(Newbe Question)

I'm playing around with Lists

I can do:
Code:
Dim myList(1) As List(Of String)
I can't do:
Code:
Dim myList(1) As New List(Of String)
the IDE returns "Arrays cannot be declared with 'New'"
I circumvent the 'problem' by putting
Code:
myList(0) = New List(Of String)
myList(1) = New List(Of String)
in the Form Load event.

The question is, is there another way to instantiate the List array?