Bad areas of Long Island. Why did it happen?

[kayfouroh]

Originally Posted by I_Love_LI_but

Considering where you live, why do you constantly want to drag this on and on?

As for being defensive, first of all, I am not here trying to "sell" the place. I AM NOT TRYING TO GET ALL AND SUNDRY TO MOVE TO VALLEY STREAM AND JOIN ME. I am perfectly aware that it is not for everyone.

But I do dislike when people on C-D generalize 100% negatively about it. That is why I attempt to show the reality of it. (For example, the pictures of the parks and the homes that I posted in this thread.) We are not "just like Queens" in the negative sense.

Many people who go on C-D looking for information or who are just here to talk have never even been to Valley Stream. I'd like them to see the reality of it rather than some "negative cardboard cutout reality" espoused by a few disgruntled C-D posters. If you're keeping on with this because you're disgruntled against me personally (and I am well aware some people on C-D are), that's not fair and you are doing a disservice to C-D itself as a credible source of information. Just put me on "ignore" and don't read my posts.

So, it's okay to bash on Cedarhurst because of one incident, but it's not okay to bash on Valley Stream because you live there and it's perfect in every way? Fact of the matter is, GA is in (South) Valley Stream and it is very much a factor in the area. Even if it wasn't actually considered part of VS it is within the vicinity and is something to be considered. There are two sides to everything and giving people only the picture perfect world is not the proper way to do things.

[1nevets]

Originally Posted by kayfouroh

So, it's okay to bash on Cedarhurst because of one incident, but it's not okay to bash on Valley Stream because you live there and it's perfect in every way? Fact of the matter is, GA is in (South) Valley Stream and it is very much a factor in the area. Even if it wasn't actually considered part of VS it is within the vicinity and is something to be considered. There are two sides to everything and giving people only the picture perfect world is not the proper way to do things.

Get it straight. GA Mall is a regional mall that happens to be in Valley Stream. It draws people from all over Southwestern Nassau and Southern Queens and as far as Brooklyn. To equate the average patron of this mall as the average person living in Valley Stream is stupid and small minded. Go to the neighborhoods, go to the parks, go to the local mom and pop shops to see the actual residents and lifestyle of Valley Stream. Look at Tanger Mall in Riverhead, that place in no way represents Calverton or Riverhead.

[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by kayfouroh

So, it's okay to bash on Cedarhurst because of one incident, but it's not okay to bash on Valley Stream because you live there and it's perfect in every way? Fact of the matter is, GA is in (South) Valley Stream and it is very much a factor in the area. Even if it wasn't actually considered part of VS it is within the vicinity and is something to be considered. There are two sides to everything and giving people only the picture perfect world is not the proper way to do things.

how so?

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by kayfouroh

So, it's okay to bash on Cedarhurst because of one incident, but it's not okay to bash on Valley Stream because you live there and it's perfect in every way? Fact of the matter is, GA is in (South) Valley Stream and it is very much a factor in the area. Even if it wasn't actually considered part of VS it is within the vicinity and is something to be considered. There are two sides to everything and giving people only the picture perfect world is not the proper way to do things.

I did not bash on Cedarhurst.

All I am saying is it is quite hypocritical for someone who lives in the conditions you do (which just happen to be located in Cedarhurst, not because it's in Cedarhurst -- there's a big difference) to try and paint Valley Stream as some ghetto at every turn!

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

how so?

Read this thread for HIS living conditions:

Not sure what to do... (long read)

PLUS IN POST #2 HE SHOWS ACTUAL PICTURES OF WHAT HIS YARD LOOKS LIKE.

Garbage all over.

A couch in the yard next to a junk car with broken bicycles in front of it.

He lives in straight up ghetto conditions and he has the nerve to constantly bash Valley Stream.

The unmitigated gall is unbelievable.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by 1nevets

Oh, that's Lawrence? I thought that was Inwood.

A map of the Village of Lawrence in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Lawrence-ny-map.gif (broken link)

The Village of Lawrence has a different border than does the "Lawrence, NY 11559" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "Lawrence, NY 11559" address and not be in the Village of Lawrence and a place can be in the Village of Lawrence and have other than have other than a "Lawrence, NY 11559" mailing address): places that have a "Lawrence, NY 11559" mailing address that are not in the Village of Lawrence are in the Village of Cedarhurst and the Hamlet of Inwood; and, at the same time, there are places in the Village of Lawrence that have a "Cedarhurst, NY 11516" mailing address.


A map of the Hamlet of Inwood in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County:


The Hamlet of Inwood has a different border than does the "Inwood, NY 11096" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place in the Hamlet of Inwood can have other than an "Inwood, NY 11096" mailing address): places in the Hamlet of Inwood with other than an "Inwood, NY 11096" mailing address have a "Lawrence, NY 11559" mailing address.

[hotkarl]

Just remember kids...all of LI is bad.
It's just some places are a little less bad than others.
No need for bickering and fighting.
It's all bad.
Be happy if you live in a less bad neighborhood.