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Elm City attracts regional shoppers

Suburban youth enjoy downtown’s feel

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Over a dozen customers peruse the racks at Wishlist on a Saturday afternoon, sorting through piles of So Low sweats, Michael Stars tanks and True Religion skinny jeans. But while the store is just yards from three residential colleges — and sells high-end Yale T-shirts at $48 apiece — many of the patrons are suburban high school girls accompanied by credit card-wielding mothers.

Despite what many describe as New Haven’s dramatic revitalization in recent years, most Yalies are used to the stereotyping of their temporary home as a rundown, dangerous, drug-infested dump. But that...

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