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It is easy, sidewalks cost money. Money to install them adds to your property tax, then a few years down the road if the sidewalk in front of your house needs repairing, you have to pay for it, many Suffolk communities have decided they are better off making wide roads and staying away from sidewalks
It is easy, sidewalks cost money. Money to install them adds to your property tax, then a few years down the road if the sidewalk in front of your house needs repairing, you have to pay for it, many Suffolk communities have decided they are better off making wide roads and staying away from sidewalks
You will also find that very affluent areas also often do not have sidewalks, aside from a main street area, etc. It is not always about the money.
You will also find that very affluent areas also often do not have sidewalks, aside from a main street area, etc. It is not always about the money.
INTERESING... I get it! They don't want baby mamas parading their kids around and frugal folk walking recyclable cans in a borrowed shopping cart to the depository!!!!
However, middle island is definitely not elite. And these people have to walk on the street and hope for the best!
INTERESING... I get it! They don't want baby mamas parading their kids around and frugal folk walking recyclable cans in a borrowed shopping cart to the depository!!!!
However, middle island is definitely not elite. And these people have to walk on the street and hope for the best!
Are you trying to imply that the lack of sidewalks is discriminatory against certain groups?
How much more are you willing to pay in property taxes for sidewalks throughout the town of Brookhaven? After all, you give them to one community, you have to give them to all.
I moved to Suffolk from a congested area in Nassau county, were sidewalks were buckled and heaving due to trees and weather, cracked from lack of maintenance, etc. People tended to walk in the street to avoid twisting their ankles.
Sidewalks are awesome. Obviously in super-secluded areas on the Gold Coast where you have to drive a 1/2 mile down the driveway to get your mail, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have them. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense in many areas of Suffolk where the neighborhoods aren't very dense, either.
Some parts of areas like Middle Island, Coram, Centereach, etc. could definitely use sidewalks....and curbs! All the newer (like 1960s-1970s) residential developments that aren't much different from older Nassau neighborhoods. Splanch/high ranch properties that are more like 100x120 instead of Nassau's 60x100. Do these hoods even have street lights? I understand not having them on twisty, hilly North Shore blocks...but middle of the island suburbs? Just looks like suburban Pennsylvania or something....not Nassau.
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Originally Posted by OhBeeHave
I moved to Suffolk from a congested area in Nassau county, were sidewalks were buckled and heaving due to trees and weather, cracked from lack of maintenance, etc. People tended to walk in the street to avoid twisting their ankles.
Buckled sidewalks are great for kids....they used to make excellent BMX bike jumps
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