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Is Levittown water contaminated?
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kiran11
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Is Levittown water contaminated?
I was doing some research on levittown neighborhood before purchasing a house. I came across the Grumman plume toxins about Bethpage water contamination. Is, that the reason why levittown has cheaper house compare to other towns.?
I am really confused
Message edited 1/15/2015 2:40:28 AM.
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Posted 1/14/15 11:13 PM  |
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Re: Is Levittown water contaminated?
I dont know about local water contamination but my theory on why prices are lower in Levittown is due to
1: high taxes (Levittown does not have as broad a commercial tax base as Hicksville/Westbury,etc)
2: most homes are built on slabs and dont have basements (Levittown got its name because the homes were known s "Levitt houses" and designed to house soldiers returning home from WW2, marketed to middle class Americans as the suburban American dream town, etc)
3: no LIRR station (like East Meadow residents, you have to drive to Bellmore or Hicksville LIRR stations to park)
4: lots of homes with cheaper price tags have Oil heat. Some streets do not have gas service.
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| Posted 1/14/15 11:52 PM |
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TheDivineMrsM
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Re: Is Levittown water contaminated?
Posted by EclecticEsq10810
I dont know about local water contamination but my theory on why prices are lower in Levittown is due to
1: high taxes (Levittown does not have as broad a commercial tax base as Hicksville/Westbury,etc)
2: most homes are built on slabs and dont have basements (Levittown got its name because the homes were known s "Levitt houses" and designed to house soldiers returning home from WW2, marketed to middle class Americans as the suburban American dream town, etc)
3: no LIRR station (like East Meadow residents, you have to drive to Bellmore or Hicksville LIRR stations to park)
4: lots of homes with cheaper price tags have Oil heat. Some streets do not have gas service.
Totally agree with the above poster. Also, a lot of Levitt homes are capes (or Levitt "ranches," which, for all intents and purposes, are also capes). While a lot of families like Cape-style homes, I thought the bedrooms on different floors would be problematic with babies/toddlers. That's partly why we ended up buying a ranch in East Meadow.
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| Posted 1/15/15 8:46 AM |
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