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Thats where I am/where I went to HS. It was fine. Never had a problem.
I could have sworn we have had this conversation before lol.
Seriously we wanted to live by the ocean and had considered it but when we factored in Catholic Schools the value went out the window. Thats a nice little neighborhood there.
Seriously we wanted to live by the ocean and had considered it but when we factored in Catholic Schools the value went out the window. Thats a nice little neighborhood there.
I don't live by the ocean and eh there are nice POCKETS but in general Shirley is a trainwreck, and a black hole when it comes to real estate.
I am getting very very sick of this thread but feel free to PM me to continue this discussion if you wish.
Could not agree more - wrong assumptions can lead to wrong conclusions.
Commute sucks even when is most high-tech, not excessively long etc - it shortens lives... But is part of (industrialized) life and often unavoidable. [I have done a commute by car and hated it].
If it's possible to live in a nice safe place and walk/bike to work AND to the beach - that's priceless to me. That's what I like about being here - far enough and close enough to NYC (north shore Suffolk). Don't want to sound as I have it all, because I don't... but it really is quality of life I would not trade.
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Now, what would be the best solution if we wanted to turn LI into an optimal NYC's commuter appendage (I personally do not want to do that).
I think is possible to make a Riverhead - Penn Station commute in < 30min; commute from central Nassau - about 10min or so.
The solution would be an expensive new development - a kind of a high speed train (like the Shinkansen in Japan, which is a real pleasure to ride) with only 2 to 3 stops/hubs maximum: Riverhead and 2 more. The hardest will be to accommodate this at the Penn Station end w/o interference with regular trains.
The 2-3 hubs will need efficient local infrastructure to allow people to get there fast and to park, since the bulk of the commute now will be to get to the hub. The shape of the island works well for having a single central line.
Anything east of Riverhead should not be touched...
Yes, these are the only rural areas of Nassau County, and they are on top of the city - a little strange if you ask me. JMO.
Not strange if looked at from the past. These were areas of wealthy and influential people -- many of whom could trace their lineage back to the Revolutionary War era. More recently they caused Moses to loop his projects around their land holdings as opposed to through. These were men who didn't need money like a more modest property owner, such as a farmer, would.
Other areas of Nassau were farms and sold off to developers piecemeal over the past 100 years -- look about as you drive through Nassau and you can tell which areas were built up and when by the architecture.
Could not agree more - wrong assumptions can lead to wrong conclusions.
Commute sucks even when is most high-tech, not excessively long etc - it shortens lives... But is part of (industrialized) life and often unavoidable. [I have done a commute by car and hated it].
If it's possible to live in a nice safe place and walk/bike to work AND to the beach - that's priceless to me. That's what I like about being here - far enough and close enough to NYC (north shore Suffolk). Don't want to sound as I have it all, because I don't... but it really is quality of life I would not trade.
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Now, what would be the best solution if we wanted to turn LI into an optimal NYC's commuter appendage (I personally do not want to do that).
I think is possible to make a Riverhead - Penn Station commute in < 30min; commute from central Nassau - about 10min or so.
The solution would be an expensive new development - a kind of a high speed train (like the Shinkansen in Japan, which is a real pleasure to ride) with only 2 to 3 stops/hubs maximum: Riverhead and 2 more. The hardest will be to accommodate this at the Penn Station end w/o interference with regular trains.
The 2-3 hubs will need efficient local infrastructure to allow people to get there fast and to park, since the bulk of the commute now will be to get to the hub. The shape of the island works well for having a single central line.
Anything east of Riverhead should not be touched...
This shouldn't that hard. It's ~30 miles from Penn to the Nassau Suffolk line, so why should it take the LIRR 60 minutes to go 30 miles? Maybe better scheduling, switching and a way for "express trains" to get through Jamacia without having to slow down to 5 MPH would be a start.
no ego. I just get a kick out of the LI rednecks who pay LI prices for country livin'. And those that are afraid of the big city, lol.
actually, I commend them for not overextending themselves and buying something they cannot afford.
how would you know? You don't even have sewers where you live....
You noticed that too!
LOL ... cesspools in the yard ... be careful where you put the vegetable garden!
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