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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 24 09:34:23 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Apr 23 18:37:46 2006. Again, Ronkonkoma itself is a healty, nice community, it's the the community of ROnkonkoma that needs any help, it's just the immediate area around the station that has become a hell hole. And it's worse since the massive amount of activity has come there with the dawn of electrification. They did build a nice new stationhouse about 10 years ago, as well as some stores included in that project to serve the commuters, but many of the stores are empty now. They were initially all occupied but some went out of business. The stores that were near the station (not part of the station building - meaning the now mostly vacant shopping center across from the station) also went out of business because no one used them anymore. People don't like to stop anywhere around the station. There is such chaos at that station, that people pick up their coffee, bagel, newspaper at some store along their way between their home and the station to avoid the station itself. They then run out of their cars, and directly to the platforms, without stopping at the stores in the station. In the evening, it's the reverse, they run out of their trains, off the platforms and to their cars, and then drive away as quick as they can. |
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