Posted on 08/30/2003 3:10:08 PM PDT by lowbridge
Founded by Anthony Manetta, http://www.LIpolitics.com is a site dedicated to Long Island Politics.
Of particular interest is the political message board: http://pub146.ezboard.com/blipoliticsmessageboardforums
All are welcome. Come and join us.
--- Clemenza, former "Lawnguylander"
That's just an old wives tale, invented by young, former Long Islanders now living in Florida, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc. ;-)
BTW: My PARENTS may be in Florida, but I am in Brooklyn, where Property Taxes (despite Blunderberg's recent increase) are still a bargain compared to Nassau County.
Don't get me started on the increasing Dem Socialist voting habits of Lawnguylanders, who haven't supported a Republican for President since 1988 and only have ONE "moderate" Republican congressman (Peter "IRA" King).
Anyway, I'll be interested to check out the site.
I am agreeing with you. Note my little smiley face.
Nassau had the highest Property Taxes in the nation back in the 1980s when I lived there. Thank you Tom Gulotta, you RINO idiot!
BTW: My PARENTS may be in Florida, but I am in Brooklyn, where Property Taxes (despite Blunderberg's recent increase) are still a bargain compared to Nassau County.
Don't get me started on the increasing Dem Socialist voting habits of Lawnguylanders, who haven't supported a Republican for President since 1988 and only have ONE "moderate" Republican congressman (Peter "IRA" King).
November 2, 2000
Missing Long Island, but not the high cost of living
Dear Editor:
I just found your web page today and felt compelled to respond to the letter about staying in Massapequa. I left Long Island for North Carolina six years ago because I could not afford to live there and raise a family comfortably. I own a 2,200 square foot home that I bought for $150,000. My taxes just doubled because we got annexed into the City of Wilmington. Now I pay about $1,100 per year. My electric bill averages about $120 a month. I don’t have a gas or oil bill. Do I miss Massapequa? Sure I do, but I would have been a fiscal fool to have stayed.
Jim McCullough
North Carolina
http://www.amityvillerecord.com/News/2000/1102/Letters/04.html
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Housing costs were nearly triple the average in New York City and San Francisco, and more than twice the average in Los Angeles. At the other end of the scale, Houston's housing costs were 15 percent below the average, and Tampa-St. Petersburg, Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Portland all had housing prices of 5 percent or more below it. The highest utility bills were found in New York and Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island); each more than 50 percent above the average:
Among the 23 large metro areas, Oakland, San Francisco, Nassau-Suffolk, and Oakland followed New York City as the most expensive for grocery items, with costs topping the average by 20 percent or more;
More here: http://houston-relocation-guide.com/houston-cost-of-living.htm
Just get me outta here!
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