why is Suffolk co. so crappy? (Islip, Babylon: move, live, driving)

[Lancet71]

Originally Posted by anap103

ohhh so true! i recently moved to li from northern nj and i still cant get over the low standard of living here. yes, there are a few pockets of nice communities with acceptable housing, but still nothing to write home about. in my opinion, what long islanders consider "nice" is actually sub par. everyday i look forward to finishing grad school and getting out of here so i dont have to be confronted by aluminum siding and rundown strip malls everywhere i turn.

I've lived on long island for 30 years minus the time in the Air Force and after my active duty time I did reserve time at McGuire AFB in New Jersey. Evertime I had a military weekend and stayed on base or at a local hotel my skin would always be peeling after taking a shower and still felt dirty. I actually brought back a water sample to be tested by a friend of mine at Brookhaven Lab and he couldn't believe how bad their water really was. To sum it up don't knock Long Island like that because Jersey reminds me of an old crackhead prostitute---dirty,smells like smoke,and nobody would touch her or it with a ten foot pole. Also the difference between our strip malls and yours is that we revamp and clean up ours and yours just look dirty and waste away.

[iluvmycuties]

Okay Lancet,


Have much experience with these crackhead prostitutes?

Just kidding. Funny post.

[LIcowgirl289]

Originally Posted by nynraleigh

you're crazy...like any place, there are good and bad areas of a county...I would not make a blanket statement that the entire suffolk county is crappy...as some of the other posters listed, some towns are not as desirable...but most of Suffolk County is beautiful...shout out to West Islip..my hometown!

AMEN...I'll give another shout out to West Islip, my hometown - but my family lives in Sayville (for years now), my sister moved back 2 years ago (primarily for the education for my niece/nephew and her hubby's teaching - to actually be paid well for an underpaid God-send elsewhere), and I'm putting my house up for sale after 16 years just North of Houston, to move back. Anywhere has it's good and bad areas, I don't care where you live. Figures the guy is from PA...no offense to PA folks in general.

[Lancet71]

Originally Posted by iluvmycuties

Okay Lancet,


Have much experience with these crackhead prostitutes?

Just kidding. Funny post.

Kind of like when a relative rips on your parents--------you're allowed to do it but not anyone else.

[TANaples]

I'd leave Florida in a NY minute to go back to Suffolk Cty. if I could.

[Lancet71]

Originally Posted by TANaples

I'd leave Florida in a NY minute to go back to Suffolk Cty. if I could.

You only live once (until proven wrong) so why not go for it.Enjoy life and your surroundings,don't just settle.

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by ponchoblanco

don't get me wrong. I lived there a few years ago and met some great people and loved the energy. but... It seems to me that aside from the people, Long Island sucks. I don't understand why anyone would pay outragous prices on everthing in return for what? I never in my life saw so many adult men and women living with their parents. It was sad sad sad... and funny at the same time.. know what I mean?

You get what you pay for though...beaches, great malls...and the fact that it's not hick-y like upstate or crappy like Charlotte. Yeah you can pay cheaper prices elsewhere but nowhere in the world is as beautiful as LI.

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by ponchoblanco

There is not much to do, it's so expensive and everything seems rundown, am I missing something?..

I kind of have to agree...with the exception of Dix Hills, Asharaoken and SouthHampton, I have yet to see a nice area...

[Kbinspections]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

I kind of have to agree...with the exception of Dix Hills, Asharaoken and SouthHampton, I have yet to see a nice area...

You have to start looking, if you like Dix Hills, there is atleast 10-20 places as nice if not nicer.

[Jrprofess]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

I kind of have to agree...with the exception of Dix Hills, Asharaoken and SouthHampton, I have yet to see a nice area...

Hmmm...maybe you were born, bred and live only in Nassau County?

Huntington Village, Northport, Centerport, Sayville, West Islip, Melville, Babylon Village, all of Town of Smithtown, Setauket, Shoreham-Wading River...I married a Queens born Nassau County raised gal. You couldn't pay us to move back west at this point. There are plenty of fine towns in Nassua County but being on the north shore of Suffolk and never having to be on Sunrise/Merrick/Southern State helps keep my blood pressure down...