Another NEWSDAY geographic goof, "Nassau cops: Robbery victim claimed he was NYPD officer" (New York: neighborhood, purchase)

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by BigMike50

There's more to life then zip codes and hamlets:ok:

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If you sincerely feel that way, then YOU shouldn't be participating on, what is mainly, a real estate forum.
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[S.I.B.]

it must be depressing to spend so much time obsessing over proper identification of hamlets considering it's a topic that nobody cares about and is almost always unecessary.

I'm willing to wager that 99 percent of people who attend events at Nassau Coliseum or who shop at Roosevelt Field have never even heard of "East Garden City"...yet they manage to get there just fine.

[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

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If you sincerely feel that way, then YOU shouldn't be participating on, what is mainly, a real estate forum.
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yet mlsli.com (the most popular local real estate web site) mostly ignores proper identification of hamlets and such.

Perhaps your clarifications would be more appropriate for a forum devoted to proper hamlet, village, town, etc. terminology. Oh wait, there isn't one because nobody cares.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

I'm willing to wager that 99 percent of people who attend events at Nassau Coliseum or who shop at Roosevelt Field have never even heard of "East Garden City"...

But, now, because of my postings, you know that the Nassau Coliseum and Roosevelt Field are in East Garden City (and, not in Uniondale or Garden City, respectively).

One at a time ...

One at a time ...

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

yet mlsli.com (the most popular local real estate web site) mostly ignores proper identification of hamlets and such.

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Not very professional, is it?
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[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

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Not very professional, is it?
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those who work in real estate are not professional planners or local government officials. They sell homes and it's in their best interests to organize their inventory using terminology that is familiar to the greatest possible number of potential clients.

I'd say the site is very "professional"...

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

those who work in real estate are not professional planners or local government officials. They sell homes and it's in their best interests to organize their inventory using terminology that is familiar to the greatest possible number of potential clients.

You may be right; but, my suspicion is that most real estate agents are geographic illiterates and not very professional; otherwise they would, as part of their professional job, educate the people, who come to them when selling or buying a property, about the correct geography.

I've come to the conclusion that most real estate people are the least professional of all the professional people that I know.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

those who work in real estate are not professional planners or local government officials. They sell homes and it's in their best interests to organize their inventory using terminology that is familiar to the greatest possible number of potential clients.

I'd say the site is very "professional"...

Yes it's real professional to lump Lakeview in as if it were part of Rockville Centre instead of giving it its own category.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to MLSLI's website categorizing places idiotically.

I'm with Walter on this one.

Anyway, how has he hurt anybody by giving us this information? I have learned things from him at least.

[Jdawg8181]

This whole thread was created b/c Newsday said the club was in West Hempstead instead of Garden City South?? Sheesh, Walter I love you man, but you need to find better uses of your time, a hobby or something.

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Arent Hamlets just terms created by real estate developers to distinguish their area over another? Garden City South just makes people think they are living in Garden City opposed to West Hempstead. When you give a definition of it you say that its an unincorporated area in a town. If it is unicorperated that means it is un-official and has no real designation outside of Real Estate.