Are there any parts of LI where you can score a big home for a cheap sticker price like you can in some southern states? (Hempstead: buyers, school district)
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Interesting that you bring this up because IMO, I thought that Hempstead was similar to Far Rockaway in its heyday. And they ruined it the same way, making it a dumping ground.
You just end up shuffling the same type of people from one place to another. They have to live some place.
I heard Hempstead was nice in the 1960s
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A ferry along the south shore, starting at Atlantic Beach with stops at convenient points on the way to Hampton Bays would be rather useful. I don't believe it could start at Far Rock as Jamaica Bay does not feed into Reynolds Channel.
Kind of like the LIRR but much less practical, right?
I grew up in East Meadow during the 1950s and 1960s. My mom (who didn't drive) would take me on the bus into Hempstead and we'd walk from there to the west (Garden City) end where the department stores were: Arnold Constable, A&S, and a third one whose name I can't recall. Our dentist's and pediatrician's offices were on Cathedral Avenue which if I recall was right on the edge of where Hempstead becomes Garden City. Jdawg is right, Hempstead was very nice during the 1950s and early 1960s.
However, the changes started in the late 1960s. In 1971 I went to work for Ford Motor Credit whose branch office was across from the bus station. There was a bakery inside the bus station that sold great rolls, danish, etc, but it was an office rule that if a woman went to the bus station 'shops', she had to take a second person with her. The guys could go into the bus station alone but not the gals. That was because too many women had been "accosted" (or worse) there. And that was during business hours, can't imagine what it was like there at night. We all left at 5pm and there was a security guy in the building's parking lot from 7 am to 7 pm which is when the gate was locked.
I grew up in East Meadow during the 1950s and 1960s. My mom (who didn't drive) would take me on the bus into Hempstead and we'd walk from there to the west (Garden City) end where the department stores were: Arnold Constable, A&S, and a third one whose name I can't recall. Our dentist's and pediatrician's offices were on Cathedral Avenue which if I recall was right on the edge of where Hempstead becomes Garden City. Jdawg is right, Hempstead was very nice during the 1950s and early 1960s.
However, the changes started in the late 1960s. In 1971 I went to work for Ford Motor Credit whose branch office was across from the bus station. There was a bakery inside the bus station that sold great rolls, danish, etc, but it was an office rule that if a woman went to the bus station 'shops', she had to take a second person with her. The guys could go into the bus station alone but not the gals. That was because too many women had been "accosted" (or worse) there. And that was during business hours, can't imagine what it was like there at night. We all left at 5pm and there was a security guy in the building's parking lot from 7 am to 7 pm which is when the gate was locked.
Tell me more about the changes.
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Mastic IS a gold mine. I was visiting a friend who bought a house over there on the water. Absolutely stunning view. Guys a custodian and he has this nice house on the water that he bought for a bag of peanuts. I looked around and said "wow these people don't understand what a goldmine they are sitting on". All it takes is a few Asian families buying in and then it will skyrocket. G Dale is spot on....... Buy low . Sell high. I remember when patchouge was a dump.
Where do Asian families tend to buy, though? Good school districts. That's where Mastic fails. If the William Floyd School district improved, they might consider it. That's a long shot.
Patchogue started revitalization a while ago. Houses are still cheap. The Mastics are a good investment if you turn it into a grow house, otherwise forget it.
Also worth remembering that Patchogue had a downtown/Main Street area to begin with, while Mastic has not. Patchogue's revitalization focused on that, and its proximity to the LIRR.
Also worth remembering that Patchogue had a downtown/Main Street area to begin with, while Mastic has not. Patchogue's revitalization focused on that, and its proximity to the LIRR.
Mastic is a dumpster fire of a town. Invest and Mastic do not belong in the same sentence, unless you define "invest" by never actually gaining a penny.
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