<p>Granted I haven’t been to many theaters in the Northeast, but Criterion is a joke compared to most theaters I have been to. I mean its great that there is a decent movie theater in downtown New Haven, but it isn’t that nice. Also, the suburban movie theaters around New Haven have apparently conspired to prevent first-run mainstream movies from playing in downtown New Haven (I have no idea if this is true or not, but read this <a href=“http://www.azothgallery.com/yorksquare.html[/url]”>http://www.azothgallery.com/yorksquare.html</a> for more info). Even with its new theaters, Criterion will still probably target its niche of arthouse movie goers. </p>
<p>The point is, New Haven is not a real city. I mean it has most things that one would need, but it does not come close to comparing with Boston and New York is far enough away to make it mostly accessible only for infrequent day trips. If being in or near a real city is most important to you, then New Haven is going to be a dealbreaker for you compared to Cambridge. For most people, the added pluses of Boston won’t really be missed too much, but if you absolutely NEED to have easily accessible malls/movie theaters/concerts (Toad’s sometimes gets good stuff, but most acts skip New Haven) then you really shouldn’t have applied to Yale in the first place because New Haven will come up short.</p>