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I grew up in Oceanside from 1949 - 1969. Things were decent then but LI did have more industries such as Republic and Grumman to share the burden.
It's a shame, LI residents cannot elect a government that will force fiscal responsibility.
Now live in NC and see the problem beginning here when folks ask for more services without understanding how they will be funded.
Good luck.
Hehe, that's exactly why when I moved off the Island, I was adamant about avoiding any place which is popular with other expats- Stupid NYers just keep doing the same things over and over- thus recreating a replica of the Hell that they moved to get away from. (And they wonder why the locals hate them!).
In most cases, you can take the NYer out of NY, but you can't take the NY out of the NYer. Isn't that a definition of insanity? To keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results?
I've seen the same thing here, only with expat Californians and Chicagoans- but luckily, there are only a handful of 'em- Not enough to actually do anything. (I'm actually friends with an ex-Chicagoan here, but he's as glad to be away from the nonsense of Chicago, as I am to be away from the crapola of NY!)
$5,500 in Village taxes for Patchogue? That's beyond insane!
That is insane! Do they have their own police department? Even if they do, that's a lot based on the value of the property.
I've seen $5,500 in Lynbrook (which as their own PD) on a house in the $500s.
My Valley Stream village taxes are about $2,200, which I consider fair, since it seems to balance out what I would have pay to TOH for the services my village provides.
That is insane! Do they have their own police department? Even if they do, that's a lot based on the value of the property.
I've seen $5,500 in Lynbrook (which as their own PD) on a house in the $500s.
My Valley Stream village taxes are about $2,200, which I consider fair, since it seems to balance out what I would have pay to TOH for the services my village provides.
They have a Public Safety department, and all I've ever seen them do is hand out parking tickets on Main Street and go to Dunkin' Donuts on Waverly Avenue. Police presence is always SCPD. We're also paying for that stellar Pat-Med school district!
They have a Public Safety department, and all I've ever seen them do is hand out parking tickets on Main Street and go to Dunkin' Donuts on Waverly Avenue. Police presence is always SCPD. We're also paying for that stellar Pat-Med school district!
Wow. That's unbelievable. We have public safety, too, and a village pool, and a park system!
Well they did 'renovate' the village. Now it's filled with all sorts of yuppie (do we still use this word?) eateries and $6.00 ice cream cone joints.
Yeah, they seem to do that every 20 years or so. It lasts a few years, and then the place reverts back to the one-step-above-a-slum dump which it has been for the last 50 years, with half the store fronts empty again, and garbage on the fancy sidewalks.
As a poster on another forum always says: "Patchogue: The only place where property values DECREASE the closer you get to the water"!
Taxes are not high in a vacuum. They are high because real estate values are high. Real estate values are high because the area is desireable and that is where you have access to the higher paying jobs.
Don't forget leverage is your friend . A 600k home going up 5% is way more than a 150k home in cheapsville going up 5%.
After decades on long island many long islanders sell their expensive small homes , relocate to cheapville and live very well. On the other hand most locals have far less in net worth then those long island transplants that sell and move there.
Just something to consider when folks living in cheapsville all their lives mention how they would never live in such high cost areas.
High cost of living areas are high cost because they are desireble and many
times it is worth it .
We had a 2nd home in the pocono's. Yeah it was cheaper there but those locals accumulated little wealth. Most of the transplants from the tristate area were far better off at the end of the day.
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Yeah, they seem to do that every 20 years or so. It lasts a few years, and then the place reverts back to the one-step-above-a-slum dump which it has been for the last 50 years, with half the store fronts empty again, and garbage on the fancy sidewalks.
As a poster on another forum always says: "Patchogue: The only place where property values DECREASE the closer you get to the water"!
Don't forget Mastic Beach, that has some pretty 'unique' waterfront properties too!
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