Dateline Long Island (Part 1)

[miguelito99708]

I lived in West Patchogue in a neighborhood that straddled the Patchogue/Blue Point boundary. I had a lake 1/4 mile from my home, West Lake, which we swam in during the hot summer months and ice skated on in the winter. There were nearby woods (mixed pine and hardwood) to build forts in, and the Great South Bay 1/2 mile away for fishing and clamming. I went off to the Army in 1970. I've lived in Alaska my entire adult life. I miss my childhood on Long Island and my brothers and sisters.

[jenzeppelin]

had fun when i went

[musicom67]

1:41 Ahh, the ROOSEVELT FIELD BALL-LIGHTS! Half of those were busted by the late 70's, and they came down in the 80's...

[lisalouise28]

Ive been here in Nassau since im one, and am still here in the same town with kids who are 20, 18, and 16. I love it and if I move, the only place im going is out east toward Montauk, no matter how expensive it is to live here....I love spending the summers out east, hanging at Jones Beach, and going to N,Y.C. on the LIRR. CANT BEAT LONG ISLAND!!!

[philosovitz]

I can sum it up in a sentence. What "ruined" this beautiful island I still live on are two things: CORPORATE and GOVERNMENT GREED/CORRUPTION. End of discussion.

[HOKUHOLLY]

Those were the days is right! Wonderful memories growing up + even starting a family there. You had the farmers on the North Shore + the bayman on the South Shore. Everybody knew + looked out for each other. Now you are lucky to see your neighbor. Moved out 20 yrs. ago, too expensive. BUT, I will always call Long Island my home! Wonderful memories live on.

[ceceliaruca]

this is great. i wish long island was still upholding these values; it's shame.

[chrisjames1962]

Mother of god, this damn island has been forever ruined. It's time to thin the herd!!!!

[allclassics]

I remember as a Newsday paper boy on LI in the 60s. The headlines read 2% TEMPORARY SALES TAX to pay off a deficit. Well I guess it was temporary in a twisted way as now it's near 10%

[JORDANWASAGEM]

I grew up in Lindenhurst in the 1960's, it was still country then, I had a clean beacg down my block and my cousins and grandparents lived within walking distance. Rabbits lived in my dooryard. We never locked doors. I went out on my bike all day and had to be home at dark, there lots and lots of wooded areas to play and build forts and such. A small town grocery store one block away. I will never see that life again. Everything pristine and countrified.

[puertoricanman2]

I grew up in 1980's long island. It was the greatest place to live and spend your childhood in. Now everything is too expensive, youve got overcrowdedness, too many developers wanting to build build and build more places where beautiful spots once stood.

[pennjersey83]

minorities came in a killed this place

[cjf799]

Forced to move out due to the cost of living

[countbloodula]

long island has not progressed much since this video was made

trust me

[1952kid]

Well, at least we who were kids in the 1960's got to live a storybook life few will ever see, except in old movies like this. I grew up in Setauket and lived a picture postcard life,it was wonderful. If youve moved off Long Island, set up a 4 foot pool and a redwood picknick table and some beach chairs and buy a old style round BBQ with charcoal and lighter fluid. It makes you feel better. I did it, i miss my 1960's Long Island so much,it hurts.

[peterproscia]

I totally agree.

[herbrampe]

@1952kid  Me too. I don't even go back there any more. Too expensive and depressing. My father bought a lot and built a house in 1959 for 12k. When he passed away five years ago, his wife sold the place for 400k. Insanity

[diazb100]

@1952kid long island is getting more expensive and more shitty every year

[Outeast92]

Thank god Manorville or Eastport never got fully "Suburbanized" like other places they're still plenty of woods and swamps and farms and people who don't want any more development.

we need to declare a 10-year building freeze on LI and start demolishing abandoned and disused structures. Downtown Riverhead has about 30 empty storefronts that will NEVER get filled.

[250GTLUSSO]

Long Island has been badly planned from the 60s..The idea of progress was to build shopping malls and homes that all looked alike..

[1952kid]

The wonder years , i was there,dont look for them,you wont find them ever again on longisland.

[peterproscia]

I know just how you feel. I was there too. I lived in various towns and was in Deer Park from age 6 through 10 (1968-1972). It was a wonderful time. Now Long Island is an expensive mess. I now live in Florida. I feel like I was forced off the Island.Sad,sad,sad.

[kevin120393]

$10,000-$100,000 houses, my Deer Park house would sell for $380,000 now but we bought in brand new in 1962 for just $17,000

[gatheringleaves]

I wish I could have known this Long Island, it seemed so much nicer and quiet. The town where I live, Shirley and Mastic, is a dirthole, I hate it here and I want to move. It really is a shame, some of these things seem very familiar. My mom was born in Brooklyn and went to Hofstra for example

[redonionsauce]

I did know this Long Island. We moved to Nassau cty in 1954. Then Suffolk in 1964. The first house my father purchased in 1954 went for $9,000. 2bdrm, den, now it is selling for $350,000. ISN'T GREED A WONDERFUL THING. yOU CAN BLAME THE TAXES ON THE SPIRALING ASSESMENTS THAT THE TOWNS DID BACK IN THE 1970'S AND THE REAL ESTATES FOR THE ESCALLATING PRICES. i LEFT IN 1994. i JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

[peterproscia]

I know how you feel. It's hard to see the area you grow up in change into something terrible.

[yournotjohn]

We moved here in the 70's because it was cheap...now it's to damn expensive! Many of us are suffering with the crazy taxes.

[peterproscia]

I totally understand. My family moved to Long Island in the 1960s. I lived there until 10 years ago. Virtually everything's changed, and not for the better. It's expensive, congested, decaying. I feel like I was forced off the Island, so I'm a little bitter.

[Dorothyy62]

As far as I can see, the "illegals" are the only ones doing the grunt work on LI, the work the "legals" are too good for... until the next crash, anyway... I too miss this Island... and Walt would just vomit if he saw what's been allowed to happen...

[99boyz]

GOOD VIDEO

but i hate it here

why to many houses

an ILLEGALS

[scoooby012]

Oh long island and my hometown Levittown<33