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Old 01-01-2010, 01:44 PM
 
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How come an area like LI with a 3 million population has next to no gay nightlife?

you've got two nights a week in levittown, and maybe 3 dive bars left.

I've heard it wasn't always this way... anyone up on their history? ... I heard the 80s was totally different here.
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Old 01-01-2010, 03:52 PM
 
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How come an area like LI with a 3 million population has next to no gay nightlife?

you've got two nights a week in levittown, and maybe 3 dive bars left.

I've heard it wasn't always this way... anyone up on their history? ... I heard the 80s was totally different here.

Not sure about Nassau but it used to be Sayville/Hamptons/Grove etc.

Im straight, but I guess if you lived Nassau youd just hop a train to the Village. I heard Jackson Heights has a scene too.

Crooks
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Old 01-01-2010, 03:55 PM
 
Location: Long Island,New York
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I heard it existed but like Crooks said,the city is probably your best bet or doing google searches. I guess if that were my cup of tea,i'd not more.Sorry.
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Old 01-01-2010, 07:58 PM
 
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Well, we all do know that Manhattan has it's own scene going on... but we're not talking small suburbs here. Even bars in Huntington that used to exist with big crowds now no longer exist... where did it all go (wrong)?
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Old 01-01-2010, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Little Babylon
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Well as we've talked about here before, the Island had a big straight music and club scene, and that's mostly gone. I'd guess the gay scene was hit even harder with AIDS and all that. I'd also think an aging population may have something to do with a decline in the number of all kinds of clubs.
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Old 01-02-2010, 05:54 AM
 
Location: Massapequa, NY
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check fire island. i hear its a party 24/7 there!
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Old 01-02-2010, 09:10 AM
 
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check fire island. i hear its a party 24/7 there!
fire island is about 95% out of towners, with about 50% of those people from Manhattan.

also only open a single season of the year- though exciting to be so close to here.
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Old 01-02-2010, 10:37 AM
 
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The whole nightlife scene on Long Island died down.. with the bad economy a lot of the old clubs closed. Most of the clubs on Long Island I went when i was younger are long gone. Even in the city most of those places closed down due to extacy. I personally rather take the train into the city then hit up the crappy bars around here.
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Old 01-02-2010, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Massapequa, NY
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The whole nightlife scene on Long Island died down.. with the bad economy a lot of the old clubs closed. Most of the clubs on Long Island I went when i was younger are long gone. Even in the city most of those places closed down due to extacy. I personally rather take the train into the city then hit up the crappy bars around here.

Its true. I used to a show every other month on long island and I cant even remember the last show I did. You have to go to NYC or the outter boroughs for the the night life.
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