Hanging out at Chick's, and meeting my wife there. The first time I told my wife I loved her on those same piers. Attending that beautiful church on the Green and getting married there. Diners such as Nick's Center Spa, the Elm, Jerry's Luncheonette, all long-time standards in the community, still filling bellies in the community. People make a city.
West Haven has some good and great people.
A sad thought is that corruption and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars are driving these good people out of town, leaving this city with a lot of people bleeding off, instead of giving to, our city. Nevertheless, our future could be very bright with the right people at the helm. I can envision a trolley or a monorail running along the shore to a shopping district in the center of West Haven. Theaters and entertainment, an old mainstay of the city, could bring her back anew. West Haven was also an industrial town.