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We stayed with some friends for the passover holiday last week - in addition to seders, and attending services at the lovely Temple Israel of Great Neck, we also took a nice long walk around town, to the grist mill, the Merch Marine Academy (great views of the Sound) and to the main drag (I WISH our suburbs in NoVa had such walkable downtowns - not to mention so many kosher restaurants )
They do. Try Arlington or Alexandria. Fairfax, meh. Loudoun forget. Talk about poorly planned, so if you're there, yeah, you're in vapid vanilla land.
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Before heading to family in Brooklyn, we did a little cold weather beach trip. We walked from Robert Moses State park all the way to Saltaire and back - FI was beautiful as always. We also drove through some of the south shore towns to get picnic lunch fixings - babylon, West islip, etc - they looked quite attractive.
Babylon and West Islip are nice. There are nice places on LI, sure, particularly the beaches and the parks. What I particularly like about Long Island isn't the beach, though. It's the trees and tree-lined streets. Well, for three seasons of the year, at least. Winters here kind of suck if there isn't fresh snow on the ground to pretty things up. Way too gray and dismal.
Still, don't overlook what you have, because the Commonwealth is downright beautiful once you get away from the bland subdevelopments where the streets are named after all the trees they cut down. (Asheville, Reston, Sterling, I'm looking at you, ya bastions of tree butchery.)
They do. Try Arlington or Alexandria. Fairfax, meh. Loudoun forget. Talk about poorly planned, so if you're there, yeah, you're in vapid vanilla land.
I know arlington and Alex quite well, I lived in NW Alex for 10 years. Actually, Alex City has plenty of poorly planned areas as well - Landmark, and even some of the parts near Bradlee. Its not all Old Town, by any means. Even Arlington, though it has both some older walkable areas, and some good new planning (Like around the orange line metro stops, and Shirlington) isn't quite the sequence of little walkable towns you find in parts (at least) of LI.
As for the difficult economics of LI, I can't really comment on that. I am only speaking as a sometime visitor.
BTW, I am not actually an expat LIer (if LI is used in the narrow sense of Nassau and Suffolk). I grew up in Brooklyn, and never lived in Nassau or Suffolk.
We stayed with some friends for the passover holiday last week - in addition to seders, and attending services at the lovely Temple Israel of Great Neck, we also took a nice long walk around town, to the grist mill, the Merch Marine Academy (great views of the Sound) and to the main drag (I WISH our suburbs in NoVa had such walkable downtowns - not to mention so many kosher restaurants )
Before heading to family in Brooklyn, we did a little cold weather beach trip. We walked from Robert Moses State park all the way to Saltaire and back - FI was beautiful as always. We also drove through some of the south shore towns to get picnic lunch fixings - babylon, West islip, etc - they looked quite attractive.
So great reading your upbeat report! I'm glad you had a wonderful visit. I think I, too, would miss some of the things you mentioned if I moved away. Fire Island, the scenic small towns and historic areas, and the beaches everywhere -- each with its own atmosphere and feel.
LI is like south Florida-lovely vacation spot, horrible place to live. Yes we have good beached, new england atmospheres on the north shore, but the summers are humid, and of course we have an average housing price not too far below SAnFran. I hate it here, but if I was from outside I could see myself loving to visit here.
As I say to my employees who complain about work... the door is always open.
...many many many like this. Maybe folks should have made a different decison on what they wanted to do in life?
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Sorry to hear that. I am not a public unionized employee, my wife stays at home with my kids and I am not independently wealthy (and my parents aren't either). I live in a middle class area and have plenty of time to enjoy the beach and spend time with my family. There are others like me out there.
im Sure even Long island Looks good Compard to their
LOL!
No, I like Brooklyn even better! And of course I have lived in lots of different places since then.
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...many many many like this. Maybe folks should have made a different decison on what they wanted to do in life?
