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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Tue Jul 21 14:21:16 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by shiznit1987 on Tue Jul 21 14:06:49 2009.

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I think that the weather is a big part of it. I don't know if there will be a migration back, but I can definitely see a smaller percentage moving to Florida. The baby boomers that are retiring now were the ones that started reversing the city to suburb trend in the 80's so I expect that many of them will retire in cities. Still with so many more retiring, Florida could still be booming even with a smaller percentage.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 15:29:30 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by shiznit1987 on Tue Jul 21 14:06:49 2009.

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What often happens in Florida, is the husband dies off, and the widow leaves ASAP, and heads back to NY, or wherever up north they are from.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by vfrt on Tue Jul 21 17:10:48 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 08:09:50 2009.

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Most NYC residents are surprised to hear about suburbs with high crime rates. Regarding 'working class' towns. Do you think that they are getting worse, headed towards 'Roosevelt' or holding their own? I've felt for a long time that the working class in America is in decline. Many working class people emulate ghetto behavior in public.

I grew up in well-off Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I guess we were wealthy by 1960s and 70s standards but not millionaires. We had white-collar and blue-collar neighbors and everyone behaved in the same middle-class way. I don't see that today and can't figure out why.

If you talk to people who haved moved out of the city you get the sense that in some subtle ways the middle-class is fleeing the working class. They don't want their college-bound kids mingling with the trouble-making working-class students. What is going on?

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 17:29:08 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by vfrt on Tue Jul 21 17:10:48 2009.

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Right. So many moved out to Nassau and Suffolk to escape NYC. That's why I hate hearing about so many incidents out there.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 17:38:10 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 17:29:08 2009.

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Incidents? None of the locations you mention were any better 10 or 20 years ago, in fact, they are much better.
Howard Stern grew up in Roosevelt, and it was a hellhole back then, he always knocked the place. And how old is Howard?

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 17:48:22 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by vfrt on Tue Jul 21 17:10:48 2009.

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I don't see a problem with working class towns like let's say "Deer Park" getting bad. They are strong communities, stable middle class working people. As for the behavior you are talking about, I think you may see some of that in Mastic or Shirley. They are solid communities, certainly not "ghetto", but they are lower middle class or upper low class. Picture a neighborhood like Roseanne's "Landford"....that's the sort of place Shirley, or more so Mastic is. You probably would see the behavior you are describing there....but then again, you would have 20 years ago too, so it hasn't gotten worse by any means....in fact, it's probably better than it was back then.


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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 17:49:21 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 17:38:10 2009.

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Brentwood was better in the 70's.

As for Howard, the standards for what defined "hellhole" back then are much different today.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 17:51:44 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 17:49:21 2009.

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Not that color defines a community, but Howard often said he was the only white kid in his whole class. And that was in the 60's.

Brentwood deteriorated by the 70's already. I said 20 years ago, not 40 years ago.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 18:01:10 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 17:51:44 2009.

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Wasn't Howard exposed as a liar by a class photo or something like that? Some people will say "the school is all black" once it reaches a percentage not to their liking, when it's not even close to 100%. Howard seems like such a person.

I just remember going to Brentwood starting in the 70's and it was not deteriorated.

If you pass Brentwood, you should check out the "Fuck You Cop 1145" graffiti on the empty Rite-Aid at 5th and the LIRR tracks.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by SUBWAYMAN on Tue Jul 21 18:20:41 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Jeff Rosen on Tue Jul 21 06:17:27 2009.

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AMEN!

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Jul 21 18:49:34 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 17:48:22 2009.

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Mastic-Shirley area seemed really quaint from the times I rode by it on Suffolk Transit. I like that mall on William Floyd Parkway where Home Depot and King Kullen is.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 19:58:21 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jul 21 18:01:10 2009.

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There is no doubt that Roosevelt has been a predominantly Black neighborhood for 40 years. That's not to say it was a bad neighborhood, but the demographics are correct.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 20:08:44 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Jul 21 18:49:34 2009.

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I didn't say Mastic or Shirley were "bad" neighborhoods. In fact I said they were "okay". I said they were like "Landford" on Roseanne....working class Neighborhood. Lower middle class to upper low class. That's not saying it's bad. It's a sort of salt of the earth sort of neighborhood.

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Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by Easy on Tue Jul 21 21:05:56 2009, in response to Re: Crime in Roosevelt and Port Jeff (Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 21 08:09:50 2009.

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As for "bad" areas....if you want to compare to South Central, LI has some suburban slums like Roosevelt, Wyandanch, Freeport, Gordon Heights, Coram Hill, Hempstead, and others.

If those places are slums then they are worse than South Central as I don't consider South Central to be a slum. I guess that a large part of it is a so-called ghetto (not like the east coast), but it has many, many suburban style neighborhoods with well kept homes and manicured lawns. It doesn't even have much crime compared to major east coast cities. Just a higher than average number of murders and violent crimes because of gangs, but that's been getting better for the most part.

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LIer Converts To Islam/Threat to LIRR-NYC Subway(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jul 22 23:18:30 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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Story from Patchogue

Guy converts to Islam. Plots against LIRR and NYC Subway.

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Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 23 13:20:11 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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An oldie but goody. In the first clip I saw, I was not sure if it was Brentwood, Long Island, until I saw the Suffolk Police cars pulling up. All this violence, and Obama is commenting on some confrontational professor. LOL.



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La Migra en Brentwood(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 23 13:23:27 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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Haz Cliq

This little town gets lots of print. Now it's over immigration.

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Re: Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jul 24 03:47:02 2009, in response to Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 23 13:20:11 2009.

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http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/cops-brentwood-stabbing-suspects-linked-to-crimes-1.1323438

Arrests have been made. And the arrests tie in with one recent Brentwood shooting.

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Re: Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by BMT Guy on Fri Jul 24 08:32:03 2009, in response to Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jul 23 13:20:11 2009.

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The reason Obama commented -- on a local issue -- is that he knows Henry Louis Gates PERSONALY. If this was Joe Blow citizen, I doubt Obama would have even showed up on his 'radar screen'.

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Re: Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jul 24 12:01:20 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood on YouTube(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by BMT Guy on Fri Jul 24 08:32:03 2009.

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No. He was asked, and commented b/c it is a racial issue.

Putting down the cops, and talking about the racial aspect of this case shows that Obama is still a community organizer.

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Gang Related(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Jul 25 02:06:36 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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Pandilleros

I knew something was up when I saw the Ch. 41 satellite truck in Suffolk early today.

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Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 00:47:13 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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Patchogue In The News

Patchogue is another LI town that makes the news a lot.

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Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by Easy on Sun Jul 26 00:54:42 2009, in response to Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 00:47:13 2009.

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So are you at the Holiday Inn in Fayetteville with the A/C on full blast?

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Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 01:06:11 2009, in response to Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by Easy on Sun Jul 26 00:54:42 2009.

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LOL. I'm further south. After that hotel thread, I won't go there again.

It's so depressing. So far, I've seen three near accidents, a dead dog, a stray on I-95 that could get hit, and some fucking low life white trash in a pick up truck tailing me in a single-lane construction zone. And I have to do it again tomorrow too. All this, while dozens of planes between NY and Tampa have landed safely.

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Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 01:08:31 2009, in response to Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 01:06:11 2009.

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And to top it off, my friend called and told me that a NY family was killed on I-95 in Georgia when a drunk driver in a pick up truck entered the southbound against traffic killed everyone.

My friend said he saw it on the news in NY but I can't find it on any sites yet. I googled and came up with a bunch of fatal accident reports. I-95 is a death trap.

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Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by Easy on Sun Jul 26 01:14:10 2009, in response to Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 01:08:31 2009.

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You have to be careful driving on Saturday nights because of drunk drivers. I generally avoid it, but when I have to I keep my eyes peeled. There are more drunk drivers on the road than many people think.

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Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Jul 26 01:18:21 2009, in response to Re: Patchogue Stabbing(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by Easy on Sun Jul 26 01:14:10 2009.

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True. Tonight is a big drink and drive night.

Still can't find the story about the NY family on I-95. My friend saw it on 4 or 7 news, but they don't have such a story on their websites at the moment.

Meanwhile, I had to pull of 95 when a strong thunderstorm with tornado warnings passed the Goldsboro area. I ended up waiting it out in a McDonald's until it died down.

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Cop Shot in Ridgewood(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 17:01:13 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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Story Here

The story on ny1.com also says Menahan St. There's an Italian flag painted on the wall, leading me to believe that there's an Italian deli or club on the corner. I bet GP38Chris can figure it out based on the photos and other reports.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Amanda on Mon Jul 27 18:58:57 2009, in response to Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jun 24 20:12:39 2009.

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News makes Brentwood out to be a lot worse than it is. I went to school there for four years and always felt safe. Unfortunately, this stigma attached to Brentwood is one reasons why my high school there is now closing, because the rich parents didn't want send their kids to Brentwood.

Hell, some four-year-old shot me with a BB gun walking home from Islip train station two years after my town was named the safest in the US by Money magazine.

Spota just arrested 100 in a herion bust, many from tonier parts of town. A Blood was just arrested in East Islip.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Jul 27 20:38:31 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Amanda on Mon Jul 27 18:58:57 2009.

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In reality, the worst areas of Long Island such as Roosevelt and New Castle are 1,000 times better than the worst areas of the city. I drive through Roosevelt occasionally and it looks like any other L.I. suburb, it certainly doesn't look like Brownsville.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 21:47:39 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Jul 27 20:38:31 2009.

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Roosevelt just installed some kind of satellite system that can detect gunshots. It's that bad.

Brentwood, and those surrounding areas, seem to be making news as much, if not more than the City.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 21:49:56 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Amanda on Mon Jul 27 18:58:57 2009.

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They probably aren't even "rich" like you say. Just working class people who don't want their kids to go there.

It's not just Brentwood that is the problem in Suffolk. It's that whole area of Brentwood, Bay Shore, parts of Islip, etc......

Did you see the youtube clip of the shooting at Brentwood High School?



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Re: Cop Shot in Ridgewood(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings)

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 21:51:08 2009, in response to Cop Shot in Ridgewood(Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings), posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 17:01:13 2009.

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Yes, I heard about this. It was a domestic violence case, in which the cops were called to. While this wasn't a good guy by any stretch, it wasn't attempted murder, as apparently, the guy didn't actually shoot the cop, but the gun went off when it fell to the ground. They will probably be able to slap reckless endangerment on the guy, as well as illegal possession of a weapon, but I don't think he will get attempted murder.
That said, the cop is very lucky to be alive.

1818 Menahan St is probably between Onderdonk Ave and Woodward Ave.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Amanda on Mon Jul 27 21:55:06 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 21:49:56 2009.

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Many middle classers couldn't afford to send their kids there without aid or scholarships. It depended heavily on full-tuition students and parents who dropped money on fundraising and such.

I'm curious as to what parts of Islip are bad - I've lived here for 26 years and there aren't any parts that really match up to what you're describing as a problem.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 22:03:06 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Amanda on Mon Jul 27 21:55:06 2009.

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Then the kids parents will have to rent the basement illegally, or call the grandparents in Boca Raton for the tuition money, or deal with metal detectors and gang shootings at Brentwood. Just like middle class families in Queens find a way to send their kids to Christ The King, Lutheran, or other private high schools.

It just seems like that whole area, mainly Brentwood, are in the news quite often, and it's never good. Perhaps I was wrong for including Islip in any way.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:09:34 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 22:03:06 2009.

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Shouldn't you be posting about shootings in Tampa? You never even lived on Long Island did you?

BTW there was a 17 yo (white) girl, Lily Burk, that was kidnapped and killed in LA in a botched robbery. They got lucky and arrested the guy that did it (race not revealed) when he was arrested in a quality of life arrest only two blocks away. He was drinking beer on the street and had drug paraphernalia.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 22:10:36 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Amanda on Mon Jul 27 21:55:06 2009.

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I think Luch is thinking of Central Islip, which has nothing to do with Islip proper.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:13:40 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 22:10:36 2009.

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lol. You need an advanced degree to figure out LI geography. Whenever you start in with the different towns, villages, etc. I can't follow what you are talking about. There should be incorporated places (towns/cities) and unincorporated places. Most important is that these different designated places should not overlap as they seem to.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 22:13:59 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:09:34 2009.

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Hey, Palin is on the front page of the Tampa Tribune.

Why do you think they wouldn't reveal the race of the guy?

I've posted about Tampa shootings.



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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:17:53 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 22:13:59 2009.

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Yeah, I know. People here care more about LI shootings than Tampa anyway.

I don't know why they won't reveal the race. It's probably not important. They don't reveal her race as white either, but they show her picture.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 22:20:00 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:17:53 2009.

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Often, they don't reveal race when it's a white victim and a minority perp. We all know this, and we know why the media does it.



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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 22:48:51 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:13:40 2009.

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They don't overlap...they all have their own zip codes, they are official boundaries.

But that said, yes, if you don't know the geography, some of Long Island's names don't make sense. Speaking of Islip, I may as well use that as an example....
If just using the South Shore, you have West Islip, Islip, and East Islip. "East Islip" is east of "Islip", so that makes sense, But to make things confusing, where would you think "West Islip" is? Wouldn't you say, "West of Islip"? Well you would be wrong, you first have to go through Bayshore and Brightwaters, which are west of Islip. THEN you will come to "West Islip" which is next to Babylon.......

Now where do you think "Central Islip" is? Well it's not in the middle of any of the Islips on the South Shore, it's north of them..... And then of course, you also have Islip Terrace.

And please let's not confuse any of these Islip names with the vast Town of Islip, which encompasses all of them, and also includes Oakdale, Bayport, Sayville, Great River, Bohemia, parts of Ronkonkoma, and many other hamlets and villages.

Did I confuse you yet????? :)

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 22:50:47 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 22:48:51 2009.

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Actually, I forgot to mention that parts of Central Islip are incorporated into the Village of Islandia..... But I guess I already confused the S out of you..... :)

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:54:19 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 22:48:51 2009.

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lmao. You lost me at West Islip! :)

Are any of these real "cities" or just designated places? Do they have their own city councils and local government?

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:57:19 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 21:47:39 2009.

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An exaggeration. Crime in Brentwood is less than half the national average.

I see that it's majority Hispanic. Is that the problem that you have with Brentwood? A new culture in town? I can understand that.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 23:06:00 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:57:19 2009.

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Ask any Chatter here if they would live there? Send their kids to school there?

You're a big mouth who talks shit, but you wouldn't let your kids grow up there.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 23:14:36 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 23:06:00 2009.

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lmao. You hate statistics.

And I was serious. I already live in a majority Hispanic area, that also has lots of blacks and Asians, so I know about culture clash. I don't know what Brentwood is like, but it's probably not much worse than where I live now. And you're right about one thing. I don't send my kids to school here.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 23:14:38 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:57:19 2009.

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It's not an exaggeration. It's fact, and that's something most can't deal with.

They just buried a kid from Brentwood today, after being stabbed in a gang initiation. There were two shootings earlier this month, all involving Hispanics. I don't have a problem with Brentwood. I told you I was out there.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jul 27 23:15:15 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by Easy on Mon Jul 27 22:54:19 2009.

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If we're strictly discussing the Islips, no, they're simply designated places (aka hamlets by NYS government speak) with no governments of their own. They're unincorporated areas of the Town of Islip which performs basic services like parks, sanitation, animal control, development zoning, and some street maintenance, while police is done at the county level, and fire and schools are run by special districts that generally correspond to the designated places.

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Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings

Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Jul 27 23:17:20 2009, in response to Re: Brentwood Long Island Shootings, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Jul 27 22:03:06 2009.

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Just like middle class families in Queens find a way to send their kids to Christ The King, Lutheran, or other private high schools.

Queens residents don't pay $10,000 in property taxes like their Long Island counterparts, and IIRC, NYC income tax is only burdensome compared to property taxes for the highest income groups...

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