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GioiaMia
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Okay i get the point you are trying to make in relation to property value - I wasn't considering that aspect when I wrote my post.
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by KellyFG
Being an Italian-American I find extreme Mafia stereotyping irritating too, but the reality is people actually aspire to BE in the Mafia or try to portray that image.
Nobody tries to portray the image of "trailer trash".
Kelly I'm Italian as well and you hit the nail on the head. Some people WANT to be like Tony Soprano, but NO ONE wants to be "trailer trash". 
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Goobster
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Tilde
Okay i get the point you are trying to make in relation to property value - I wasn't considering that aspect when I wrote my post.
I understand what you mean. Not picking on you, just showing you the side I don't think you were viewing it from.
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GioiaMia
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Goobster
Posted by Tilde
Okay i get the point you are trying to make in relation to property value - I wasn't considering that aspect when I wrote my post.
I understand what you mean. Not picking on you, just showing you the side I don't think you were viewing it from.
no i get it, i wasnt look at it from that angle at all
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ILJ619
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
I have never been to Mastic or Shirley. So I had to ask DH is it a bad neighborhood based on the radio commentary? I remember seeing a nice house on mlsli in that neighborhood so I get why people would be upset if thats not a true depiction of the neighborhood, people will not want to buy there if they dont really know the neigborhood.
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SPECIALNEEDSMOMMY
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
I think every area has it's good and bad. My sister lives in Mastic and she has a beautiful, large and affordable home with an enormous backyard. Her neighbors are delightful, kind people with loving children. There is tons of shopping. If you go three blocks to the left or right of her, YES there are dumps and problems ... but ... doesn't every area have its issues???
We bought in Lake Ronkonkoma years ago and everyone told us at the time ... don't buy there ... the town isn't the greatest. Well, I can tell you firsthand ... it's nice over here. We have great neighbors too and we're very happy. It's not perfection, but it's nice, safe and fine for us and our family.
Honestly, I don't think that anywhere is perfect. Every place has its pluses and minuses. Mastic/Shirley is no different. I don't think it's a bad place to live or raise a family at all!
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Moehick
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Ophelia
I think it's a matter of getting the GOOD info out there too. and not having your town used as "comedic" fodder.
it's hard to change a perception of something when the negative is still being projected to the greater public.
any stereotype fights against this. you can make similar arguments about religious perceptions, race perceptions
This is soooo true... however, on this thread and other threads regarding this issue no one has stated anything really positive about these areas. Let's here 'em!! I'm curious because I know that all I hear about Matic, Shirley, etc. is how crappy it is... I'd like to hear how it's NOT crappy. I'm assuming that the people calling into these radio shows don't negate the DJ's comments... they just complain and reprimand... am I wrong?
Totally right.....sooooo many callers from Long Island and Mastic/Shirley called in to basically degrade the town more
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nov04libride
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Moehick
This is soooo true... however, on this thread and other threads regarding this issue no one has stated anything really positive about these areas. Let's here 'em!! I'm curious because I know that all I hear about Matic, Shirley, etc. is how crappy it is... I'd like to hear how it's NOT crappy. I'm assuming that the people calling into these radio shows don't negate the DJ's comments... they just complain and reprimand... am I wrong?
KellyFG posted some good points about the area
Posted by KellyFG
I'll go first
1) Mastic/mastic beach & Shirley are home to some of the most affordable homes on LI which enables the dream of homeownership to come true for many that would otherwise be unable.
2)william floyd school district has championship sports teams & has even produced professional athelets
3)the waterfront area there is probably the most beautiful & has the best ecology out of all south shore waterfronts short of the hamptons
4)the history of the community is rich with 3 & 4 generation familes living there in what started out as their summer vacation homes
5)it's a short drive to the hamptons & easy access to Sunrise hwy which makes communting better
6) its the birthplace of William Floyd
7)there is plenty of shopping in the area now.
I think the biggest problem is that because it is one of the cheapest areas in Suffolk, you have the homeless shelters, the shelters for the sex offenders, etc. People buy homes and then get money from the county and state to house these people, and it's usually in the most affordable areas. I don't see that changing.
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june262004
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by stephanief
I don't get why people are getting mad about what some random guy says about some random town....if you live there and you like it, who gives a $hit what O&A say about it
you have to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes, I think it is all in good fun that is JMHO 
I have to disagree... I was watching Jay Leno once and he passed a comment about Levittown not being nice (bill oreilly is from here) and I was PIZZZED he's probably never even been here.
And even on here if someone says something abou Ltown I always defend it!
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Moehick
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by june262004
Posted by stephanief
I don't get why people are getting mad about what some random guy says about some random town....if you live there and you like it, who gives a $hit what O&A say about it
you have to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes, I think it is all in good fun that is JMHO
I have to disagree... I was watching Jay Leno once and he passed a comment about Levittown not being nice (bill oreilly is from here) and I was PIZZZED he's probably never even been here.
And even on here if someone says something abou Ltown I always defend it!
Actually big Ol Bill is from Westbury...Salisbury section. Grew up in a Levitt house. My dad knows his mom
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june262004
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Moehick
Posted by june262004
Posted by stephanief
I don't get why people are getting mad about what some random guy says about some random town....if you live there and you like it, who gives a $hit what O&A say about it
you have to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes, I think it is all in good fun that is JMHO
I have to disagree... I was watching Jay Leno once and he passed a comment about Levittown not being nice (bill oreilly is from here) and I was PIZZZED he's probably never even been here.
And even on here if someone says something abou Ltown I always defend it!
Actually big Ol Bill is from Westbury...Salisbury section. Grew up in a Levitt house. My dad knows his mom
At the time That part of Westbury was Levittown! Levitt built that some of East Meadow and some of Hicksville. It was all called Levittown and later divided and named westbury,hicksville and east meadow.
Thats why sometimes you hear Billy Joel refer to his home town as Levittown but it was annexed to Hicksville later
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Moehick
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by june262004
Posted by Moehick
Posted by june262004
Posted by stephanief
I don't get why people are getting mad about what some random guy says about some random town....if you live there and you like it, who gives a $hit what O&A say about it
you have to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes, I think it is all in good fun that is JMHO
I have to disagree... I was watching Jay Leno once and he passed a comment about Levittown not being nice (bill oreilly is from here) and I was PIZZZED he's probably never even been here.
And even on here if someone says something abou Ltown I always defend it!
Actually big Ol Bill is from Westbury...Salisbury section. Grew up in a Levitt house. My dad knows his mom
At the time That part of Westbury was Levittown! Levitt built that some of East Meadow and some of Hicksville. It was all called Levittown and later divided and named westbury,hicksville and east meadow.
Thats why sometimes you hear Billy Joel refer to his home town as Levittown but it was annexed to Hicksville later
Damn....Bill is one old soul
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june262004
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Moehick
Posted by june262004
Posted by Moehick
Posted by june262004
Posted by stephanief
I don't get why people are getting mad about what some random guy says about some random town....if you live there and you like it, who gives a $hit what O&A say about it
you have to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes, I think it is all in good fun that is JMHO
I have to disagree... I was watching Jay Leno once and he passed a comment about Levittown not being nice (bill oreilly is from here) and I was PIZZZED he's probably never even been here.
And even on here if someone says something abou Ltown I always defend it!
Actually big Ol Bill is from Westbury...Salisbury section. Grew up in a Levitt house. My dad knows his mom
At the time That part of Westbury was Levittown! Levitt built that some of East Meadow and some of Hicksville. It was all called Levittown and later divided and named westbury,hicksville and east meadow.
Thats why sometimes you hear Billy Joel refer to his home town as Levittown but it was annexed to Hicksville later
Damn....Bill is one old soul
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dbleplay17
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by carolinep24
yup. I'm a faithful O&A listener.
Me too!
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june262004
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by june262004
Posted by Moehick
Posted by june262004
Posted by Moehick
Posted by june262004
Posted by stephanief
I don't get why people are getting mad about what some random guy says about some random town....if you live there and you like it, who gives a $hit what O&A say about it
you have to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes, I think it is all in good fun that is JMHO
I have to disagree... I was watching Jay Leno once and he passed a comment about Levittown not being nice (bill oreilly is from here) and I was PIZZZED he's probably never even been here.
And even on here if someone says something abou Ltown I always defend it!
Actually big Ol Bill is from Westbury...Salisbury section. Grew up in a Levitt house. My dad knows his mom
At the time That part of Westbury was Levittown! Levitt built that some of East Meadow and some of Hicksville. It was all called Levittown and later divided and named westbury,hicksville and east meadow.
Thats why sometimes you hear Billy Joel refer to his home town as Levittown but it was annexed to Hicksville later
Damn....Bill is one old soul
Looks like his family bought their levitt in 1951
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LIgrlatheart
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by KellyFG
Posted by Tilde
Not sure why you are confused. I am referring to the people who wanted the apology not the people responding on this thread - is that why?
how would you know whether or not the current or former residents of mastic or shirley that wanted the apology are the posters here?
The fact remains the same, if he said it about a town that is mostly minorities, or the indian reservation the apology would be expected & would have come much sooner. His remarks were ignorant & he was made aware they were offensive to many. Saying sorry is a very easy thing to do and its almost always the right thing. That's like "lessons from your mother 101"
according to census data mastics mostly white... Races in Mastic:
* White Non-Hispanic (77.7%)
* Hispanic (12.1%)
* Black (6.1%)
* Other race (3.6%)
* American Indian (2.5%)
* Two or more races (2.3%)
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Moehick
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by LIgrlatheart
Posted by KellyFG
Posted by Tilde
Not sure why you are confused. I am referring to the people who wanted the apology not the people responding on this thread - is that why?
how would you know whether or not the current or former residents of mastic or shirley that wanted the apology are the posters here?
The fact remains the same, if he said it about a town that is mostly minorities, or the indian reservation the apology would be expected & would have come much sooner. His remarks were ignorant & he was made aware they were offensive to many. Saying sorry is a very easy thing to do and its almost always the right thing. That's like "lessons from your mother 101"
according to census data mastics mostly white... Races in Mastic:
* White Non-Hispanic (77.7%)
* Hispanic (12.1%)
* Black (6.1%)
* Other race (3.6%)
* American Indian (2.5%)
* Two or more races (2.3%)
So do you mean there is no apology because this area is majority white?
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sunnyplus3
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Moehick
Posted by LIgrlatheart
Posted by KellyFG
Posted by Tilde
Not sure why you are confused. I am referring to the people who wanted the apology not the people responding on this thread - is that why?
how would you know whether or not the current or former residents of mastic or shirley that wanted the apology are the posters here?
The fact remains the same, if he said it about a town that is mostly minorities, or the indian reservation the apology would be expected & would have come much sooner. His remarks were ignorant & he was made aware they were offensive to many. Saying sorry is a very easy thing to do and its almost always the right thing. That's like "lessons from your mother 101"
according to census data mastics mostly white... Races in Mastic:
* White Non-Hispanic (77.7%)
* Hispanic (12.1%)
* Black (6.1%)
* Other race (3.6%)
* American Indian (2.5%)
* Two or more races (2.3%)
So do you mean there is no apology because this area is majority white?
I appreciate the stats. My feeling is *if* the area was occupied by more minorities than "white trash" as he said, WBLI would have forced him to apologize within 24 hours or he would have been fired. No business anywhere wants Al Sharpton & that whole circus marching in front of their building. The problem for me is since he didn't pick on the "Indians" or any other minority it seems to be ok. I'm sorry, its not because when derogatory comment are made about ANY group of people, if the group expresses their concerns the apology should be quick & without question.
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Gertyrae
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
I am a faithful O&A listener and the point of "Mastic Week" is that they feel it was wrong for Randi to have to apologize period. He is a morning DJ and his job is comedy - sometimes the comedy is at the expense of the caller.
My uncle lives in Mastic and I know for a fact that although it's not the most wonderful area, but there aren't any trailer parks either. It was a stupid joke and radio is supposed to be free speech.
Making DJ's apologize or firing them for making jokes is ludicrous. When did we all get so sensitive that we can't deal with a joke in any way, shape or form. The ONLY reason O & A are doing this is to mock the fact that this guy almost got fired for doing his job.
Personally, I have nothing against Mastic, but I do have something against the way people have gotten to the point of ultra-sensitivity in almost every respect.
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dm24angel
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Gertyrae
but I do have something against the way people have gotten to the point of ultra-sensitivity in almost every respect.
I sooo agree with this. I mean cmon people...get a stiff upper lip, stand up straight and BRUSH IT OFF.
Gone are they days where people said " I'm offended and here is why" ....No its just " Im offended because I feel I SHOULD BE"
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Theresa05
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
I want to know what is white trash considered? Lower income people or a specific nationality and being white..
Its like anything else.. Who the F cares what other people say or think. pfffttttt..
and O&A they just trash talk... 2 nerds who made it big abusing other people.. yeah REAL talent
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Ophelia
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by dm24angel
Posted by Gertyrae
but I do have something against the way people have gotten to the point of ultra-sensitivity in almost every respect.
I sooo agree with this. I mean cmon people...get a stiff upper lip, stand up straight and BRUSH IT OFF.
Gone are they days where people said " I'm offended and here is why" ....No its just " Im offended because I feel I SHOULD BE"
There was an entire thread dedicated to this yesterday...alas it was deleted.
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rojerono
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Ophelia
There was an entire thread dedicated to this yesterday...alas it was deleted.
Stupid question maybe... but why was your thread deleted? It wasn't offensive or abusive last time I looked...
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dm24angel
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by Ophelia
Posted by dm24angel
Posted by Gertyrae
but I do have something against the way people have gotten to the point of ultra-sensitivity in almost every respect.
I sooo agree with this. I mean cmon people...get a stiff upper lip, stand up straight and BRUSH IT OFF.
Gone are they days where people said " I'm offended and here is why" ....No its just " Im offended because I feel I SHOULD BE"
There was an entire thread dedicated to this yesterday...alas it was deleted.
By the powers to be?
Or poster?
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Ophelia
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Re: Getting to know Mastic week...
Posted by rojerono
Posted by Ophelia
There was an entire thread dedicated to this yesterday...alas it was deleted.
Stupid question maybe... but why was your thread deleted? It wasn't offensive or abusive last time I looked...
my silent thread was also deleted.
even silent, I am deadly
ETA: It could have been my 7-11 comment (though I thought it was funny and TRUE!) or the reference to the fancy world for ladies underthings...and the putting on of them.
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