<p>byerly you are borderline offensive, and I take offense to your claims of democratic corruption. Republicans do not have a monopoly on values. Remember Enron anybody? Ken Lay was Bush’s biggest campaign donor. Republicans are rife with corporate corruption.</p>
<p>Look at the facts. Lobbying firms have increased from around 2000 in 1992 to above 11000 in 2004. People know that money buys access and so, they bribe politicians. Delay himself is under threat of indictment for shady dealings.</p>
<p>But, back to the OP</p>
<p>I attended the Explo program at Yale where I lived in the undergraduate dorms for 3 weeks. Not once did I feel unsafe during the daytime. However, at night some of the neighborhoods a few blocks from campus were places I would NOT want to go. One time I got lost and veered into those neighborhoods by accident and say people pushing drugs on street corners.</p>
<p>Last year, when visiting I noticed that the crime problem had been reduced very much and the place felt much safer. </p>
<p>Yale used to be a scay place to be, but, with the biotech boom, the neighborhood is getting better.</p>