetic friend most likely about the series of unfortunate events.</p>
<p>Still, I am now curious about this so called pizza and am glad you have dismissed the surplus of parlours -"those two pizzerias (and I shudder to call them pizzerias, a category infested with inauthentic greasy detritus"-and the easy solution everyone seems to discover whenever a group of the hungry gather and,..damn now I want pizza and it's 6:30 a.m.</p>
<p>Damn you, simigenu. So what was this social faux pas?</p>
<p>By the way, I was probably trying to lure with my diatribe the notorious PizzaX out of his public relation's trance. (However, note that Mario Batali locates within the home cook the critical reservoir of Italian cooking knowledge and artistry, of which the restaurant is a convenient extension) People do find neutral ground in food and movies. For a second there, I thought I saw a flash of his former warm and fuzzy self before the pod took hold. Alas, he was then swallowed whole again,..</p>
<p>Comical! Yay for humor, the essential ingredient. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, your statements re: PizzaX are beyond me. That PosterX? He was just defending good pizza, like me, from those quick to derogate. You're redeemed though. Are you a college student?</p>
<p>The only problem with New Haven is that it is gentrifying so fast, it will soon no longer be the best college town in the Northeast. Thousands of new luxury apartments and million-dollar condominiums are being built all over the place. But, enjoy it while it lasts, I suppose. The resurgence of that city is probably why Yale has been the most selective college in the United States for two of the past three years. But once everything gets taken over by $30 per entree restaurants and condos, it won't be as nice.</p>