Roosevelt vs any town in long island on how bad the area is. (Hempstead: crime, houses)
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[FONT=Verdana]Every neighborhood in the world has bad areas people whom probably don't even vote make the reputation worse than what it is. I own a house in Roosevelt for over 12 years and I lived before in Brooklyn in multiple neighborhoods all where bad a times but people fought and made changes for the better long island is no different same as in kings county it has areas that are bad and good. Read the blogs long island is being affected not just Hempstead wake up and smell the coffee and take pride in long island help fight crime and make a change. Listen to the news carefully long island is becoming a drug empire every town in long island is infested with crime so stop the bad criticizing and do something to make it better. just remember your not safe anywhere gangs and crime are everywhere as long as there is a demand. Look we all thought after the 70’s heroin was gone but take a close look heroin is huge in long island and even in your town. So shut up and do something positive. [/FONT]
Every neighborhood in the world has bad areas people whom probably don't even vote make the reputation worse than what it is. I own a house in Roosevelt for over 12 years and I lived before in Brooklyn in multiple neighborhoods all where bad a times but people fought and made changes for the better long island is no different same as in kings county it has areas that are bad and good. Read the blogs long island is being affected not just Hempstead wake up and smell the coffee and take pride in long island help fight crime and make a change. Listen to the news carefully long island is becoming a drug empire every town in long island is infested with crime so stop the bad criticizing and do something to make it better. just remember your not safe anywhere gangs and crime are everywhere as long as there is a demand. Look we all thought after the 70’s heroin was gone but take a close look heroin is huge in long island and even in your town. So shut up and do something positive.
Yeah, Roosevelt is an economically struggling town with low-performance schools and it's far from being a pretty area; but to compare it to the warzones of Brooklyn or the Bronx is just unrealistic. There's only been one shooting for months in Roosevelt and that was an isolated domestic violence incident between a couple.
As for Roosevelt compared to the rest of Long Island, it is definitely in the bottom quartile of LI towns in terms of quality of life. However, if your a couple with no kids who are just looking for a quiet suburban life then you can still have a good quality of life. There is easy parkway access and reasonable shopping right in town on nassau rd. However, the property taxes and utility expenses will still be *exponentially* higher than NYC just b/c it's on Long Island.
I do agree that drugs are definitely on the rise on Long Island, but the areas most severely affected [generally-speaking] are the affluent north shore areas (heroin) and much of central Suffolk (meth&heroin). In the so-called "hood" parts of LI, the primary drug is weed; with of course a handful of crackheads remnants from the 80's.
Last edited by PrestigiousReputability; 01-20-2014 at 08:17 AM..
I got family in Roosevelt you mind your business you stop worrying about what other people are into worry about your own self
And that's why Roosevelt is in the shape that it is in. No sense of community. The school district is a disgrace and needs to be shut down. I would never recommend anybody with kids move there.
Every neighborhood in the world has bad areas people whom probably don't even vote make the reputation worse than what it is. I own a house in Roosevelt for over 12 years and I lived before in Brooklyn in multiple neighborhoods all where bad a times but people fought and made changes for the better long island is no different same as in kings county it has areas that are bad and good. Read the blogs long island is being affected not just Hempstead wake up and smell the coffee and take pride in long island help fight crime and make a change. Listen to the news carefully long island is becoming a drug empire every town in long island is infested with crime so stop the bad criticizing and do something to make it better. just remember your not safe anywhere gangs and crime are everywhere as long as there is a demand. Look we all thought after the 70’s heroin was gone but take a close look heroin is huge in long island and even in your town. So shut up and do something positive.
I don't even really understand what your post is about. Are you complaining that people talk bad about Roosevelt or are you just saying that Roosevelt is a bad place and no one does anything to help it?
This isn't exactly related, but I was driving down Carmens Rd in Farmingdale/Massapequa/Amityville yesterday near the Sunrise Mall and I couldn't believe how terrible some of the houses looked. Boarded up, siding falling off, overgrown landscaping - I sincerely wondered if the people that own those houses a) Can't afford the maintenance B) Don't want to fix them because the house may not be worth as much as it once was, or C) Simply don't care.
I don't quite understand how one stop caring about a home, regardless of where it's located, but I guess shelter isn't a basic necessity for everyone. With the taxes we pay, it's absolutely insane to me that places like this even exist on Long Island.
Eddie Murphy and Howard Stern spent much of their childhoods in Roosevelt. It shaped two very funny people at least.
Eddie Murphy is hysterical. Who's the 2nd funny person?
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And that's why Roosevelt is in the shape that it is in. No sense of community. The school district is a disgrace and needs to be shut down. I would never recommend anybody with kids move there.
