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The poor people are mostly in the sufolk county and the richest are in the nassaw county. In sufolk there are richest places like huntington and cold spring which is really rich and in nassaw there are poor places like hempstead. Theres in the middle [places like hicksville and other places like syosset too. Theres east in sofolk wich can mosty me farm people and then also into alsmost the city which is queens.
The poor people are mostly in the sufolk county and the richest are in the nassaw county. In sufolk there are richest places like huntington and cold spring which is really rich and in nassaw there are poor places like hempstead. Theres in the middle [places like hicksville and other places like syosset too. Theres east in sofolk wich can mosty me farm people and then also into alsmost the city which is queens.
Suffolk County isn't that much poorer than Nassau County at all. The poverty rates of Nassau County and Suffolk County are almost identical.
The main difference between Nassau and Suffolk is that Nassau County has more ultra-wealthy people than Suffolk County which distorts things. I would say that Suffolk&Nassau have just as much middle class people as each other. After you adjust for cost-of-living, Suffolk probably comes out with the better quality of life since Suffolk is a bit less expensive than Nassau.
Suffolk County poverty rate: 6.1% Nassau County poverty rate: 5.8% New York State poverty rate: 14.9%
Suffolk County median household income: $87,778 Nassau County median household income: $97,049 New York State median household income: $57,683
The poor people are mostly in the sufolk county and the richest are in the nassaw county. In sufolk there are richest places like huntington and cold spring which is really rich and in nassaw there are poor places like hempstead. Theres in the middle [places like hicksville and other places like syosset too. Theres east in sofolk wich can mosty me farm people and then also into alsmost the city which is queens.
Wow! That was one of the most poorly written paragraphs I've seen on here in a while.
As for the question:
There are poor and rich areas spread throughout the island. It seems that most of the real "rich" locations are along the north shore of the island, with a good portion of the poor sections spread through the middle of the island, and then some more middle-class to rich along the south shore. Which makes sense going back in time. If you had money you were going to want to be near the water, not in the middle of the island.
The poor people are mostly in the sufolk county and the richest are in the nassaw county. In sufolk there are richest places like huntington and cold spring which is really rich and in nassaw there are poor places like hempstead. Theres in the middle [places like hicksville and other places like syosset too. Theres east in sofolk wich can mosty me farm people and then also into alsmost the city which is queens.
I'm from Upstate and have been curious about NYC and Long Island. I know about Manhattan but what is Long Island like?
I would break it down like this. Of course this is generally-speaking since some nice towns have crappy parts and some rough towns have nice parts. These are some good examples:
Rich towns:
- Old Westbury
- Lloyd Harbor
- Brookville
- Kings Point
- Southampton
- Hewletts
- Nissequogue
- Muttontown
- Woodsburgh
- Lattingtown
- Oyster Bay Cove
- Amagansett
- Sands Point
Upper Middle Class to Rich towns:
- Rockville Centre
- Port Washington
- Garden City
- Dix Hills
- Miller Place
- Fort Salonga
- North Hills
- Brightwaters
- Syosset
- Woodbury
- Manhasset/Manhasset Hills
- Huntington Bay
- Stony Brook
- Jericho
Middle-Middle Class to Upper Middle Class towns:
- Commack
- Babylon Village
- Oakdale
- Islip Village
- Bellmore-Merrick-Seaford
- Massapequas-Wantagh
- Smithtown
- Plainview
- Greenlawn
- Baldwin Harbor
- South Huntington
- East Islip
- Wheatley Heights
- Lake Grove
- Oceanside
- Huntington Village
Lower Middle Class to Middle-Middle Class towns:
- Levittown
- Franklin Square
- Ronkonkoma
- Mineola
- North Babylon
- Lindenhurst
- Valley Stream
- Long Beach
- Deer Park
- Carle Place
- Hicksville
- Elmont
- Rocky Point
- Centereach
- Lynbrook
- Floral Park
- West Babylon
- East Meadow
- Hampton Bays
- Farmingdale
- Salisbury
- East Rockaway
Working Class to Lower Middle Class towns:
- East Patchogue
- Uniondale
- Copiague
- Island Park
- Mastic
- North Amityville
- Manorhaven
- Freeport
Poor to Working Class towns:
- New Cassel
- Mastic Beach
- Roosevelt
- Brentwood
- North Bay Shore
- Riverhead
- Wyandanch
- N.Bellport
- Hempstead Village
* There are no straight-up poor towns since even the poorest LI towns don't surpass a poverty rate of 20%.
* Bay Shore, Glen Cove and Huntington Station are among the few places on LI that have all classes represented en mass
Last edited by PrestigiousReputability; 01-31-2014 at 03:32 PM..
Prestige... where would you fit Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, Albertson, E. Williston, and Rosyln Heights in your hierarchy list? Just curious.
Not the original list poster, but I'd say Great Neck, Manhasset, and E. Williston span upper-middle to rich and rich, depending on the section/house. The rest on that list I'd place in the upper-middle to rich category.
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