Hamden

Hamden is a town full of all different people. It is predominantly middle class. The majority of kids in Hamden attend one of the many elementary schools and then move onto the middle school and the high school. The schooling system is highly frowned upon by other towns in the surrounding area such as Cheshire and North Haven. Those of the upper class will most definitely attend one of the more prestigious private schools in the area such as Hamden Hall, or even better Foote School or Hopkins located nearby in the rich neighborhoods of New Haven. Most H-Town kids are unaware of these school and think of Sacred Heart and Notre Dame as being the height of schooling, whereas they are no competition to the non-religious private schools that are much more expensive. Many white kids strive to be "preppy" but are no where as preppy as the private school crowd. The private school kids and true H-Towners are rarely together except when the private school kids are forced to attend events with them such as CCD or sports teams. Despite everyone from other towns looking down on the schools, many H-Townies love their school. It is a school where everyone has a place. Kids from New Haven try to go there and often are looked down upon and are the source of fights and other brawl. Most kids from Hamden plan to move far away after high school, but always end up attending a public state university and then ending up right back in Hamden raising children who say the same thing.