Moving back to Long Island from NC (New York, Smithtown: property taxes, housing)

[threesons]

Originally Posted by i'minformed

I'm right next door to you in Apex...... the shiny newness that gets you all excited about being in NC wears off after a few years. I have never lived in Long Island so I can't judge how life compares here to there. But I can say that Wake County NC is pretty overrated. It's a nice place to live and all, but I'm ready to get back to Upstate NY.

That is funny you say that because that crossed my mind whether after all while we would be come immuned to all the new homes and shopping. After all how much shopping can you do.
Upstate must be much more laid back?

[OvertaxedOnLI]

Krista, I grew up in East Meadow which is literally right next door to Bellmore.

You'll find all sorts of differing opinions (about the same things!) on LI on this forum, that's for sure. I do believe that if you happen to be a dyed-in-the-wool Long Islander (like me) then no other place will ever really measure up. Other people, of course, may absolutely hate the very things that you or I feel are among LI's better points ... and that's fine too (as long as people don't use those differing preferences as a reason to be insulting).

Honestly the winters have not been all that bad here. The last one that I remember as being really horrendous from start to finish was back in the early 1990s. We had SIXTEEN separate snowstorms between the second week of December and the first week of March, with a couple of ice storms thrown in. I remember it vividly because we were building a house at the time, and the framers insisted that it would be "noooo problem" to start the framing right after Thanksgiving "because winters really aren't bad anymore". The first snowstorm hit us two weeks later and never let up all winter. But don't worry: that was the last time I ever waved a red flag in front of the weather gods (obviously that Winter from H*** was all our fault).

Two years ago we had a total of about 2 ft of snow for the entire witner but that was pretty much broken up into 4 or 5 different storms that occurred between Thanksgiving and the end of February. As usual they alternated with warm spells. Last winter was a walk in the park. My garden diary says we had a total of 10" for the entire winter and the biggest snowfall only dumped 6" at once. It went up into the 40s the next day.

If you want to minimize the amount of snow, look at the south shore areas rather than the middle of the island or the north shore. In winter, precipitation that falls as snow on the North shore is often just rain on the South shore. There's at least a 6-degree temperature differential between, say, Sunrise Highway and the LI Expressway and that often makes the difference between what falls as rain vs snow. In summer, the south shore can easily be 10 degrees or more cooler than mid-island or north shore, from the offshore breeze.

Do you have any ideas on specific places to look? Check out the MLSLI website if you haven't already; although the market is slow right now just after the holidays (meaning not many new listings).

If you like to garden, a south shore location will be better for your plants (warmer winter/cooler summer) and for your back (north shore = rocky clay; south shore tends to be more sandy loam). But the soil itself is richer and more acid once you get north of the Expressway.

[I'minformed2]

Originally Posted by threesons

That is funny you say that because that crossed my mind whether after all while we would be come immuned to all the new homes and shopping. After all how much shopping can you do.
Upstate must be much more laid back?

Probably.. like I said I've never lived on Long Island so I can't really compare the two. But I would say that Rochester seems more laid back and less "busy" than Raleigh does... and they are about the same size in metropolitan population.

[Chella]

I think once you move out of LI it's harder financially to come back. It's a real shame too, because LI is just so high with taxes. That is why most people cannot afford to stay. I'm selling my Home in Manorville now. Luckily we are moving to a affulent area of LI and building our home but I can say most people would never be able to do that. It's very difficult.

[threesons]

Where in Manorville did you sell and why. The reason I ask, is that my dad just sold his house in the Rock Hill section. They are planning to relocate to NC.
Where are you moving to in Long Island?

[amsm196]

I posted this on a Raleigh board and I'll post the same questions here since some of you once lived or have lived both areas , being Long Island and Raleigh NC.


Hello everybody ! I noticed that there is a handful of Long Islanders ( NY ) who now live in the Raleigh NC area.So I was wondering can you please give me the comparison when it comes to the cost of living between the two places. I already know the homes are much cheaper in NC, which is great. But can you please compare these topics ?

Long Island VS Raleigh Metro area

1. The Property taxes ?

2. What does the monthly water bill average ? I think we only paid 10 a month on Long Island.

3. Heat? Is it gas heat? How pricey? NY mostly used Oil ?

4. Electric Bill (Power) ?

5. Car insurance?

6. Car registration?

7. How is the Raleigh area metro's Job market compared to Long Island?

8. Salary comparison? I know it must be lower? But is it within range of the cost of living?

9. Food? Groceries prices?

10. This has nothing to do with cost, but how are the public schools? Some told me they are way overcrowded, with children going to class in trailers, others said NO its the same way as LI?

If I missed anything that you feel I should know, or anything that I should expect then please let me know.

Thanks for reading this , please respond. I would really appreciate it. Have a safe day!

Thanks ----T

[berryjuice4life]

raliegh is also a bit different than charlotte, we decided not to go to the raleigh area for many of reasons, however Moving back to NY or NJ and building a house wow I guess all I can say to you Chello is good luck, I have no clue as to why people would want to spend what they do and pay property taxes which im sure are over 15k....we are paying over 10k and cant wait to get out of here....Alot of the Long Islanders are in Union County, and UP in LAKE NORMAN....about 85% of them are very happy....

[I'minformed2]

And in 10 years when Lake Norman, Union County and all of the charlotte area is just as overpriced as NJ and LI are now.... it's on to Kentucky!!!

[amsm196]

Anybody please help! Ha. There must be a few people who can give me some input.

Thanks

I posted this on a Raleigh board and I'll post the same questions here since some of you once lived or have lived both areas , being Long Island and Raleigh NC.


Hello everybody ! I noticed that there is a handful of Long Islanders ( NY ) who now live in the Raleigh NC area.So I was wondering can you please give me the comparison when it comes to the cost of living between the two places. I already know the homes are much cheaper in NC, which is great. But can you please compare these topics ?

Long Island VS Raleigh Metro area

1. The Property taxes ?

2. What does the monthly water bill average ? I think we only paid 10 a month on Long Island.

3. Heat? Is it gas heat? How pricey? NY mostly used Oil ?

4. Electric Bill (Power) ?

5. Car insurance?

6. Car registration?

7. How is the Raleigh area metro's Job market compared to Long Island?

8. Salary comparison? I know it must be lower? But is it within range of the cost of living?

9. Food? Groceries prices?

10. This has nothing to do with cost, but how are the public schools? Some told me they are way overcrowded, with children going to class in trailers, others said NO its the same way as LI?

If I missed anything that you feel I should know, or anything that I should expect then please let me know.

Thanks for reading this , please respond. I would really appreciate it. Have a safe day!

Thanks ----T

[berryjuice4life]

umm kentucky is actually very pretty from what I hear..HAHAHAHAHA