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| DATE | 2010-12-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Mayor Turns a blind Eye to Brooklyn
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 01:30:31AM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> phantom21-at-mindspring.com wrote:
> > According to my brother, who lives on LI and commutes to Manhattan to work, a lot of those in Nassau and Suffolk are doing the same.
> >
>
> They're not though, it just seems that way if you're one of them (I used
> to be). From what I read, the only growth an otherwise declining LIRR
> has seen in a long time is in reverse commuting, ie, bringing people
> west to east during the morning rush hour.
>
Good - so I can shut down the LIE and the LIRR then. Better
The last I looked, the MTA report was clear that over 80% of the wealth
and income of Nausua and SUlfolk county is generated in the 5 boroughs.
And not just that, but the last I looked over 40% of all the small
businesses in the city were OWNED by people living on the Island.
And I dare you to sit on the top of 120 Wall Street and WATCH with your
eyes as a the daily commute happens.
My last 4 bosses lives on the Island, come to think about it. The last
person I worked for who didn't live in LI was when I worked for an
Orthodox Jew in 1992, AND THEN THERE WAS fREDDIE WHO LIVED ON sATEN
iSLAND
> > The lament the commute, and wish they could find jobs in LI that pay as well, but they still come pouring in.
> >
>
> Pay in Manhattan is still better than local pay, but not by all that
> much anymore, and what it boils down to is at some point as a commuter,
> you do the math again, this time accounting for the expense of working
> in Manhattan, and the life that the MTA sucks out of you, and the $400 a
> month (currently) they charge you for the privilege, and all the time
> commuting, and you realize that the job on Long Island that doesn't pay
> as much, really is a better deal than the one in the city with bigger
> numbers on the check. I've been on both sides of this one, and until
> you've done close to 10 years as a LIRR commuter to/from Suffolk County,
> you can't really appreciate what I'm talking about, because as an
> occasional commuter, I wouldn't dream of driving into the city, but as a
> daily commuter, the LIRR is slow death, and I'd rather drive it every
> day than endure the services of the MTA five days a week. The people I
> knew who commuted from much closer to the city didn't seem any less
> longing for death than I was either.
>
> - Ron
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