Shopping
September 8, 2009 by Administrator
Filed under Live, Work, Play, Shopping
Searching to buy goods or services? West Haven has lots to choose from. There’s the downtown shopping district that offers many small boutique type shops, hair salons, specialty items and more. Just a few miles up the road, you can shop to your hearts delight at the biggest area mall and retail shopping districts on US Route 1, spanning nearly three local towns.
You don’t have to drive very far to shop at high-end clothing stores, big chain electronic outlets, home improvement and building suppliers. The area boasts a wide variety of jewelry stores, furniture outlets, home decoration and lighting centers, carpeting and much, much more.
Shop till you drop, it’s all here. Easy access, ample parking and a variety of goods and services to pick from. Click here for just a sampling of the shops you might find in our area.
The City of West Haven has been lauded by "BusinessWeek" as one the "best places to raise your kids." Noting that West Haven is home to the University of New Haven and is about five miles from Yale University and offers easy access to Bradley Point Park beach and the Sandy Point bird sanctuary, the publication narrowed the list of towns using the following weighted criteria: affordability; school performance; number of schools; household expenditures; crime rates; air quality; job growth; family income; museums, parks, theaters, and other amenities; and diversity.
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