Hamden
Hamden is the large northern suburb anchored by Quinnipiac, and the dating experience splits cleanly along that line. The Whitney Avenue and Dixwell corridors give you legitimately good food, Eli's, Lulu European Coffeehouse, the under-loved Sleeping Giant trails for the daylight walk, and a credible suburban dinner-and-drinks pass. The honest tradeoff: the undergraduate gravity around Quinnipiac flattens the demographic in pockets, walkability is a polite fiction outside a few blocks, and a real night out still pulls you back to downtown New Haven. Best for the low-key weeknight, the post-hike lunch, the adults-only Sunday.
Hamden by the numbers
Hamden runs female-leaning, about 45% men to 55% women.
Median individual income in Hamden is about $45,900.
Connecticut registers voters by party, and the city of New Haven is about 61% Democratic to 6% Republican, with a 32% Unaffiliated bloc - a heavily Democratic Yale city.
The median renter in Hamden pays about $1,670 a month.
About 6,500 Hamden residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Eli's On Whitney
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Wood-n-Tap - Hamden
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MiKro Depot
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Ugly Dumpling
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The Playwright Irish Pub Restaurant & Banquet Facility
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Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream
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Common Grounds Hamden
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Side Street Bar & Grill
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Funcle's Café
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Akatsuki
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The Cellar on Treadwell
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Latte Soul Coffee Shop
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Weed's Cafe
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Johnson's Duckpin Lanes
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High Lane Club
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