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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 23 07:45:48 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by Peter Rosa on Sun Apr 23 00:23:07 2006. Ronkonkoma station attracts thousands of commuters a day, but that certainly hasn't produced a thriving commercial district in the station vicinity.In fact, I think it even killed whatever buisness that was there before! That shopping center that's almost abanoned across the street was full of stores when the station was a "normal" station before electrification. The stores were patronized because not only did it get a lot of the commuters that patronized them, they also got locals, and other people. With the grade elimination of Ronkonkoma Ave, that got rid of the people driving by. The shear volume of cars got rid of anyone making a special trip to let's say the old deli that was there, and the chaos got rid of the commuters trying to get there. It's a project just to get to the other side of the tracks now. And there's no place to park near there because of all the cars, so that ends commuters stopping there for just a cup of coffee or a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. And definitely, the complete circus there will make anyone who is not a commuter use any of those businesses either, so ironically, the area around ROnkonkoma is a victim of ROnkonkoma's success. |
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