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It amazes me that easy availability of designer coffee rises to such a level of importance that it could cause a worker to second guess his very existence.
Industrial parks have existed in Hauppauge for over fifty years. Sufficient demand would have created a wealth of dining opportunities in a market driven economy. Their absence points directly to a lack of demand.
I believe the external environment is not much different if you were working in Slicon Valley. It's also a world of industrial parks where you need to get into your car to go to a restaurant. Many complain about commuting on the Caltrain. Inside the office, however, it might be more conducive for the type of atmosphere that you are looking for and many people work there till all hours to be available for their Asian clients. This is the responsiblity of the individual company, not the town. Your particular company is not offereing "game nights" and a big kitchen stocked with snacks, employees bringing Fido to work with them.
In 10 years, all the 20 year olds making apps and games are going to get married and start having kids. It's going to be interesting to see how the pendulum will swing.
I have visited the Google campus in mountain view, CA. It is very similar to a LI industrial park.
Go man up and hop on the train and trek into manhattan cry baby. Im sure you will find your starbucks and smoothie bar on every corner. Enjoy all the lights of cars on that nice long commute back from the city.
Lunch options in Melville aren't that much better. I work there.
I've actually travel quite a bit for work (100k air miles last year , woo!), and feel that food in general is quite sub-par everywhere.
Everywhere I went I really needed to seek the places out, typically far away from corporate campuses and commercial/industrial zones.
At least we're lucky to have great place to eat right in Patchogue. Many American burbs are strictly limited to chains.
I just moved from brooklyn. Of course I don't like starbucks either! I like the community feeling of walking in and knowing the barista more so than the expensive lattes. Saying hello, talking about things... and dealing with a person that doesn't dislike his job. It's a nice mental break and in my opinion it's very healthy. I guess you only get it when you get it, I won't try to school. Everyone was pretty nice and wanted to make things better, a sentiment that is sometimes lacking around here. I love brooklyn and nyc, but I'm a surfer and nature lover at heart. I also want to be near my family. I found myself trying to get in and out of NYC all too often and it became very taxing on my mind and my bank account. So, I'm trying something else. but Long Island is my roots! I'm familiar (too familiar) with the long island crowd, and I can't say i didn't expect some of the responses I got here. But I consider myself to be pretty open, I understand people come from different situations. I'm just trying to find what works for me, and out of curiosity I wanted to know the general feeling of the work environment here. What is next for long island, drive in younger people? maybe a "tech scene"? I'm not asking for nerf guns and kegerators either... been there. Just some progress and positivity and I think we can attract great folks. The beaches here are my favorite in the world and only a short drive away now. If I need my "fancy" coffee nyc is an hour drive on the weekends. If my first post came off as a rant, the responses were the reality check i needed -- life is not bad at all and there is no "problem", but trying to keep moving forward even though i came back.
I would also like to note, Parkway Rotisserie on motor parkway is legendary and George is the man. This is what I'm talking about!
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