<p>I find the dining scene in Providence quite impressive, and eat there every couple of weeks, on Federal Hill or elsewhere.</p>
<p>The racial composition of New Haven has changed, in recent years, not due to immigration so much as “white flight”, as the population has declined and the middle class has abandoned the core city, leaving it to the poor and drowntrodden.</p>
<p>“PosterX’s” touted “gentrification” - with the “thousands of luxury condos” and “hundreds of new restaurants” and “dozens of upscale martini bars” - is 9 tenths wishful thinking and dubious chamber of commerce hype.</p>