Hauppauge? Is there a homeless shelter/outreach/rehab on Vets Mem Hgwy?

[middleman18]

Originally Posted by Glad2BHere

When I look on that site, they do not seem to list Hauppauage as a location. In fact, it appears you have to email them to get the locations. They only list admissions offices. I find that very interesting unless I am missing something.

Hard to answer the question in exact terms, because it really depends on whether the facility is one of several in the area, or a stand-alone anomoly, and what separates my home from the facility.

2 miles is an easy answer, provided that there are "barriers" of some kind, such as more expensive homes between you and the facility, or a gated entrance to your community.

An easier way to answer the question would be to ask how far you would want to live from a pawn shop, or a strip mall filled with nothing but pawn shops, liquor stores and check cashing stores. The greater the number of this type of facility, the less comfortable I would feel buying close by.


In many places, "recovery houses", "sober houses" and "halfway houses" are located within a short distance of other, similar facilities. In general, these places will crop up in inexpensive (and often high crime) areas. The appearance of a place like this may indicate a decline in the neighborhood. A methadone clinic is a real no-no.



Ameliorating factors would include living in a gated community (or an incorporated village with rigorous patrols).

City-Data offers the following on Hauppauge:

• 60 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
• 54 people in homes for the mentally ill
• 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
• 4 people in religious group quarters

Compare this to Seaford:
24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
13 people in religious group quarters

Merrick:
9 people in other group homes
8 people in homes for the mentally ill
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in religious group quarters

OR Roosevelt:
61 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
11 people in religious group quarters
8 people in other group homes
6 people in homes for the physically handicapped

Notice that Seaford and Merrick do not list ANY people living in halfway houses or homes for addicts.

[Glad2BHere]

Originally Posted by middleman18

Hard to answer the question in exact terms, because it really depends on whether the facility is one of several in the area, or a stand-alone anomoly, and what separates my home from the facility.

2 miles is an easy answer, provided that there are "barriers" of some kind, such as more expensive homes between you and the facility, or a gated entrance to your community.

An easier way to answer the question would be to ask how far you would want to live from a pawn shop, or a strip mall filled with nothing but pawn shops, liquor stores and check cashing stores. The greater the number of this type of facility, the less comfortable I would feel buying close by.


In many places, "recovery houses", "sober houses" and "halfway houses" are located within a short distance of other, similar facilities. In general, these places will crop up in inexpensive (and often high crime) areas. The appearance of a place like this may indicate a decline in the neighborhood. A methadone clinic is a real no-no.

Ameliorating factors would include living in a gated community (or an incorporated village with rigorous patrols).

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I agree on all counts.

[momix5]

Phoenix House has been there for a long time, before that it was Apple Recovery. I really do not think that a home for people who are developmentally delayed compares to a rehab house.