Why are YOU leaving Long Island? (Islip, West Islip: low crime, new home, to buy)

[onrway2clt]

Originally Posted by Peter B

Uneducated folks who don't know better are the ones who move to North Carolina thinking it is Utopia. A bigger house for less money is the chief reason they move there. Personally, I wouldn't live in North Carolina if I was given a home for free and employment. Most folks in the Carolina's hate everyone from the North anyway. But, you have these idiots who see a cheap house and a little less cold than LI gets and they think they've hit the lottery, buying a house down there for cash.

That would depend on where you move to in NC, it's a big state.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by Peter B

Uneducated folks who don't know better are the ones who move to North Carolina thinking it is Utopia. A bigger house for less money is the chief reason they move there. Personally, I wouldn't live in North Carolina if I was given a home for free and employment. Most folks in the Carolina's hate everyone from the North anyway. But, you have these idiots who see a cheap house and a little less cold than LI gets and they think they've hit the lottery, buying a house down there for cash.

I have driven through North Carolina several times on my way to Florida. I remember stopping at a rest area and browsing the souvenir goods. There was a bumper sticker that said, "Clean Up the South! Put a Yankee on a Bus." I L'dMAO. I should have bought it.

[Redd Jedd]

Originally Posted by TeaFor2

NC is definitely overated. My family is moving back from Cary, NC to Long Island after a year because the schools are terrible. Sure the taxes are lower, but the schools suffer because of it. Also food is more expensive and it is hard to find anything with character down there, it's just big store names and no local small business owners. Bring some NY Papers down there because the only thing on the news is about the perpetual "drought", even when it rains.

But if you have no young kids, want a big beautiful house and don't mind driving 10+ miles to the super market, I wish you all the luck. And the weather is fabulous.

Sounds like you didn't do enough research.

[Kuota]

"Why are YOU leaving Long Island? "

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[LLOJ]

I never lived in Long Island, but I noticed that public transportation out in Suffolk is crap, the buses stop running at like 7 and the LIRR only runs like 4 times a day out there.

[alilisi]

Originally Posted by hotkarl

#1...Quality of life. I don't enjoy living in Queens Jr. anymore.
#2...Ridiculous cost of living.
#3...The people. Seems almost everyone has a chip on their shoulder or a grudge.
Nearly everyone is confrontational in some way, shape, or form.
OK, not everyone, but it sure feels like everyone. I literally, and I don't think I'm exagerating too much, I literally cannot go anywhere without some kind of incident, most are minor, but it all adds up to royal p.i.t.a.
#4...all of the above squared.

is not only in queens is everywhere. that is how the world is. we all have so many things in our head, that we explode at the first misunderstanding. crazy isn't it?

[Lancet71]

Originally Posted by LLOJ

I never lived in Long Island, but I noticed that public transportation out in Suffolk is crap, the buses stop running at like 7 and the LIRR only runs like 4 times a day out there.

4 times a day-----not true.Public transportation isn't bad but you have to realize long island covers alot of miles and more then most.If you compare a bus in NYC which covers far less miles daily.

[Lancet71]

I love long island and it will always have a soft spot in my heart and I will visit every year but as a family man I wanted better schools,a better quality of life,a bigger more affordable house,lower taxes,electric bills,gas bills,a supportive local government,and a friendly community that wasn't still holding onto the north vs. south mentality that why I moved to the suburbs of Rochester.

[LLOJ]

Originally Posted by Lancet71

4 times a day-----not true.Public transportation isn't bad but you have to realize long island covers alot of miles and more then most.If you compare a bus in NYC which covers far less miles daily.

I was specifically referring to the Montauk and Greenport branch (which I should have stated in that post), trains only go all the way to Montauk about 6 times a day and all the way to Greenport about 3 times a day, now I'm not saying that additional service is warranted on those lines, I'm just saying that I'm guessing that it looks like the two could receive some additional service if possible. Most of the buses only run until 8PM 6 days a week in Suffolk with a few until 10PM, Nassau buses run much later though, and if I remember correctly, one route even runs 24/7 there.

[Lancet71]

Originally Posted by LLOJ

I was specifically referring to the Montauk and Greenport branch (which I should have stated in that post), trains only go all the way to Montauk about 6 times a day and all the way to Greenport about 3 times a day, now I'm not saying that additional service is warranted on those lines, I'm just saying that I'm guessing that it looks like the two could receive some additional service if possible. Most of the buses only run until 8PM 6 days a week in Suffolk with a few until 10PM, Nassau buses run much later though, and if I remember correctly, one route even runs 24/7 there.

If you have a town that has 5 people and a town that has 100,000; who needs more busses? Everything from Amagansett east to Montauk on the south fork and mattituck east to orient point don't have tremendous populations and most people have cars and don't require public transportation whereas central suffolk has a MUCH higher population which would require additional service. On the north fork towards orient there are only 2 major roads(rt25 and sound ave) on the south fork only one.