10 worst town on the island?? (Brentwood, Wyandanch: closing, safe, backyard)

[TomMoser]

Originally Posted by LIGRL

Lakeview, a beautiful African American community located between Rockville Centre and West Hempstead. Feel free to drive through any time you please.

Actually, I drove through Lakeview a week ago. It was, in fact, very nice.

[Glad2BHere]

Originally Posted by Kathleenh54

Poor people don't have to be dirty slobs and I don't feel sorry for the ones who are. Those are the ones communities don't want and I don't blame them.

I say this all the time. I have some neighbors who don't have a lot of $ that I know of, I would not call them poor at all. But they are just slobs on top of that. They are young and healthy and they have fences that have peeling paint, they never rake or take care of their grass. And I say to that, it doesn't take having $ to take care of your property. And they are home plenty to do this, so time isn't the issue either. And THAT is what makes them undesirable.

[lordntaylor]

Yes, I agree. Wheatley Heights is a very nice area that is not majority white. However, it is constantly stuggling to distance itself from nearby Wyandanch.

[elemental]

Take a walk down 2nd ave in Bayshore and count the number of pit bulls, crackheads and deviants.

[LIMA]

Lmao a lot of scared little people live out here..... bad neighborhoods, scared to drive thru... lol watch out the boogie man is behind you!!!!

[krys9108]

Originally Posted by CaseyMack20

ahahahahahha WOW i thought the person 2 above was ridiculous putting mastic, mastic beach, AND shirley on the list. but JEHRICHO & SYOSETT??? those are like 2 of the richest areas in nassau, are you afraid of jewish people?? then you put MANHASSET, GREAT NECK, AND KINGS POINT, are you afraid of wealthy people??? And BALDWIN??? are you afreaid of diversity??

I was driving down a road in Kings Point and stopped at a red light and was prepared to make a right. A b*&^% in a Mini Cooper started honking behind me. There was none else around. Then I turned and went in the left lane and she passes me on the right staring.

[krys9108]

Originally Posted by TheImportersWife

I recall making a wrong turn one time and ended up in New Cassel. It had to be over 10 years ago and I don't normally get nervous in certain neighborhoods, but that time I did. That was the first time I heard of New Cassel. But I was through the area within the past couple of years and I don't recall it being as bad or threatening.

If you ever take the N22 through there you notice the bus actually makes every stop. Quite odd.

[krys9108]

Originally Posted by VillageOfWestbury

I'd have to agree with that statement. GC is nice, but extremely busy (stewart ave/clinton/franklin) and its proximity to hempstead leaves much to be desired. My point is that GC often seems to need hempstead to illustrate just how much "better" off they are than those folks literally across the street. I think "white-flight" early on destroyed the economic base/clout of hempstead. What was left was an area politically and economically abandoned and ignored.

But to be fair this night/day effect with respect to neighborhoods is pervasive thoughout NYC Metro area and is not common to GC alone....

This whole "white flight" thing has been happening at the Xsport Fitness gym at Roosevelt Field Mall. I've been with the place since it opened over a year ago and it seems that the whole social scene has gone downhill. It's an Equinox Fitness for minorities. When I observe the group fitness classes I see all these ghetto acting women. The other day I was in the sauna and I had this kid "hsst" at me.

[Westbury Legend]

Originally Posted by LIMA

Lmao a lot of scared little people live out here..... bad neighborhoods, scared to drive thru... lol watch out the boogie man is behind you!!!!

Lmao...watch out the Boogie man is out to get anyone and everyone, lock your car doors!!

[Rhazula]

Brentwood is the worst town, in my opinion. I lived there for 4 years and was glad to leave.

I had my backyard set on fire, bike stolen, and house broken into twice.

What's wrong with Baldwin?

I live in Baldwin Harbor and I can say I feel safer there than Brent-nightmare (oops I meant Brentwood)