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View Poll Results: What do you like to complain about on LI?
Property Taxes 33 63.46%
Sales Tax 9 17.31%
Income Tax 7 13.46%
Public Employee Unions 11 21.15%
Highly compensated public employees #1: public school teachers 12 23.08%
Highly compensated public employees #2: police 13 25.00%
Traffic 22 42.31%
Illegal Aliens 18 34.62%
Street Gangs 8 15.38%
Land Rover drivers 6 11.54%
Politicians 12 23.08%
Drug abuse 5 9.62%
Crime 8 15.38%
Guidos and Guidettes 10 19.23%
Soccer Moms in SUVs 13 25.00%
Cheapo Employers 9 17.31%
LIRR 9 17.31%
Write In: (make a post about it) 9 17.31%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-05-2010, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Nassau, Long Island, NY
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I do love to complain and have a whole repertoire. I guess it's because I am a LI'er. Here are some of my favorites. What do you like to complain about around here? Choose "write in" and post it!

All complaints, no matter how "trivial" it might appear to others, welcome!
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:34 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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The weather from early October to late April!!!!!
Too many people!
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Nassau, Long Island, NY
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I was voting for all my complaints and hit "write in" by mistake ... so now I have to think of another thing on LI to complain about! That shouldn't be hard ... okay ... Potholes!!!!
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:37 PM
 
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Soccer Moms and Land Rovers.

Lovin' it LI!

Crooks
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Old 04-05-2010, 12:58 PM
 
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In all honesty, boredom. It goes hand-in-hand with Meg's comment about the weather from October to late April. When the weather is nice, there are things to do. But during the winter? Not so much, and thank gawd for hockey. I realize it's that way in many suburban areas, however, not just on Long Island.

Oh, and I don't like the way doctors practice medicine up here. They want office visits for every little thing, including things that can be done over the phone. They really play the insurance game up here, boy howdy.

Oh, and I haven't really yet been impressed with the businesses I've worked with here. There's a pedestrian feel to them. (She said snootily.) Could just be the ones I've worked with, but I've run into quite a few people who wouldn't know professionalism if it bit them. And I think workers in the private, for-profit sector here are underpaid. Again, could just be the companies I've dealt with, but they're very cheap with salary and very stingy with benefits. Sorry, I made more money in a lower position at a non-profit a few years ago, and it was located in an equally expensive suburban area. I guess employers on the Island figure the shorter commute they offer as opposed to schlepping into the city from Suffolk makes them sufficiently wonderful to want to work for. Nuh-uh. Employers up here are just tightwads, and have been tightwads since before the economic crisis. Maybe that's because New York is the financial center, so profit comes to the forefront of employers' minds, but it's really quite disgusting how they treat their workers up here. That's one reason why I freelance. No one could pay me enough to put up with the nonsense they want to dish out up here, and I can make more money on my own with less aggravation.

Oh, and people up here complain too much.
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:02 PM
 
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I was voting for all my complaints and hit "write in" by mistake ... so now I have to think of another thing on LI to complain about! That shouldn't be hard ... okay ... Potholes!!!!
How about polls on CD that don't allow you to fix your mistakes.
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Smithtown, NY
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Illegal aliens. Along with them comes the crime, gangs, the need for more teachers and police and taxes.
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:21 PM
 
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The LIE, Northern State, Southern State, and the Sag
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:23 PM
 
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of course, teachers and LIRR

lol
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Old 04-05-2010, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Tri-State Area
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The LIE and Sit-n-Wait.
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