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So, for instance, if choosing to live on Long Island at all (instead of going further inland to the west or north from Long Island), instead of living in oceanfront communities such as Long Beach or Babylon Village or South Amityville or Patchogue or Riverhead (all fronting the Atlantic Ocean) or even in one of the Long Island Sound-fronted communities (remember that Long Island Sound is not an enclosed lake like the Great Lakes but rather an inland extension or inlet of the Atlantic Ocean itself), I would instead choose to live closer to the center median strip of Long Island such as in communities like Melville, Farmingdale, Commack, East Northport, Garden City, Mineola, East Meadow, Westbury, Hicksville, and so on. In other words, it is that much lesser chance that ocean levels rising or even tsunamis going further inland beyond the beach communities will flood the center strip of the island.
Another benefit of living closer to the center is getting on the main arteries quicker. Having to drive 15+ minutes just to find the entrance to a highway so you can head out east or west is not for me.
The island is only 6 miles north to south I believe. Getting to the beaches from the center of the island even once a week is still a breeze.
Another benefit of living closer to the center is getting on the main arteries quicker. Having to drive 15+ minutes just to find the entrance to a highway so you can head out east or west is not for me.
The island is only 6 miles north to south I believe. Getting to the beaches from the center of the island even once a week is still a breeze.
closer to 20 miles
living closer to the ocean has its benefits. You're closer to the beach and the bay. within walking/biking distance. It's cooler in the summer. you don't get that nice ocean breeze if you're too far north of sunrise.
After NY Rising assists me with raising my house 4-6 feet, I dont think there will be an issue with sea level with my house for a few hundred years; I'll be above the 500 year floodplain. Many of my neighbors are considering the same thing.
Another benefit of living closer to the center is getting on the main arteries quicker. Having to drive 15+ minutes just to find the entrance to a highway so you can head out east or west is not for me.
The island is only 6 miles north to south I believe. Getting to the beaches from the center of the island even once a week is still a breeze.
From Oct-jun it may be a breeze but, summer months unless you leave early its not so breezy. I agree though if you go once a week it doesnt really matter. Most people that live in these communities do so because of the quick access, especially boaters.
living closer to the ocean has its benefits. You're closer to the beach and the bay. within walking/biking distance. It's cooler in the summer. you don't get that nice ocean breeze if you're too far north of sunrise.
All the waters surrounding Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) on all sides are Atlantic Ocean-originated, including Long Island Sound (which is an inland extension or inlet of the Atlantic Ocean with a wide-enough opening to the Atlantic Ocean on its eastern end). I'm not sure that all of the rather narrow "barriers" that Long Island has along its south shore would serve as an altogether effective protective "barrier" to tsunamis or rising ocean levels of consequence, though some of them have a lbay to the north of them with a larger north-to south dimension between the barrier island and the south shore mainland which might mitigate the damage or destruction to some degree. After all, these barriers appear to be rather slender or thin in their north-to-south dimension and a powerful tsunami would very likely wash over the entirety of the barrier islands and possibly move further on onto the Long Island mainland. I am surmising that, if we asked geophysical and climatological scientists, they would likely concur with this speculation put forth by myself.
Another benefit of living closer to the center is getting on the main arteries quicker. Having to drive 15+ minutes just to find the entrance to a highway so you can head out east or west is not for me.
The island is only 6 miles north to south I believe. Getting to the beaches from the center of the island even once a week is still a breeze.
What are you talking about? Rocky Point is right on the water, and according to expert sources (residents of RP) it only takes 10 minutes to get to the LIE from there!
Another benefit of living closer to the center is getting on the main arteries quicker. Having to drive 15+ minutes just to find the entrance to a highway so you can head out east or west is not for me.
The island is only 6 miles north to south I believe. Getting to the beaches from the center of the island even once a week is still a breeze.
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Originally Posted by Howard Beale
closer to 20 miles
living closer to the ocean has its benefits. You're closer to the beach and the bay. within walking/biking distance. It's cooler in the summer. you don't get that nice ocean breeze if you're too far north of sunrise.
According to Google Maps-derived measurements of north-to-south dimensions on Long Island (from Long Island Sound to the south shore), it is from ~16 miles at its narrowest dimension to ~25 miles at its widest dimension from north to south.
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