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My ex friend and his partner had a kid with "dreams". He isn't doing good, I'm glad to say.
I'm confused too; guess I'm missing something.
Anyway, to the OP: If your "want list" was given in the order of first priority, which would be walkability/closeness to public transport, than my suggestion would be to concentrate first on communities that have a true downtown area which includes a Long Island RR station. You can find a route map here: MTA LIRR - LIRR Map (http://www.lirr.org/lirr/html/lirrmap.htm - broken link) Of course, some or even many "station" towns will not fit your other requirements (either for price or schools or other reasons) but it's a place to start. If your husband has to commute to NYC, all you need to know is that "all lines lead to the Jamaica station". If he will be working in a Long Island town, you can see from the map whether there is a connection between there and any potential home community.
As a general rule of thumb, house prices in Nassau County will be higher than comparable areas in Suffolk. You can see a faint dotted almost-horizontal line on the LIRR map, running roughly from the Cold Spring Harbor station to the Farmingdale station to the Amityville station; that's the county dividing line.
As far as commuting times, just as a FYI, it takes approximately an hour or so to get from the Babylon station (which is in western Suffolk) to Penn Station in NYC, depending on whether the train you board is an Express (skipping a lot of stops) or a Local (stops at each one).
The best way to get a basic idea of an individual town on the map is to look at current house prices at MLSLI.com – Long Island Real Estate – Find A Home in Nassau, Suffolk & Queens which will also include the school district name (which may very well not be the same name as the town itself; for instance, parts of Hauppague fall within the Smithtown school district and other parts are within the Hauppauge district). You can then look up the stats on the school district itself. The demographic and economic makeup of each town can be found here on CityData.
When looking at the houses on MLSLI.com, keep an eye out for the words "walk to town" or "convenient to all" or some such phrase in the description. That will usually be a tipoff that the house is either right in the downtown area or perhaps a block or two or three off its' main street.
be very careful where you buy a home, dont trust real estate agents, and make sure you get into a good school district. If you like the city buy westerb suffolk it easier to and closer to everything. as far as your culture be yourself but act as the romans do when it calls for it. good luck
be very careful where you buy a home, dont trust real estate agents, and make sure you get into a good school district. If you like the city buy westerb suffolk it easier to and closer to everything. as far as your culture be yourself but act as the romans do when it calls for it. good luck
I take strong exception to your generalization "don't trust real estate agents". Apparently you or someone you know had one or more bad experience(s) but that does NOT make all of us bad apples!
Most of us take great pride in the service(s) we provide; in addition, those of us that are Realtors (not all real estate agents are), have to adhere to a strict code of ethics or be fined and/or lose our license.
I would not choose Western Suffolk for city access. It's OK, but if that's your priority, western Nassau is better, and it's more densely built which may suit you more.
... those of us that are Realtors (not all real estate agents are), have to adhere to a strict code of ethics or be fined and/or lose our license.
Elke Mariotti, does listing and advertising a property as being located in the non-existent "North Woodmere", when the property is actually in the Hamlet of South Valley Stream, adhere to or violate your strict code of ethics?
Elke Mariotti, does listing and advertising a property as being located in the non-existent "North Woodmere", when the property is actually in the Hamlet of South Valley Stream, adhere to or violate your strict code of ethics?
Walter, not being familiar with that area at all, I won't even venture a guess... However, if the listing/advertising of a property with a stated location is misleading, I personally would certainly consider that unethical.
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