If school district doesn't matter...

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by Mantaray14

I like Island Park. The taxes are reasonable (compared to say Oceanside, Long Beach or Rockville Centre) because it does not have it's own school district. High School Kids are bussed to Long Beach or West Hempstead schools, niether of which are too bad. There is a nice housing stock there (I think they are called splits) and the prices reasonable as well. There are also nice parks in the area and you are practically in Long Beach, another plus.

Be careful- Island Park isn't what it used to be. It is getting very very bad there. Barnum Island is nice...actual Island Park- sadly...no.

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by Mantaray14

I only suggested Isand Park because I found the taxes lowers on comparable houses than nieghboring towns. You can find an oceanfront house there and pay 30% less the taxes than in Rockville Centre or Oceanside. That is what poster asked about! Balwin, Valley Stream and Elmont have high taxes and fall near the middle of your 2 year old list. I don't know of a single person looking at thoses towns for school districts.

BTW - I am a minority.

The taxes are lower in Island Park b/c it isn't such a great area as some of the other towns you mentioned.

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by I_Love_LI_but

I don't know anything about Baldwin and Elmont personally, but in Valley Stream they are because the schools actually offer a lot to the kids in terms of extras and are performing academically. Some people are wising up to the fact that the world, even LI, is changing and is more globalized and mixed than ever and it is doing a disservice to raise your kids in a bubble (only going to school and mixing with mainly your own kind) because when they are adults they will need to be more sophisticated than ever and be able to get along with and cooperate with all kinds.

Elmont= dump. North Baldwin= dump. South Baldwin= nice.

[maisy123]

I understand the OP question but I believe the school district you are purchasing in should be first priority. Buying a home is for most the single most important investment of a lifetime. You can't possibly make a sound business decision without factoring in the value of the school system unless the value of your investment will never play into your financial planning. That being said school districts can improve or decline over time. Such is the case in my community of Malverne which I highly recommend to families looking in Nassau County.

[Chrisk327]

my vote is Malverne, Hempstead Gardens, south amityville, south bayshore, south coupage.

Some of those houses in Hemstead gardens boardering GC are really nice.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Chrisk327

my vote is Malverne, Hempstead Gardens, south amityville, south bayshore, south coupage.

While Malverne is a village in the Town of Hempstead, neither Hempstead Gardens, south Amityville, south Bay Shore nor south Copiague are villages or hamlets, and are neighborhoods or areas in otherwise-named villages and hamlets.