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Originally Posted by totallyfrazzled
LOL, I was just thinking that I'm the odd person out on this forum because although one of the things I love about Long Island is the ease of getting TO places that are on the water..... I would never want to live ON the water again. Been there/did that for more than 15 years, and as the years went by (and having lived through many Nor'easters AND Hurricane Gloria in 1985) it just became less and less "worth it" to me. Not only the higher taxes and insurance costs, but the flooding, the wind damage, the high water table (south shore) or rocky clay (north shore), bulkheading maintenance, the salt spray playing havoc with my garden plants, etc etc. So now my philosophy regarding waterfront property is "It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there (again)".  |
Well when you're playing the "money is no object game" and can afford to live in most of the areas mentioned in this thread, the problems you experienced wouldn't be much of a nuisance.
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