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The difference between Westchester and Nassau may be suprising to New Yorkers. I colored the Long Island ones blue (almost all Nassau County except for Old Field and Lloyd Harbor) and Westchester County orange.
However, #72 "East Meadows" cannot be right??? East Meadow(s) is just a regular middle class suburb in central Nassau.
Interesting, My issue with LI is that it is about the hardest place in America to actually get to. I can get from Center City Philly to BK in like an hour and a half and it takes the same amount time to get through BK and Queens
Interesting, My issue with LI is that it is about the hardest place in America to actually get to. I can get from Center City Philly to BK in like an hour and a half and it takes the same amount time to get through BK and Queens
LI also has a lot of towns, however wealthy, that seem to be made up exclusively of tract housing and strip malls (kinda like South Jersey, you know?). Most of those LI suburbs get my full respect though.
LI also has a lot of towns, however wealthy, that seem to be made up exclusively of tract housing and strip malls (kinda like South Jersey, you know?). Most of those LI suburbs get my full respect though.
Really? I would say that LI has basically less tract housing/strip malls than any suburban region in the U.S. Maybe only Westchester County has less sprawly stuff.
LI is built around the LIRR, which is, by far, the busiest suburban rail network in the U.S. The towns sprung up along the LIRR, and there are dozens and dozens of downtown areas.
And the wealthiest parts of Long Island have basically no tract homes or strip malls. The North Shore and the Hamptons (the two weathiest areas) don't really have either. They just have huge homes on heavily wooded lots.
Really? I would say that LI has basically less tract housing/strip malls than any suburban region in the U.S. Maybe only Westchester County has less sprawly stuff.
LI is built around the LIRR, which is, by far, the busiest suburban rail network in the U.S. The towns sprung up along the LIRR, and there are dozens and dozens of downtown areas.
And the wealthiest parts of Long Island have basically no tract homes or strip malls. The North Shore and the Hamptons (the two weathiest areas) don't really have either. They just have huge homes on heavily wooded lots.
The nicest parts of Long Island definitely fit your description (mostly the more rural and/or historical towns). But from what I've seen, a lot of the newer towns--namely the ones that owe their start to the post-WWII explosion in suburban settlement--seem to be riddled with it. Granted, I'm mostly referring to Western Long Island. A lot of these more recent, upper-middle-class enclaves, remind me of Cherry Hill, NJ area if you've ever been.
However, #72 "East Meadows" cannot be right??? East Meadow(s) is just a regular middle class suburb in central Nassau.
It depends on what they used as its boundaries. East Meadow isn't a municipality, town, or village but is unincorporated census designated place which don't have defined boundaries. They likely didn't use the whole area but some of the more expensive areas in the CDP of East Meadows
Median household income in Westlake is $251,814. Median house price is $1.055million. Surely that should rank somewhere on that list?
Westlake doesn't meet the population threshold for the first list of median household income. Many metros have clusters of small towns/villages with extreme wealth but not all meet the population requirements. Southlake however is on the first list and meets the minimum required population
New York's plenty wealthy, but it wouldn't be quite as dominant if the list were adjusted for cost-of-living.
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