Robert Moses resented New York and idealized New Haven throughout his youth

Evidence

Many years later, Robert Moses would say, “I didn’t like New York at all. It was too big; the crowds, the noise and the confusion were terrible. I wanted to go back to New Haven, to go to Yale and to become Governor of Connecticut. I felt that way all during my years in New York….” — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 127