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We're from what was working class Stony Brook.
The gap between the haves and have everythings is huge there.
Its a beautiful area but if youre middle class youll have a hard time keeping up with the Joneses Schwatzes Wangs etc.
crooks
Couldn't disagree more. We lived in Three Village for years, both my kids went through the district from K - 12, graduated, both went on to terrific colleges and both had friends scattered all through the district. We were living in a modest area, and even though that was the case, my kids, myself and my husband, we all had and still have friends mostly living in the more wealthy areas. Never experienced what Crooks seems to have experienced many years before. We're not and never have been into keeping up with other people. It's not necessary. Showing off isn't our thing.
Don't believe everything you read here. As another poster stated, lots of what's here in these threads are exaggerations, personal vendettas, lots of cranks who should move away, and lots of have-nots who are disgusted and angry.
Have to say Three Village caters to the very bright - if you have above average kids who are good students, it's hard to go wrong with the district. But if your kids are average, stick with an average district since the middle of a classroom will get the most attention.
Couldn't disagree more. We lived in Three Village for years, both my kids went through the district from K - 12, graduated, both went on to terrific colleges and both had friends scattered all through the district. We were living in a modest area, and even though that was the case, my kids, myself and my husband, we all had and still have friends mostly living in the more wealthy areas. Never experienced what Crooks seems to have experienced many years before. We're not and never have been into keeping up with other people. It's not necessary. Showing off isn't our thing.
Don't believe everything you read here. As another poster stated, lots of what's here in these threads are exaggerations, personal vendettas, lots of cranks who should move away, and lots of have-nots who are disgusted and angry.
Have to say Three Village caters to the very bright - if you have above average kids who are good students, it's hard to go wrong with the district. But if your kids are average, stick with an average district since the middle of a classroom will get the most attention.
Theres no vendetta, Im a proud WMHS graduate.
Like I've said before, the majority of the very bright 3V class of nineteeneightysomething set up shop out here after college, the rest left for NC.
Only difference being AndreaII's experience is current, while yours is a little older.
Perhaps.
It was OP who painted 3v and Mt Sinai as icy, not I.
I just shared my experience growing up there in the 80s.
I will tell you this, there is definitley a more recent perception of 3v as elitist than when we lived there.
Now thats fine if it equals education but not so fine if it equals arrogance.
There was definitely more working class folks around then.
Im many years removed from the day to day but I still have one friend who lives there so I do visit often.
Its a lovely place to live if you have money.
Wow, after reading some of these threads I think I should lock my doors and not even think about putting my house on the market.
We are starting to look at houses in the Northport, Commack, Three Village, Elwood and Mt. Sinai school districts and some of what I've read freaks me out. (These areas are close to where we both work.)
We are just a regular, working/middle class family looking for a nice community, welcoming neighbors, and a good school. We are quiet, not given to hosting loud parties, keep our yard neat, our house well-kept and are nice neighbors.
We can't afford a McMansion with high taxes so we know we will always have one of the smaller homes in the neighborhood and that's fine with us. I just don't want to move to an area where (according to here) if you are new you will be given the cold shoulder (Mt. Sinai) or the district has a better reputation in the newspaper than in reality (Three Village).
What in heck should we do?
I was one of the people who said that people in Mt. Sinai can be snooty. I have extensive experience in the area, and my wife and her siblings went to school there..one graduated less than 10 years ago, so we are there regularly. There is ABSOLUTELY a "mean girls" wannabe streak amongst some kids there, and it comes from having parents with a keeping up with the Joneses mentality, who are way too concerned with out-doing others in what car they have, how big their kids wedding is, how sexy they are, etc. That's not EVERYBODY, but it's not as prevelant in other middle class places I've lived on LI.
While Three Village may have some of this too, it also has a reputation for academic achievement, wheras Mt. Sinai rep is based around being..upper middle class and highly taxed. The guy ranting about Three Village is one of handfull of people in every school district who have become CONSUMED with attacking whatever school district they live in, damn all honesty and integrity and truth, because they think taxes are too high. I'd take anybody spouting pure hypberbole with a grain of salt.
As always, your mileage may vary.
I addition, Mt. Sinai has a few hundred or thousand new transplants due to all the higher end houseing that has been built there the last 5 years or so, which , in my experience, has DIRECTLY EQUATED to being tailgated more often by Range Rovers, BMW's, and Mercedes in the similar manner I used to experience in say, Roslyn, when driving up Patch/M. Sinai road or the side streets. My in laws tell me about this constantly. In short, more upper middle class "Joneses" have moved there. A lot more.
But, go there, go to the park, drive around, get tailgated. Make your own decision.
This message is to the OP. Every area and every house has its good points and bad points. I don't think you would find a "perfect" area without unlimited funds. Even then, there will be drawbacks to some degree. You have to weigh the good vs. the bad and decide what would make you most happy. First-hand research is what you need to depend on, not these boards. This is just a starting point. Go to the area you are considering, hang out for a day, go to the stores, drive the neighborhoods, talk to people, go to the local restaurants, visit the schools, maybe even go to a school sporting event. I think if you did all these things, you would get a good understanding of the character of each neighborhood. I do think you may need to narrow down your choices, as doing this sort of research on each area would be pretty time consuming. Best of luck!
For a nice "community" flavor a little more West, Northport is great; East Northport and Elwood aren't bad places either . Nothing stuck up there...
Also good choices. I would add Commack, too.
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. Nothing stuck up there...
