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Wow, after reading some of these threads I think I should lock my doors and not even think about putting my house on the market.
We are starting to look at houses in the Northport, Commack, Three Village, Elwood and Mt. Sinai school districts and some of what I've read freaks me out. (These areas are close to where we both work.)
We are just a regular, working/middle class family looking for a nice community, welcoming neighbors, and a good school. We are quiet, not given to hosting loud parties, keep our yard neat, our house well-kept and are nice neighbors.
We can't afford a McMansion with high taxes so we know we will always have one of the smaller homes in the neighborhood and that's fine with us. I just don't want to move to an area where (according to here) if you are new you will be given the cold shoulder (Mt. Sinai) or the district has a better reputation in the newspaper than in reality (Three Village).
Wow, after reading some of these threads I think I should lock my doors and not even think about putting my house on the market.
We are starting to look at houses in the Northport, Commack, Three Village, Elwood and Mt. Sinai school districts and some of what I've read freaks me out. (These areas are close to where we both work.)
We are just a regular, working/middle class family looking for a nice community, welcoming neighbors, and a good school. We are quiet, not given to hosting loud parties, keep our yard neat, our house well-kept and are nice neighbors.
We can't afford a McMansion with high taxes so we know we will always have one of the smaller homes in the neighborhood and that's fine with us. I just don't want to move to an area where (according to here) if you are new you will be given the cold shoulder (Mt. Sinai) or the district has a better reputation in the newspaper than in reality (Three Village).
What in heck should we do?
Too many cranks in here. Plus, writing anonymously makes you bold and vulgar. That helps explain the tenor of this forum.
I moved here less than 2 years ago from Florida. I paid significantly more for my house than it was worse, I'm probably under water, and I absolutely love it here and will never regret leaving Florida and choosing to live here.
We are new to Mt. Sinai and I don't feel the cold shoulder. I will say that during winter months many families stay in doors and spend alot of time with their extended families (holidays). So, it's not been a terribly social time. However, spring is coming and I've been told there will be lots of activities. Can't really speak about the other areas, except to say we looked at all those areas and chose Mt. Sinai. The school is very good (not great though), seems pretty family friendly and I haven't heard alot of talk about big high school parties with lots of drinking and drugs. That's a good thing. Good luck with your selection process!
Many people here exaggerate about towns/stereotypes/situations.
If one bad incident happens...the town is suddenly shot. Old outdated stereotypes from 20 years ago are spoken as fact here.
I like this forum to keep up with LI news/current events, but I would never avoid buying in an area due to stuff written here. If I listened to some people on this forum, I may have passed up the town I moved to when I bought my house 3 years ago...and I love where I live.
Do what is best for yourself and don't worry about what people write. Unless a town has an extremely bad reputation (very few) don't concern yourself with the naysayers.
Everyone has an opinion..but I have found few that are truly based in fact
We're from what was working class Stony Brook.
The gap between the haves and have everythings is huge there.
Its a beautiful area but if youre middle class youll have a hard time keeping up with the Joneses Schwatzes Wangs etc.
We couldve bought there but chose Rocky Point because we didnt want our kids to grow up with the competitive expectations of extreme wealth.
We couldnt be happier with our choice.
If you decide on coming East, check out Sound Beach, Miller Place, Wading River (SWR) and Ridge too.
crooks
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Don't listen to these cranks.
