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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 13 12:50:14 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Apr 13 11:36:52 2009. Perhaps M-S is poor because the service is, and better LIRR service would bring more affluence into the area.There is no way Mastic, Mastic Beach, or Shirley will ever become "affluent". All three of them were built as summer bungalow communities on small lots. (Mastic and Mastic Beach even more so than Shirley). They are now of course year round communities (and have been for decades), but you can't take shacky summer bungalows, or even newer homes built on small undersized lots, into an "affluent" area. Interestingly, it's very similar housing stock wise as Ronkonkoma, which was developed under similar circumstances. Further, because of it's housing stock, it's a blue collar area, and with that, you will not have the large amount of white collar jobs that use the LIRR for Manhattan from there. |
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