Long Island Discussion/Memories

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smithtown, 36

I miss:
-being by the water
-egg bagels (not a bagel with an egg on it!!)
-Concerts at Jones Beach. That's gotta be one of the best venues in the world
-Delicious pizza by the slice
-my family

But in general, I strongly dislike Long Island, and never fit in, despite being born and raised there. I didn't like most people, and god knows most of them didn't like me. I left for college and never lived there again. I much prefer it here.

Same. I left to attend AU at 17 and never returned, not even for summer breaks

[Anonymous]

DMV forum. Please limit your Long Island talk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can Queens play?

I went to Beth Shalom day camp in Roslyn.
Adventureland.
Laces or United Skates of America.
Jones beach concerts
Long Beach
My high school graduation and first concert were at Nassau Collesium
Lots of Islanders even though I was a Rangers fan.

What was that water park way out on the LIE?

Beth Shalom! I got Bar Mitzvah’d next door at Temple Sinai in Roslyn (with 4 other kids and about a thousand people in attendance. The worst)

[Anonymous]

Age 37, Hewlett

Adventureland
Jones beach for concerts
Silver point beach club
The cheese store for iced coffee
Buying clothes at Infiniti (on central ave in cedarhurst) when I was a kid
Going to the “docks” to get stoned
Long Beach
LIRR after a night in the city

I am so happy not to be in LI. I didn’t really like it when I was there but I got a really good education. Sadly, that’s no longer the case as the orthodox took over the school boards and the place went to shit. Most of my friends families have all moved away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Commack, (Huntington Village as an adult) 43

Been here 10 years

Delis!
Fire Island. I've been back a few times but to drive out to Bay Shore and then take the ferry- too much!
Not taking 10 years to find a place to get a good hair cut
Great pizza/Italian restaurants
EVERYONE has a pool
Bagels (obviously)
Boardy Barn (but too old for them now anyway).
Drinking on the train home

rBoardy Barn!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Garden City. So happy to have left. Nassau County is a miserable place—a played out, ancient hellscape that ceased being relevant over 40 years ago. So happy to be in nova.

I had wedding reception at the Garden City Hotel. I would only move back if I had the money to afford a waterfront house. Don’t miss the people or attitude....

But they do have some very nice people with good hearts that would take the shirt of their back for you.

Absolutely. Land of the volunteer fire departments. THese people get up and come to help when it is needed. Volunteers.

Do you think this is the only place where this occurs?

[Anonymous]

38 Long Beach

I miss
- Pizza
- Delis
- Bakeries
- Non Chain Restaurants
- Bars that don't serve food
- Bagels
- Waking up on a Sunday morning and walking to the beach for the day

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Garden City. So happy to have left. Nassau County is a miserable place—a played out, ancient hellscape that ceased being relevant over 40 years ago. So happy to be in nova.

I had wedding reception at the Garden City Hotel. I would only move back if I had the money to afford a waterfront house. Don’t miss the people or attitude....

But they do have some very nice people with good hearts that would take the shirt of their back for you.

Absolutely. Land of the volunteer fire departments. THese people get up and come to help when it is needed. Volunteers.

Do you think this is the only place where this occurs?

I live half a mile from the Volly house in Fairfax.

I haven't seen one of those guys outside of the house in the five years I have lived there.

In LI they would some help me cut down a limb on my tree if I asked.

It's just a totally diffrent vibe, hard to explain if you never lived there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Garden City. So happy to have left. Nassau County is a miserable place—a played out, ancient hellscape that ceased being relevant over 40 years ago. So happy to be in nova.

I had wedding reception at the Garden City Hotel. I would only move back if I had the money to afford a waterfront house. Don’t miss the people or attitude....

Garden City didn't used to sell real estate to jews. Has that changed yet?

On paper, yes.

In practice...... Let's just say most of Chaminade is from GC

[Anonymous]

Point Lookout

Concerts at Jones Beach in a boat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plainview Old Bethpage school district.

Carvel crunchy cakes (and the coupons in the Pennysaver for buy one get one free sundaes on Wednesdays)
I worked at Adventureland in the 90's
Usdan - camp for the performing arts
Woodbury Commons when we went to do "fancy shopping" - including the fancy Chinese food place there
It was totally common to drive through five or six different towns in the course of a regular day
Plainview Y - I didn't realize how awesome that place was until I didn't have access to it anymore
Walt Whitman Mall to meet up with boys
Broadway Mall when you were sick of the WW Mall boys
Roosevelt Field Mall when you grew up
Regal Deli
Foodtown > Waldbaums

You've got to have some stories.......

[Anonymous]

44, Lynbrook, then Westbury

Dying to know who the BSDC poster is. I went there, too, for many years.
Birthday parties at Hot Skates.
Yes to the pickle barrel at the flea market! My parents even worked there for a little while helping a friend sell clothing with rhinestones and puffy paint.
Jones Beach, Lido Beach
Adventureland.
TCBY
Roosevelt Field (favorite store, Contempo Casuals) AND The Broadway Mall (shopping at one on Sat and the other on Sunday in HS.)
So much bowling.
Malibu club
Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee before Starbucks existed.
Gino's Pizza in Great Neck

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Plainview Old Bethpage school district.

Carvel crunchy cakes (and the coupons in the Pennysaver for buy one get one free sundaes on Wednesdays)
I worked at Adventureland in the 90's
Usdan - camp for the performing arts
Woodbury Commons when we went to do "fancy shopping" - including the fancy Chinese food place there
It was totally common to drive through five or six different towns in the course of a regular day
Plainview Y - I didn't realize how awesome that place was until I didn't have access to it anymore
Walt Whitman Mall to meet up with boys
Broadway Mall when you were sick of the WW Mall boys
Roosevelt Field Mall when you grew up
Regal Deli
Foodtown > Waldbaums

You've got to have some stories.......

From working at Adventureland? I was super straight - if the ride operators were hanging out and getting high or whatever afterwards, I never saw it. My ride was the kiddie boats, near the ferris wheel.