WBZ reports police are investigating three overnight break-ins in the Foster Street area, at least one involving a victim who said he was tickled awake.
It's seriously terrible. Nassau and Western Suffolk Counties are beyond depressing. Strip malls and depressed homes and people. I suppose it comes from being isolated on all sides by water and then NY is the only means of escape.
Long Island has a greater population than all of Massachusetts, and in recent years, a good chunk of Long Islanders have moved to Boston (either for school or more long-term).
There's just a good chance you're going to piss someone off if you trash it.
I grew up in Long Island (western Suffolk County in fact, but decamped to these parts as soon as I could).
We always locked our doors (even though it was a "nice" town).
I went to BC.
I lived off-campus like most other juniors, and we always locked our doors (my roommates were from the inner suburbs of Boston).
Will, are you sure you aren't confusing these BC kids with the few from Chittenden County or the Gold Towns? I know those folks don't lock their doors (and good for them for living in a place where they don't have to).
As for the Long Island comments, well, there are lots of reasons that I left and nothing has gotten better since then. Frankly, with the ridiculous development, the amount of groundwater that has been sucked out and the utter disregard (until very recently) for the natural environment's well-being, I'm just surprised that the glorified sand bar hasn't given up the ghost and sunk into the Atlantic.
The Brighton Tickler's out tonight
You better shut your windows tight
He's tuning his feathers up just right
And taking all his whiskey by the pint
'Cause everybody knows
If you don't mind your mother's tweets
A tickling wind will blow
Your bedclothes from your feet
Everybody moan, everybody shake,
The Brighton Tickler wants to catch you
Awake
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Lock your doors
Hate to blame victims, but Jesus, you BC kids aren't in your Long Island suburb anymore. Play like a big leaguer and secure your residence.
Most of Long Island is ghetto
Most of Long Island is ghetto garbage so I would assume anyone from there would be prepared.
Don't mess with my alma mater either. Go Eagles!
Ghetto garbage?
(the contents of this response have been censored, by myself, as unprintable).
Thanks for keeping it classy,
Thanks for keeping it classy, GotDat. You always come through.
It's seriously terrible.
It's seriously terrible. Nassau and Western Suffolk Counties are beyond depressing. Strip malls and depressed homes and people. I suppose it comes from being isolated on all sides by water and then NY is the only means of escape.
I was on Long Island about a month ago
Visiting relatives (in connection with a funeral). It didn't strike me as "ghetto" at all.
Ride down the Sunrise Highway
Ride down the Sunrise Highway.
Drove from West Babylon to tslip
Among quite a few other bits of highway on Long Island. (Didn't go through Queens or Brooklyn -- as we took the ferry from CT).
"Ghetto"
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Semantics
I think you're aware that words change meanings over time despite what your $50,000/year PC education taught you.
Distance learning?
PC education ... no Apple for the teacher?
Eh, I apologize. Rough day at
Eh, I apologize. Rough day at work, taking it out on a body of land in a body of water. Stupid of me.
Fun fact
Long Island has a greater population than all of Massachusetts, and in recent years, a good chunk of Long Islanders have moved to Boston (either for school or more long-term).
There's just a good chance you're going to piss someone off if you trash it.
I'm scared
Hold me!
"Long Island has a greater
"Long Island has a greater population than all of Massachusetts"
Only if you include Brooklyn and Queens, which most people don't in common speech.
Horrible Nassau County Neighborhoods - Brookville Is The Worst!
Heh. I think this one is ripe for me.
I grew up in Long Island (western Suffolk County in fact, but decamped to these parts as soon as I could).
We always locked our doors (even though it was a "nice" town).
I went to BC.
I lived off-campus like most other juniors, and we always locked our doors (my roommates were from the inner suburbs of Boston).
Will, are you sure you aren't confusing these BC kids with the few from Chittenden County or the Gold Towns? I know those folks don't lock their doors (and good for them for living in a place where they don't have to).
As for the Long Island comments, well, there are lots of reasons that I left and nothing has gotten better since then. Frankly, with the ridiculous development, the amount of groundwater that has been sucked out and the utter disregard (until very recently) for the natural environment's well-being, I'm just surprised that the glorified sand bar hasn't given up the ghost and sunk into the Atlantic.
I think this whole story
I think this whole story needs a great dose of Ockham's razor...
The Brighton Tickler's out tonight
The Brighton Tickler's out tonight
You better shut your windows tight
He's tuning his feathers up just right
And taking all his whiskey by the pint
'Cause everybody knows
If you don't mind your mother's tweets
A tickling wind will blow
Your bedclothes from your feet
Everybody moan, everybody shake,
The Brighton Tickler wants to catch you
Awake
(all apologies to the Decemberists)
"Later, it was revealed that
"Later, it was revealed that the Feared Foster Foot Fondler was in fact one of the student reporters that originally invented the story."