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"After the recession of 2007-2009, Long Island received $30.5 million to rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned homes, under the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The funds were used to repair 71 homes and rental units in Suffolk County and 167 in Nassau County, according to county records."
That is an average of over $128,000 invested in EACH home! That is a lot of money per unit.......unreal.
"After the recession of 2007-2009, Long Island received $30.5 million to rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned homes, under the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The funds were used to repair 71 homes and rental units in Suffolk County and 167 in Nassau County, according to county records."
That is an average of over $128,000 invested in EACH home! That is a lot of money per unit.......unreal.
Probably $28,000 into the home and $100,000 into various pockets.
I do agree that LI is safe in most areas, but MS-13 is getting a bit concerning.
The media is finally using the term MS-13 as opposed to ignoring it. The problem may be increasing in some areas, but as someone else pointed out, the areas demographics bear a similarity to those of MS-13.
Terrorism can happen anywhere. This sounds like a euphemism for fear.
This brings up another topic - crime in general. Long Island is a very safe place. Of the houses cited on Long Island the highest crime rate is a 49/100 for Stony Brook; the lowest is Northport with a 78/100. As a reference, Charlotte is an 8/100 - not so safe at all.
Comparing Stony Brook or Northport with Charlotte? Seriously?
I don't know the area super well, but I had a decent idea about what you said. You gotta compromise somewhere in that price range for 3V schools or that smithtown zip code. Go further out east and the compromises are much less... mostly dealing with turkeys in your yard and how eerily quiet it is in the winter.
One doesn't have to go further east for quiet and wild life. I deal with deer eating my hostas lol and have had a red fox in my yard numerous times. And while I haven't yet seen them, there are wild turkeys in the area. One of the things that is rather neat about my corner of Long Island is that it is quiet, yet has access to the LIRR, SBU's cultural offerings, boating and fishing, active historical society and civic association. I am very happy here.
FWIW My house was a fixer upper, so I understand the concept behind compromise to get into an area one can not readily afford.
Of course your comparing 5.9sqmi/13,740 (Stony Brook), 2.5sqmi/7342 (Northport) communities with a city of 298sqmi/842k (Charlotte). Sort of gives meaning to the phrase comparing apples to oranges...
Thank you!
Nevermind the fact that the crime in Stony Brook and Northport is probably not the same variety of crime in Charlotte.
Of course your comparing 5.9sqmi/13,740 (Stony Brook), 2.5sqmi/7342 (Northport) communities with a city of 298sqmi/842k (Charlotte). Sort of gives meaning to the phrase comparing apples to oranges...
Not at all. Those ratings are based on crimes per 1000 residents. That is a constant, just as it is in the five boroughs of New York City which are all less crime-ridden than Charlotte.
Comparing Stony Brook or Northport with Charlotte? Seriously?
Just adding another data set to a comparison previously made by another. The type of crime, whether violent or property related, is factored into the ratings. What's your point?
Just adding another data set to a comparison previously made by another. The type of crime, whether violent or property related, is factored into the ratings. What's your point?
As VA Yankee wrote, it's apples to oranges. comparing a city to two small hamlets.
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Not at all. Those ratings are based on crimes per 1000 residents. That is a constant, just as it is in the five boroughs of New York City which are all less crime-ridden than Charlotte.
And what reference are you pulling from? Based on crime per 1k residents the 2 towns are being judged on 7 & 13 residents, not much of a reference to evaluate on 20 people total.
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