How Do You Like The Town You Live In?

DH and I are always looking at houses on MLSLI.com. We hope to buy a house next year. I don't know a lot about the towns other than the ones by me. I especially know nothing about the towns in Suffolk.
I want to narrow down the towns I like by the time we start looking into houses. I thought I'd ask you ladies about the town you live in.

I'll tell you a little about what we're looking for:

We are laid back and will have 4 or 5 kids eventualy (right now we only have 1).

We'd really like a town where we have around an acre or more of property (I have big dreams for my yard, lol).

A great school district would be wonderful.

I don't mind being around other houses, we're very neighborly people.

I'd like it to feel far away, but not be far from stores and stuff.

DH works in Melville


Please tell me about your town

TIA!!!

Re: How Do You Like The Town You Live In?

i LOVE my town and would never want to live anywere else (until DH retires)
we live in Levittown.. the schools are great, its such a quiet safe town.. the stores, and shopping is sooo convenient.. the houses are more affordable..

i work in Melville also.. great back roads its a 15 min drive

good luck!!

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Posted by MetsGirl07

i LOVE my town and would never want to live anywere else (until DH retires)
we live in Levittown.. the schools are great, its such a quiet safe town.. the stores, and shopping is sooo convenient.. the houses are more affordable..

i work in Melville also.. great back roads its a 15 min drive

good luck!!

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I live in Farmingville/ Ronkonkoma ( right in the border) and I love my town ... I live in a very nice neighborhood. It's far away from the "immigration issues" . It' s Sachem schools and they are pnenominal!!! Very close to everything including the mall If you need anymore info FM me...

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Posted by married53005

I live in Farmingville/ Ronkonkoma ( right in the border) and I love my town ... I live in a very nice neighborhood. It's far away from the "immigration issues" . It' s Sachem schools and they are pnenominal!!! Very close to everything including the mall If you need anymore info FM me...

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We just moved to South Huntington in Oct. so far we love it. It's 5 min's from the Village, the mall is around the corner from me, I am a 5-10 min ride to the Northern, LIE and Southern State.

There is every store and restaurant within a few mile radius, we have Route 110 and Jericho Tpke.

It also boarders Melville

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Posted by ArmyOfBabies

Posted by MetsGirl07

i LOVE my town and would never want to live anywere else (until DH retires)
we live in Levittown.. the schools are great, its such a quiet safe town.. the stores, and shopping is sooo convenient.. the houses are more affordable..

i work in Melville also.. great back roads its a 15 min drive

good luck!!

LOL I lived there for 25 years! What part do you live in?? I just moved out of there! DH lived in Bethpage, but we both went to Island Trees!

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I am where Mrs - D - Girl is South Huntington and like she said mins away from everything making it so great. I have to sell my home but I wish I didn't have too. I just got done redoing everything. I love watching the moms exercising with children in the strollers and when its bad weather they stroller it in the mall. I am having a open house as posted on here.

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you would love Setauket/East Setauket.

Three Village Schools are excellent.

all of the houses are on at least a third of an acre (I am on half).

Near smithhaven mall, downtown port jeff, other shopping centers.

i work in melville the commute is about 45 minutes during rush hour but its definitely worth it.

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northport and fort salonga are all that you described. great SD (both northport and KP), ton of privacy (some areas are 1 acre zoned) and close to all. my neighborhood is VERY private and i am about 5 min from the sunken meadow.

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Posted by ArmyOfBabies

Posted by MetsGirl07

i LOVE my town and would never want to live anywere else (until DH retires)
we live in Levittown.. the schools are great, its such a quiet safe town.. the stores, and shopping is sooo convenient.. the houses are more affordable..

i work in Melville also.. great back roads its a 15 min drive

good luck!!

LOL I lived there for 25 years! What part do you live in?? I just moved out of there! DH lived in Bethpage, but we both went to Island Trees!

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DH and I live in Levittown and totally love it!!! We have great neighbors, we're close to the highways and shopping. It's definitely a family community!

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We live in Bay Terrace Queens

we love it

but we wont buy here

the prices of the houses are close to a Million and the HS is not good from what I have heard

back to LI we go

most likley to Long Beach- again not a great HS- but we love the vibe there. laid back, beachy, people are friendly

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I love our village or else I wouldn't have moved here It has everything. Great stores, great parks, great people, and everything is practically in walking distance.

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Posted by ArmyOfBabies

Posted by married53005

I live in Farmingville/ Ronkonkoma ( right in the border) and I love my town ... I live in a very nice neighborhood. It's far away from the "immigration issues" . It' s Sachem schools and they are pnenominal!!! Very close to everything including the mall If you need anymore info FM me...

How long is the drive from there to the Nassau/Suffolk border? It sounds nice!!! Thanks!

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I love my town (Holbrook). I like the whole feel. IMO I find people more considerate than the town I grew up in. I feel its a nice down-to-earth middle class community.

I love how close I am to major hwys, the train station and Islip airport.

Message edited 3/7/2008 11:32:20 AM.

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Posted by 5ofClubs

I love our village or else I wouldn't have moved here It has everything. Great stores, great parks, great people, and everything is practically in walking distance.

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My parents live in a great neighborhood in Holtsville - nice homes, fairly big plots (not an acre though - my parents are on a 1/2), good schools. I loved growing up there!

GL!

ETA: I live in CT now which is why I didn't recommend my own town!

Message edited 3/7/2008 11:37:04 AM.

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Thanks for all the great suggestions!!
I'm going to look them up on MLSLI!

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I LOVE my town

We bought a house in Massapequa in 2006.
I love my location, i love my house, and i love my nieghbors and block.

I used to live in new hyde park, and i love this town soooo much more!!!!

I feel like we are still in nassau county, but close to suffolk.
I live about a half mile from the southern state parkway and a mile from the 135
and wantagh parkway, it doesnt take me long to get to places like floral park (where my dad lives) or huntington where i love to go to eat!

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we live in east rockaway and love it. here's why:

- small town charm (it really is teeny)
- friendly people, down to earth
- reasonably priced homes
- low taxes
- safe
- good location (7-10 min. to parkway, 40-45 min. LIRR ride, etc.)
- i've heard only good things about the schools, but i don't have kids so i can't speak with first hand experience.

based on your post, overall i think you'd like East Rock. Only prob for you is, I don't think you'd be able to find your 1 acre+ of land.

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I live in LB. I love it. It totally does not feel like Long Island to me which I love. The schools are so so but I can deal with that for the location.

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We live in Sayville and love it. It has big properties not a big as you are looking for in the $400k price range but the higher you go in price the more land you get especially south of montalk highway. There are so many stores right on sunrise, home depot, 4 supermarkets, bed bath beyond, kmart, sears the list goes on and on. I wish teh mall was closer but it is really only 15-20 mins away. Fire Island is a 20 minute ferry ride and the schools are excellent.

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I rent right now in Coram and overall I like it. Very close to shopping (25 and 347 are jam packed with all sorts of stores). It's quiet in my complex and it has all sorts of amenities. I wanted to stay in Suffolk and although I didn't want to ideally be this far North and East, I really do enjoy being "home". I'm not exactly sure if it's the town that brings about that feeling or more like whose waiting when I get ome

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I live in Sayville and I absolutely LOVE it.

The downtown area is beautiful, clean and ALIVE. The chamber of commerce is active and there are tons of family oriented events and activities – from big stuff like the Seafood Festival and SummerFest – to smaller things like Family Fridays in the park.

The people are mostly friendly and truly involved and invested in their town. There’s a strong community and many of us shop at the local stores to help keep them thriving. It’s great to walk into a store or restaurant and get a truly heartfelt “Hi! How are the boys!”

It’s a very small town, “New England” feel. The properties tend to be well maintained and the school district is outstanding. Parents seem to be truly involved and collaborate with the administrators and teachers in the school and I love the little programs and events that they have.

On a nice day you can wander the Main Street and check out all the shops, catch a great lunch at one of the wonderful little restaurants and if you are feeling motivated you can catch a ferry over to Fire Island. Or if you want to avoid crossing the water, the little beach on the bay is clean and has a wonderful playground.

Message edited 3/7/2008 5:54:33 PM.