I don't know about you, but when I moved to New Haven, I gave away the majority of my furniture, because it wouldn't fit in my U-Haul Trailer. When I arrived at my new apartment, I didn't have a bed, a desk, or any living room furniture. Sure, I could have gone out and bought all new furniture, but I was now on a graduate student budget (which tends to preclude shopping sprees). However, there are some options to easily (and cheaply) furnish your new home, whether it's in stately Bellamy Manor or East Rock, which Alex and I heard referred to as "the ghetto" yesterday (for the record, if houses routinely sell for over $100,000, I don't think you can classify a neighborhood as a ghetto).
For those of you with a little ingenuity, there's an Ikea in New Haven (450 Sargent Drive). Some people cite this as a reason to consider New Haven a city. Still, I think the possums (which I, too, have seen; the world's biggest possum lives in a tree near my garage) and bears may call that into question. Regardless of whether you're now living in a city, we have a stalwart outpost of Swedish do-it-yourself home projects that will offer you cheap furniture and housewares.
People in New Haven are beginning to clean out their closets. Look for tag sales going on throughout the city when you arrive (depending on where you're from, you may know these as "garage sales" or "yard sales").
Freecycle and Craigslist are always options.
Finally, there's the BTFO Give Away Room, located in the basement of scenic Fisher Hall. Current and former students have donated their gently-used items, which you'll be able to pick up during BTFO. There's some great stuff down there, for the record. Also for the record, Alex and I will not help you carry stuff out. We carried stuff in; it's up to you to get it out on your own (or with help that is not us).
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