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View Poll Results: Are we In or On Long Island?
In 0 0%
On 35 100.00%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-10-2016, 04:48 PM
 
Location: SW Florida
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Actually both. Living people are on Long Island. Dead people are no longer on..they're in.
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Old 02-10-2016, 05:58 PM
 
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On no question about it
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Old 02-10-2016, 10:34 PM
 
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I usually say "on" , but sometimes I say "in".

Like, I might tell someone "I'm in Long Island right now" if I'm on the phone with them

So where are you originally from?
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Old 02-10-2016, 11:01 PM
 
Location: On the Great South Bay
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ON

I remember there was a troll attacking New York and Long Island in particular on some old thread (probably in general) and he claimed he lived IN Long Island for years before he left and never looked back.

As soon as I saw IN Long Island, I realized the guy was lying and he probably never stepped foot on the Island, LOL.
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Old 02-11-2016, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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it's not just because of LI....

You go on an island.

You live in a city.
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Old 02-11-2016, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Nassau County
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I like to say "on Long Island" :-)
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Old 02-11-2016, 09:12 AM
 
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So where are you originally from?
I've lived on Long Island pretty much my whole life, sans one year when I lived in Brooklyn...like I said, I usually say "on" but sometimes it sounds awkward so I'll use "in" instead
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Old 02-11-2016, 09:50 AM
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8.5 years might be a record thread bump.

And....Clamboy!
Clamboy = Crookhaven = ???

MIA or new username?
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Old 02-11-2016, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Vermont
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I've lived on Long Island pretty much my whole life, sans one year when I lived in Brooklyn...like I said, I usually say "on" but sometimes it sounds awkward so I'll use "in" instead
Technically, Brooklyn and Queens are both on Long Island (or in this case, is it "in"??) There aren't any bodies of water to cross to get from Brooklyn or Queens onto Long Island...you are already on LI in these two boros. That said, I don't know a soul from either Brooklyn or Queens who consider their home to be on Long Island.
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Old 02-11-2016, 10:04 AM
 
Location: New York
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it's not just because of LI....

You go on an island.

You live in a city.
Thinking the same thing...

Live on Long Island, in Nassau-Suffolk county......
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