Has Long Island "Changed" ? (New City, East Northport: home owners insurance, house prices, neighborhood)

[fallgirl]

I am currently living in Florida and moved away from LI (Nassau) 8 1/2 years ago and want to move back. A lot of people I know on LI say it has "changed". When I ask how, they just say it is not the same. Any comments ?????????????

[41Willys]

The only thing that has changed is the taxes! There even higher now!

[NYC2RDU]

Well, I've been living here for the entire 8 1/2 years and the only thing that's changed is I've gained ten pounds, my hair has thinned a bit and my kids are 8 1/2 years older (actually one of them is only 7 years older - he was born in 2000).

Oh and my property taxes have gone up approximately 60%.

The only significant change is that property taxes are out of control. All else is well. Moving from Florida to Long Island shouldn't result in much of an increased expense. Plus, house prices are falling steadily (almost as I type) so there are increasingly better bargain opportunities popping up.

[catriella]

Frankly, I always loved Long Island and swore I'd never leave. But now that I have a family, I hate it here! Maybe some of the changes would be that its too crowded, traffic is awful, roads and store lots are usually dirty. The taxes are out of control, you can't buy a house for less than $400,000 and thats not getting you much...

[Joe L]

To many "New City people" fleeing Queens and Manhatten to put there kids in the public schools.
Taxes have doubled and tripled like traffic in some places.

I wont even get into the wave of rich mid eastern refugees on the North West Shore of Nassau County.
There agressive at everything and as nasty as they come

[NYC2RDU]

Originally Posted by Joe L

To many "New City people" fleeing Queens and Manhatten to put there kids in the public schools.
Taxes have doubled and tripled like traffic in some places.

I wont even get into the wave of rich mid eastern refugees on the North West Shore of Nassau County.
There agressive at everything and as nasty as they come

The influx of City-folk is nothing new. As a matter of fact it's pretty much the main force that built Long Island into what it's become.

As for the refugee comment I'll pass. We're an immigrant nation almost to a person and so I'm always confounded by such comments. However I would offer as caution a comment made by a family friend twelve years ago when my wife and I first moved to the Northport - East Northport area. She had said the neighborhood was turning Indian (as in Delhi, not Sitting Bull). My sister freaked on us and begged us to reconsider our plans. Well first of all, why would people from India (particularly considering they could afford to buy homes) be bad neighbors? And second, it wasn't even true. If ethnicity is an issue, choose your neighborhood wisely.

But the taxes comment is spot on. However our property tax is still reasonable and that largely offsets the costs Floridians are faced with.

[NYC2RDU]

Originally Posted by NYC2RDU

But the taxes comment is spot on. However our property tax is still reasonable and that largely offsets the costs Floridians are faced with.

I meant to say "home owners insurance" in the last line, not property tax.

[Joe L]

Originally Posted by NYC2RDU

She had said the neighborhood was turning Indian (as in Delhi, not Sitting Bull). .

Just to clarify I dont have problems with Indians American or Delhi. Im referring to the Iranian Jewish, Iranian Moslum's who had the $$ to get out Iran. They come here to work in the hospital and have turned Great Neck-Manhasset into a war zone.

They litarally stare you down in the Grocery store if they dont like whats in your cart, call your girlfriend "Wh-re" for wearing shorts when its 90 out.
Vile nasty racists who fight with and want EVERBODY to live like they did back home HERE! They always cut down all the trees on there propertys to look like the desert

Its no wonder they were prosicuted-kicked out there home countrys. They cant get along with anybody and act like Osama Bin Laden.

[fopt65]

Originally Posted by fallgirl

I am currently living in Florida and moved away from LI (Nassau) 8 1/2 years ago and want to move back. A lot of people I know on LI say it has "changed". When I ask how, they just say it is not the same. Any comments ?????????????

Long Island, like every other community in the US, has become more diverse over the years. The influx of people has caused increases in traffic. Some school districts have become more popular, and therefore more crowded, while others have seen a drop in enrollment compared to previous years.
Taxes have increased substantially in direct correlation to higher property assessments. This is not just a LI problem. As you know, in Florida, property taxes, particularly those who aren't capped by the Save our Homes exclusion, have skyrocketted as well.
Basically, Long Island is typical of most popular areas: people complaining of "outsiders" coming into the area, taxes are going up, and people are finding it harder and harder to get by.

[cottonwood2420]

Originally Posted by 41Willys

The only thing that has changed is the taxes! There even higher now!

Is it safer now then it was 8 years ago?