Long Island and Westchester town comparison

[ArtScinta]

I would add this comparison too: Port Washington is to Long Island as Pelham is to Westchester. [mod]No links to individual agent sites, per TOS[/mod]

[LINative]

Originally Posted by slou0122

thank you Bmwguydc for the information you gave. Does everyone agree on this?

For the most part, yes.

I am not sure about comparing Cold Spring Harbor and Larchmont though. The Cold Spring Harbor area seems less developed. Especially neighboring villages like Lloyd Harbor, Laurel Hollow, Cove Neck and Oyster Bay Cove. The railroad station is pretty remote also.

Its possible that Bmwguydc might be comparing them because both communities are on the water, which is certainly similar.

[bmwguydc]

Originally Posted by LINative

For the most part, yes.

I am not sure about comparing Cold Spring Harbor and Larchmont though. The Cold Spring Harbor area seems less developed. Especially neighboring villages like Lloyd Harbor, Laurel Hollow, Cove Neck and Oyster Bay Cove. The railroad station is pretty remote also.

Its possible that Bmwguydc might be comparing them because both communities are on the water, which is certainly similar.

CSH is less developed, that's true. Comparing the school district, relative affluence, and culture, being by the water, were similar, given the towns/villages, on the OP's list, even if it's a rough comparison.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by bmwguydc

... given the towns/villages, on the OP's list ...

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... given the hamlets/villages, or, more preferably, given the villages/hamlets, on the OP's list ...
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[PresidentJoeMorgan]

Having grown up in Nassau Co. and having resided in Westchester for ~10 years, here are my suggested comparisons.
Ardsley ~ Malverne
Bronxville ~ Manhasset
Dobbs Ferry ~ Mepham/Bellmore
Eastchester ~ New Hyde Park (Memorial SD)
Edgemont ~ Herricks
Harrison ~ Syosset
Hartsdale ~ Baldwin
Hastings ~ Hewlett
Irvington ~ Lawrence
Larchmont ~ Roslyn
Mamaroneck ~ Port Washington
Mount Vernon ~ Glen Cove
Pelham ~ Floral Park
Portchester ~ Hicksville
Rye City ~ Great Neck
Rye Brook ~ Jericho
Scarsdale ~ Garden City
Tuckahoe ~ Uniondale
White Plains ~ Hempstead
Yonkers ~ Queens

[YanksRule]

Having living in both places- East Meadow on Long Island and Hartsdale in Westchester- comparing Long Island to Westchester with the exception of demographics, age, etc is somewhat hard because of the way the towns are laid out, save Port Jefferson and maybe Huntington-

The biggest difference I see is that almost every town in Westchester has at least a small downtown that separates that town from every other one and makes it feel a little different- it may not be large, for example, Bedford Hills, but near the train station there is always that small area. Long Island on the other hand, most of the towns have the same feel with strip malls and more strip malls- Uniondale feels like East Meadow which feels like Bellmore, and so on.

Sure, Long Island has Sunrise Highway and Hempstead turnpike, and they remind me of Central Park Avenue in Scarsdale and Yonkers, but there's no town center, and that's what gives Westchester towns their charm (and a lot of the price).

I think the better comparison is Rockland County to Long Island and that seems to have a lot of the same- Nanuet is very much like an LI town

Now granted there are some exceptions on LI, especially on the north shore and when you get farther out, however those towns with that Westchester, charming downtown feel is very, very isolated, for example, Port Jefferson is 2 hours to NYC by train.