Suffolk-North Shore communities? Opinions / Comparisons (Kings Park, Melville: college, places to live, price)

[PizzaPedro]

If you work in Melville why move that far out? There are plenty of great areas on the North Shore that are much closer. Northport, East Northport, Greenlawn, etc.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

I actually have a hovercraft.

Its not that bad Dman and its a great place to live, you can be as right as you need to be, I think youll be here someday(if you dont talk yourself out of it).

Can you really put a price on QOL? Is the extra 10 15, 20 minutes gonna kill anyone?
Its all about loving what youre coming home too.

If I only wanted convenience, I'd be in Western Nassau.

Dont let the good be the the enemy of the best.

Peace,



Crooks

I work 20 minutes from where I work..on a bad day. With school out now, more like 15. I've driven from Mt. Sinai to my job..it's 50 minutes. Rocky Point is at least another 10.

45 extra minutes extra each way during rush hour, 5 days a week, 46 weeks a year..that's about 14 extra days of my life driving each year as opposed to playing with my son, cooking dinner, playing hoops, running, drinking heavily . I'd also be 30 minutes further form the city.

That's QOL to me. Your mileage may vary. I'll take 250 sq ft less for 14 days of my life every year.

Again, I like Rocky Point. If I worked East of Exit 62, I'd consider it heavily. I spent about 6 years doing an hour commute each way. Never again.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by dman72

I work 20 minutes from where I work..on a bad day. With school out now, more like 15. I've driven from Mt. Sinai to my job..it's 50 minutes. Rocky Point is at least another 10.

45 extra minutes extra each way during rush hour, 5 days a week, 46 weeks a year..that's about 14 extra days of my life driving each year as opposed to playing with my son, cooking dinner, playing hoops, running, drinking heavily . I'd also be 30 minutes further form the city.

That's QOL to me. Your mileage may vary. I'll take 250 sq ft less for 14 days of my life every year.

Again, I like Rocky Point. If I worked East of Exit 62, I'd consider it heavily. I spent about 6 years doing an hour commute each way. Never again.

You'll take a lot less than that pal, sorry if you settled.
QOL is great out here and its plenty convenient for most.
(For the record most of my neighbors work west of 62...some even work in NYC ooooooooooooh scary.)

But you sold me Dman, you wore me and my hovercraft down.
I think Im gonna move to beautiful central Brookhaven, maybe Farmingville or Medford for better LIE access and good times with the youngsters.

I guess In the words of Jello, Give me Convenience or Give me Death.
God know thats what we came to LI for.

Crooks

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

You'll take a lot less than that pal, sorry if you settled.
QOL is great out here and its plenty convenient for most.
(For the record most of my neighbors work west of 62...some even work in NYC ooooooooooooh scary.)

But you sold me Dman, you wore me and my hovercraft down.
I think Im gonna move to beautiful central Brookhaven, maybe Farmingville or Medford for better LIE access and good times with the youngsters.

I guess In the words of Jello, Give me Convenience or Give me Death.
God know thats what we came to LI for.

Crooks

A 4 bedroom 1.5 bath house built in 1975 on 1/4 acre, some updates...listed at 450K in the general area I live in now. They aren't getting that, lets say 425-430. I'm talking Bohemia, Smithtown, Nesconset, Islip, Kings Park, East Northport ..places like that. Farmingville and Medford ain't on my list.

425 in Rocky Point..more land, more updates, another bathroom, maybe even built in the last 15 years!! If I had to work 3 days a week, it'd be worth it. But 5 days a week an hour each way? It's not just convenience, it's "life balance", to coin a corporate term. But, we know where each other stands, so I guess we should put it to rest. I feel compelled to chime in when you tell people that it's a short commute from RP to Melville. It isn't.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by dman72

A 4 bedroom 1.5 bath house built in 1975 on 1/4 acre, some updates...listed at 450K in the general area I live in now. They aren't getting that, lets say 425-430. I'm talking Bohemia, Smithtown, Nesconset, Islip, Kings Park, East Northport ..places like that. Farmingville and Medford ain't on my list.

425 in Rocky Point..more land, more updates, another bathroom, maybe even built in the last 15 years!! If I had to work 3 days a week, it'd be worth it. But 5 days a week an hour each way? It's not just convenience, it's "life balance", to coin a corporate term. But, we know where each other stands, so I guess we should put it to rest. I feel compelled to chime in when you tell people that it's a short commute from RP to Melville. It isn't.

Chime in all you wish Dman.

You could do very well here in Rocky Point in the low 3s with reasonable taxes, good schools, a 5000 acre nature preserve and miles of beachfront.

Hell you might even score a waterview and still survive the dreaded hour long commute to Melville (or even the train from Port Jeff or Ronkonkoma to the big city)

Its one town North of Middle Island.
Less than 60 Miles form NYC.

Its not Orient dude, but you know what?....it may be the mythology that your selling that protects the country feel of our fair town for years to come and for that I am grateful DMan.

11778 it is what and where it is ...and we love it.

I'm out.

My hovercraft and helicopter are waiting.


Crooks

[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

it may be the mythology that your selling that protects the country feel of our fair town for years to come and for that I am grateful DMan.

what's "mythology" to you are cold hard facts to someone else. There are legit reasons why your area is priced the way it is. If those reasons are not a big deal to you...then that's great! But they do exist.

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by geo123

I've lived inStony Brook for over 40 years, and I love it. But there are some drawbacks. One of them is that a lot of other people seem to love it, and it has gotten very crowded and built up. Back in the day, Nesconset Hwy. used to be a great place to take your car on to see if it can run steady at 100 mph. Now it is bumper to bumper after 3:00 on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. Also, the school system, while excellent, is also really huge and incredibly competitive. If your kids want to play sports or act or sing they have to already be starts by the time they get to jr. High, or they'll be sitting on the bench (or in the wings) their entire secondary school career. Also, with all the SUNY professor kids, if they only have a 3.8 GPA, they'll probably be in the second 20% of their class. But all in all, it's a great town. The best home prices are in the "letter" sections south of 25A. They were built by Levitt in the 1960's, and they are real kid and family friendly. Also offer the easiest commute. But there are plenty of other great areas that offer better this and worse that.

My DH has lived in SB for 40 years, and we're raising our family here. My oldest is in WMHS and is neither a jock, a singer, an actor, or a professor's child. He is not sitting on a bench, either. WMHS now uses numerical grades 80, 90....and did away with the college-style GPA a year or two ago.

I agree that the letter sections off Nicolls and Stony Brook Rd (as well as the University Heights section) offer better pricing, and family friendly neighborhoods.

I love the eclectic mix of people in my section of Stony Brook, the fact that there are many people outside walkiing, stopping and greeting their friends and neighbors. The proximity to the water and the boat ramp are plusses for those of us with boats, the SBYC is reasonably priced for social membership but the slip list is currently in the 120-130 person wait list. Stony Brook does have a nice mixture of housing choices from historic to new, and a blend of people from white collar to blue.

Walter Greenspan brings up a good point, too -- with the (pardon my Goyim ignorance -- correct me if I am wrong) word spreading about SB's Orthodox community, young Orthodox couples might very well start snapping up houses in the sections surrounding the SUSB, many of which are in the letter/alphabet section. Over the past few years I have noticed an increase (small, but an increase nonetheless) in the numbers of Orthdox families walking along 25A & Cedar St on the Sabbath.

To the OP: if your family is in Setauket and St James, you need a reasonable commute to Melville, you will do well looking into the fixer upper in Stony Brook. Also, as many others have mentioned -- Kings Park might be very well-suited to you, too.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

what's "mythology" to you are cold hard facts to someone else. There are legit reasons why your area is priced the way it is. If those reasons are not a big deal to you...then that's great! But they do exist.

Then by that rationale towns East of mine on the North Shore should be equally priced or less.Not always the case.

All Im saying regarding the mythology is that people frequently mistake Rocky Point for being further out than it is.

If its too far...then stay put.
I've yet to find its distance from anything unbearable.
In fact I find it to be pretty central.(hence 1 town north of Middle Island/60 miles out on a 120 mile island)

It all depends on where you spend your time.

You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to your "cold hard" facts Strong Island.
; )

Peace

Crooks

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by dman72

Yep, that's a nice little area.

Are all the houses on Stony Brook Road north of 347 3 Village district, or is some of that Centereach or Sachem? There are some Levitt homes up there too, some that look identical to the affordable section of Mt. Sinai.

That's all 3V.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

That's all 3V.

Has anyone ever experienced the "insulation" on a 70's era Levitt home? Talk about drafty.