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Posted on 05/22/2025 12:06:59 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Massapequa Park, LI residents are enjoying some positive vibes, especially when it comes to living there.
The US News & World Report’s new 2025-2026 list of the best places to live in America ranked Massapequa Park at the top of the list for the Empire State, although the Nassau County village is still leagues away from the country’s No. 1 spot, which is a plane ride away.
The close-knit village on the South Shore of Long Island enjoys a strong public school system, nearby beach access and a convenient commute to New York City for those heading to the office.
The list evaluated a total of 850 cities and towns for affordability, job prospects, crime rates and other quality of life indicators — and a public survey gave weight to these criteria to determine the top 250 spots.
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The list’s top-most distinction went to Johns Creek, Georgia.
Carmel, Indiana, which claims the largest number of roundabouts in the country (150 in total) snagged second place.
My daughter, her husband and two sons live in Johns Creek GA.
We need a multivariate analysis of Quality of Life = f(Number Roundabouts, Number Pirates)
Is it nice?
How about that little town Wanda Urbanski always touted? It was about as genteel as you could get, seemingly peopled with southern gentlemen and elderly belles, who only bought high quality clothing that never went out of style, and they wore for decades. (Or was that a Twilight Zone episode?)
Massapequa Park?
But den youse hadda live on Lawn-guy-land?
Fugedaboutit!
Is it worthy of the number 2 spot?
Good. Everyone move to New York state. Excellent idea. Stay out of the horrible places that never make these wondrous lists. Especially stay out of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming..... horrible places. Stay away. If you can’t go to New York there is always California, Oregon....
Amen
Sayville rates pretty high to many long islanders. It’s very small and highly Mayberreyish and people who are familiar with it very much want to live there. Newsday found it to be the friendliest town on LI.
What was the rating for Lake Wobegon? You know, the place where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
I live in a neighboring area. It’s not a bad place to live. Many job opportunities as well. I read the US News and WR piece awarding it number 1. The part that made me laugh out loud was where they said something like the “summer temperatures hover around 78 degrees”. They did that by averaging the night and day temperatures over a 24 hour period in summer.
I laughed because I imagine a person from up north using this to make a decision to move down here and then experiencing 96 degrees with high humidity for a heat index of 112. I fast forward in my mind to some point in August when they have a mental breakdown from the summer they weren’t prepared for.
If it is, it won't be for long - it's been my experience that this sort of article and ranking is the kiss of death to nice places to live.
I can hit John’s Creek with an 81mm mortar from my place.
I just looked at Zillow. Million dollar homes I saw
Anyone who has a brain hates roundabouts. That is why goverments love them. They take two lane roads, put in bike lanes and roundabouts. Maybe 100 bikers love it, while thousands of motorists hate it.
The Daily Mail had an article several months ago calling Spokane the most livable town in America.
I’ve lived in Florida, Evanston, IL, New York suburbs, Bainbridge Island off Seattle, and now live in Spokane. Absolutely love it here.
Evanston - USSA on the lake
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