North Haven
North Haven is the suburb New Haven commuters move to when the city's charm starts feeling like a tax. Route 5 strip malls, Quinnipiac River views nobody photographs, and the kind of restaurants where the parking lot is the amenity. Dates here are practical: a steakhouse on Washington Avenue, a chain Italian, drinks at someone's finished basement after the kids are asleep. Singles tend to be divorced, professional, and unbothered by the absence of nightlife. The upside is space and quiet, and the property taxes that buy it. The downside is that romance, like everything else, requires getting back in the car.
North Haven by the numbers
North Haven runs male-heavy, about 63% men to 37% women.
Median individual income in North Haven is about $61,600.
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 North Haven pays about $1,720 a month.
About 3,300 North Haven residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Athena Diner II
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Ludal's Italian Restaurant
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State Street Cafe
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Hard Hat Cafe
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La Lupa Ristorante
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Crazy Toast House Restaurant
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The Bar
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Moon Rise Cafe
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crossroads.
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TCB Sports Bar
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The Rambling Inn
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Poppop's Coffee Shop