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Where your head lies: Vote in New Haven

Published Monday, September 10, 2001

After three years, my mother still blanches every time I call New Haven home. And indeed, like many college students, I think of myself as having two homes, one here and one in Washington, D.C., where I grew up.

But when it comes to the government, New Haven is without doubt my home. Here is where I work, so I pay my taxes here. Here is where I live most of the year, so last year the census counted me here. And here is where I walk the streets, play in the parks, frequent the restaurants, am protected by the police and enjoy the other fruits of municipal and state...

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