Relocating To Saranac Lake, NY

[Pidgett]

RET-FDNY:

I am curious about what you said about having deer near your house in Yonkers. For many years while living in southern Westchester County, I would never see any deer as the area is quite urbanized. One would have to go north of I-287 to find any. But as you mentioned, the deer have been forced out of their habitats by pervasive development. Where in Yonkers did you live? Are deer found in all areas of Yonkers nowadays? And do you know if deer have made their way into the Bronx in such wooded areas as Van Cortlandt Park or Pelham Bay Park? I am fascinated by the fact that deer are now living in these very urbanized areas. Thanks for your response!

PS--You'll love Saranac Lake! It has a peaceable mix of ex-urban refugees, rednecks, back-to-the-landers, nature lovers and unconventional types. It does NOT have the "keeping-up-with-the-Jones's" types, who would think that the Adirondacks are too rural and undisciplined to live in anyway. So be prepared for an area that is hard to pigeonhole socially for such a rural area. This is not the rural midwest or south. (Thank God!). Unlike these aforemntioned locales, the Adirondacks, as well as most of upstate New York and rural New England, have, in general, a live-and-let-live mindset. They are usually tolerant of most people who have different lifestyles than their own. The key word here is "tolerant." Tolerance is a WONDEROUS thing because, by definition, it means acheiving and practicing a difficult thing; namely, live your life as you see fit so long as it doesn't hurt me, and allow me to do the same with respect to you.

[RET-FDNY]

Thanks for your input on Saranac Lake Pidgett. The more I hear, the more I think I am going to like it up there. As I mentioned in previous posts, I do need to be around people and not totally out in the woods.

As far as Yonkers is concerned, we lived right on The Hastings-On-Hudson/Yonkers border, near Tompkins Ave. It was a great place to live. Its funny, the people in
Saranac sort of reminded me of my friends in Yonkers, very down to earth. We have since relocated to Garrison, NY.

The deer were living in an abandoned farm that had become overgrown with trees. It is owned by one of those schools on North Broadway near Tompkins. That whole northwest corner of Yonkers, until a few years ago, had a lot of vacant land. Developers came in and started subdividing, tearing down quaint little house and replacing them with "McMansions" and basically destroying that nice area. It is still a good area to live, but is slowly starting to lose its character.

The deer also live in the woods all along the Saw Mill Parkway in that area. When the county tore out the old Putnam Division railroad tracks and turned the old line into a bike path, that seemed to have displaced more of them. You have to be very careful when you drive on the Saw Mill Parkway, deer are everywhere these days, cars are hitting them on a regular basis. I used to have a part time bartending job in Yonkers and when I came home during the early morning hours, the deer owned that neighborhood! There would be large groups of them running through everyone's yard, when I came up the block and disturbed them, everybody's security lights would start popping on as the deer would activate the motion sensors, it was pretty funny. I felt like I was coming home to a party!

And yes, they are as far down as Van Cortlandt park also. I am not too sure about Pelham Bay.

[rcdnorthstar]

Hello! I am also relocating to the Saranac Lake area. The black flies can be nasty. I finally started to use Avon's skin-so-soft and believe it or not....they left me alone.

Right now I am looking for someplace to live. I would love to rent house but a larger apartment would work as well. I looked for listings in Saranac Lake but found nothing. Any suggestions for areas that surround Saranac Lake....not Lake Placid though....nice place to visit but boy.....too expensive for me!

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by rcdnorthstar

Hello! I am also relocating to the Saranac Lake area. The black flies can be nasty. I finally started to use Avon's skin-so-soft and believe it or not....they left me alone.

Right now I am looking for someplace to live. I would love to rent house but a larger apartment would work as well. I looked for listings in Saranac Lake but found nothing. Any suggestions for areas that surround Saranac Lake....not Lake Placid though....nice place to visit but boy.....too expensive for me!

Try here: http://plattsburgh.craigslist.org/apa/

http://local.pressrepublican.com/Sar...tments.zq.html

Remember that some listings might say Tri-Lakes area, like this one: Remodeled includes heat/electric