Posted on 07/21/2004 9:37:26 PM PDT by lowbridge
No decent public transportation. Stinking high taxes of all sorts, especially property taxes. High cost of living. Exorbitant utility rates. Government gives monopolies to certain companies (Cablevision, Lilco, etc), thereby preventing competition and lower prices. Need a car to go everywhere and anywhere (which is not a bad thing in itself, a car is quite convenient, but the costs of gas, insurance and occasional repairs are killing me).
Bank account is always empty, and the costs of living here prevent me from getting ahead, saving some money, and replensishing my account. Just when I think I have managed to save a few dollars, along comes another expense that empties it out. Car breaks down, car insurance is due, utility bills are due, etc.
It's not easy being poor in many other states, but in Long Island it's much worse in comparison. It's easier to be poor in say North Carolina than it is here.
All defenders of Long Island, I dont want to hear it: "But, but but Long Island has nice beaches, and and and lots of things to do! Nightclubs, shopping malls, parks, the Hamptons, etc." Blow it out your (expletive deleted), LI defenders. I don't want to hear it. Face it, it SUCKS here and it's getting worse, as if that were still possible.
I can't wait to escape from this fiscal hellhole (I got 5-10 years more on my "sentence" before I can move). If Long Island were a person instead of a geographical location, I'd like to bitchslap it for being the bloodsucking parasite that it is.
I visited California (Los Angeles) back in 2001. The fast food sucked. The air conditioner in my cheap motel room didn't work properly. Normally they have a dry heat, but for my visit, they had high humidity. Still, I got to meet many wonderful FReepers which made the trip all worthwhile. :-)
Kinda sounds like my Father (a former truck driver). Only he didnt use his middle finger. He'd just yell out of his window at the other drivers. My parents split up, he moved to Pennsylvania, and I didnt see him for almost a decade. Then we hooked up again, he drove me to his home in PA, and on the way there, still yelled at the other drivers. He still ives in PA.
My favorite sketch by Sam was his simple solution to drought and starvation represented in world hunger which the Nomadic tribes of Ethiopia always seemed to endure. Rather than spending millions of dollars feeding the starving masses in Ethiopia, simply point out to their elders that they should do what their forefathers had done before them, also a band of nomads, that is a wandering desert tribal transient nation did, ..If you don;t want your crops to dry up and die every year from drought, then MOVE OUT OF THE STINKIN' DESERT!!!!
Long Island ping!
LOL
he wasn't yelling at drivers though.
He was yelling at Cuomo :)
Sardine can ping!
I felt the same way about Southern California. I took a job in Seattle, sold my condo for an obscene profit, and haven't looked back.
welcome to FR! oldie but a goodie
I wear boxers and Long Island still sucks.
You better not wait tooo long.
The price of land in the most obscure places in TN, GA, AL is ridiculous.
50K an acre in Murfreesboro?
May have to retire in Mexico.
I just up a moved cross country twice now. Once after college and then the last time back to a red part of So Cal. It took me five years to buy a house and four more to get furniture in all the rooms. I still have a move or two in me.
I cant. Got too many obligations here, plus I want to have a few bucks in my pocxket when I leave. Right now I dont have a dime. So, I try to make my stay here as less miserable as possible.
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