Gothamist: Long Island Boy Shot in the Face

BongoBoy

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:36:50 -0500

That's why we have so many Pennsylvania license plates on the cars of our Brooklyn brothers. FYI on the kid shot up ... cops had to hold up questioning of the family as they called the SPCA to get rid of all the pit bulls in the house.

Snoopy

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:34:30 -0500

They shifted to eastern Pennsylvania also. Just look at the Allentown Bethlehem Easton area in the last few years and see the shooting rate skyrocket. They are all scum and interesting enough when the jerks get caught out of the city they do time not like the city where they walk. Maybe the word will get out that "You do the crime, you do the time."

Peter

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:32:06 -0500

I'm not sure as if high city real estate values are necessarily the cause of some of the suburban ghettos in Suffolk County. Places like North Bellport and Mastic Beach have been pretty nasty for at least 25 years.

Reality Czech

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:17:36 -0500

Yeah but Peekskil and Newburgh don't have beaches! I blame strip malls.

Ph

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:41:02 -0500

Reality: Its the same syndrome you find in places in Northern Westchester like Peekskill and, going even further up the line, Newburgh up in Orange. Real estate values in the city went up, so crime migrated to the outlying bad areas that were on the borderline before. Sad, really.

Reality Czech

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:57:56 -0500

When did Long Island turn into such a ghetto? Especially that far out on the island.

Peter

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:19:19 -0500

I live not too far from North Bellport ... it's one nasty place. Yet Bellport Village, a very short distance away, is quite upscale and might as well be on another planet.