Posted on 03/15/2018 9:59:25 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
Twice a year, Jaime Bremnes, 35, a fifth-generation resident of Garden City and the president of its Welcoming Club, arranges a cocktail party for new residents in this affluent village of around 22,600, part of the town of Hempstead in Nassau County. The organization has running and walking clubs, toddler play groups and gourmet and book clubs in addition to the parties for newcomers, which are held at members’ homes.
“We aim to introduce neighbors to one another so they may become friends and part of the community,” said Dr. Bremnes, a dentist, who moved back from Manhattan four years ago with her husband, Lars, 34, an accountant, to start a family; their two children are now 19 months and 4 months. “Residents here are invested in one another and the community.”
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Wouldn't that be offensive to Muslims?
Heck, the asking price for homes in MY neighborhood with postage stamp lawns is now around $950,000. A couple years ago, it was more like $565,000. Location, location, location. And, the Chinese are buying up everything in sight for cash, no mortgages, which greatly drives up the prices. Young non-Chinese couples now can't afford to buy homes near their parents. Something ain't kosher, that's for sure.
My cousins lived in Great Neck, and we used to visit a LOT. Nothing at all "STEPFORD" nor particularly "cliquey" about that place; at least not when I knew it.
And as far as prices for homes/apartments in NYC and/or Long Island are concerned, it's ALWAYS been like this, since a bit after WW II!
What sounds like extremely expensive now, is only so outrageous because unlike past times, prices have NOT been adjusted during a massive recession nor a Depression ( which we were in for both terms of wee barry !), as it once was. It's called INFLATION; another term which the news refuses to talk about.
I lived in the little town next door for many many years a long long time ago I have some family that still live on the Island no thanks it was nice back then property taxes are through the roof also.
Great Neck is entirely different community. It does not have the clique feel about it, and you see evidence of people actually living there. I am assuming nothing. I posted what I saw, based on numerous recent trips through the area for Long Island errands.
Donuts ?
Give them “your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost”
A dozen cannoli and a gun with a silencer.
Is MS-13 invited?
Sounds like a lovely community.
Garden City High School Class of ‘68 here.
It’s not perfect, never was, but the schools when I went there were terrific, and free.
“Twice a year, Jaime Bremnes, 35, a fifth-generation resident of Garden City and the president of its Welcoming Club, arranges a cocktail party for new residents in this affluent village of around 22,600, part of the town of Hempstead in Nassau County. The organization has running and walking clubs, toddler play groups and gourmet and book clubs in addition to the parties for newcomers, which are held at members’ homes.”
All just diversions from the wretched area and life in New York.
I doubt it...88% white demographic...
And they probably all vote Dem.
When we were newlyweds, we had a small apartment within walking distance of the Garden City line. I wouldn’t go near that neighborhood now and I wonder if any of the problems that were growing there have filtered into GC. We’re long gone from the Island ,after growing up there, and we wouldn’t go back, no way no how.
I remember living in New Hyde Park about 25 years ago. All my neighbors were 1st or 2nd generation immigrants. Many were amazed that my family had been here for hundreds of years. I felt like a foreigner in my own country.
They are certainly welcome to come, provided they can produce a check for $1.2 million!
How did they avoid Obama’s efforts to promote diversity by forcing Sec 8 housing on such communities?
Garden City is a beauty. A true gem. It’s expensive to live in, but a beautiful place.
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