Why is our proximity to NYC seemingly exaggerated to seem further away than it really is? (Riverhead: neighborhood, catholic schools)

[ydsavaged]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

But Im just a simple country lawyer from Shirley North.

Thats for sure. Hey I live in a "nice" part of Shirley and I have family up in RP/SB and it is not much different then here.

I'm just honest with myself.

Savaged

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

I take it you havent been to Whitesone, Malba, Bayside Hills, or Jamaica Estates either?

I was unaware that Whitesone, Malba, Bayside Hills, or Jamaica Estates have multi-acre properties.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

I was unaware that Whitesone, Malba, Bayside Hills, or Jamaica Estates have multi-acre properties.

I was unaware that Nassau county did lol.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by ydsavaged

Thats for sure. Hey I live in a "nice" part of Shirley and I have family up in RP/SB and it is not much different then here.

I'm just honest with myself.

Savaged

Nope its virually the same. Except of course for the Schools and just about everything else.

Hey, its on sale, you should sell and move up North while youre having this moment of honesty with yourself.

Crooks

PS Nice part?

PSS Longwood?

[ydsavaged]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Nope its virually the same. Except of course for the Schools and just about everything else.

Hey, its on sale, you should sell and move up North while youre having this moment of honesty with yourself.

Crooks

PS Nice part?

PSS Longwood?

I hate the North Shore, and if I move - its out of the Boonies completely. I'm from Western Nassau.

Also I thought I made it clear that I was kidding about the "nice part" part of my post. I even put the face.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by ydsavaged

I hate the North Shore, and if I move - its out of the Boonies completely. I'm from Western Nassau.

Also I thought I made it clear that I was kidding about the "nice part" part of my post. I even put the face.

Seriously are you in Longwood?

I thought they were calling that E Yaphank or Tangiers or something now and that areas not bad.

[ydsavaged]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Seriously are you in Longwood?

I thought they were calling that E Yaphank or Tangiers or something now.

1. No I am not in Longwood
2. The sign for E. Yaphank was there 20 years ago when I moved to this god forsaken area. It is nothing new.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by ydsavaged

1. No I am not in Longwood
2. The sign for E. Yaphank was there 20 years ago when I moved to this god forsaken area. It is nothing new.

The area down by Smiths Point is nice too but the schools are godawful.

We like the area by Lombardy quite a bit.

[ydsavaged]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

The area down by Smiths Point is nice too but the schools are godawful.

We like the area by Lombardy quite a bit.

Thats where I am/where I went to HS. It was fine. Never had a problem.

I could have sworn we have had this conversation before lol.

[2011littlehouse]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

The whole thing is predicated on 3 ignorant assumptions/lies.

1) Everyone either commutes to Manhattan or is longing to.

2) Being closer to the City is always a benefit (and never a liability).

3) That there is absolutely no other way to earn a living.

Could not agree more - wrong assumptions can lead to wrong conclusions.

Commute sucks even when is most high-tech, not excessively long etc - it shortens lives... But is part of (industrialized) life and often unavoidable. [I have done a commute by car and hated it].

If it's possible to live in a nice safe place and walk/bike to work AND to the beach - that's priceless to me. That's what I like about being here - far enough and close enough to NYC (north shore Suffolk). Don't want to sound as I have it all, because I don't... but it really is quality of life I would not trade.

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Now, what would be the best solution if we wanted to turn LI into an optimal NYC's commuter appendage (I personally do not want to do that).

I think is possible to make a Riverhead - Penn Station commute in < 30min; commute from central Nassau - about 10min or so.

The solution would be an expensive new development - a kind of a high speed train (like the Shinkansen in Japan, which is a real pleasure to ride) with only 2 to 3 stops/hubs maximum: Riverhead and 2 more. The hardest will be to accommodate this at the Penn Station end w/o interference with regular trains.

The 2-3 hubs will need efficient local infrastructure to allow people to get there fast and to park, since the bulk of the commute now will be to get to the hub. The shape of the island works well for having a single central line.
Anything east of Riverhead should not be touched...