I think this is the 'have you ever lived in Middle Village?' thread. The answer is yes, I've lived here waaaay too long. I need to escape.
Posted by daniellek730
I think this is the 'have you ever lived in Middle Village?' thread. The answer is yes, I've lived here waaaay too long. I need to escape.
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by daniellek730
I think this is the 'have you ever lived in Middle Village?' thread. The answer is yes, I've lived here waaaay too long. I need to escape.
hahaha!! more Middle Village people!!!! haha!
Posted by FutureMrsG
Posted by regy_k
Posted by FutureMrsG
I am on City Island in the Bronx.
ooooh very close to me!
I live in New Rochelle - Westchester
Where in New Rochelle?
Posted by regy_k
Posted by FutureMrsG
Posted by regy_k
Posted by FutureMrsG
I am on City Island in the Bronx.
ooooh very close to me!
I live in New Rochelle - Westchester
Where in New Rochelle?
by the Marina, on Davenport![]()
btw, whats a good restaurant to go to in the Summer on City Island?
I'm from Corona Queens... My DH is as well.. We moved to ATL 3 years ago and moving back when we finish school in a few months..
Posted by daniellek730
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by daniellek730
I think this is the 'have you ever lived in Middle Village?' thread. The answer is yes, I've lived here waaaay too long. I need to escape.
hahaha!! more Middle Village people!!!! haha!
I think we know a few of the same people.
I'm originally from NJ but now live in Astoria. DH is from Mass.
from Middle Village now the bronx...moving to LI as of 7/1!
Posted by jilliibabii
Me! I'm from Queens- Elmhurst.
ETA: But from Middle Village- what's up to my other MV ladies!!![]()
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Posted by alli3131
Posted by KerriJohnS
Posted by alli3131
I am wrong....aren't Brooklyn and Queens still on Long Island?????
They are technically on the same Island but for divisional purposes Brooklyn and Queens are considered parts of NYC and not parts of Long Island in that sense. Brooklyn and Queens have the same rules and political powers as Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx... so they are lumped more with that group.
I live in Queens... I wouldn't ever say I live on Long Island (though technically it's the same Island it's not necessarily considered as one). There are divisional lines that seperate them. And if I said I lived on Long Island people would assume I lived across that boarder and actually ON the Long Island side, which I don't. Queens is Queens, Brooklyn is Brooklyn... and no one from those areas ever says they live on Long Island and visa versa. So if you think about it in that sense then yes you are wrong. If you are literally talking about the fact that all 3 share the same island then no. But I think the OP meant if you aren't technially on the LI side where are you from.
I get that that BK and queens are part of NYC but LI isn't any kind of governmental division. LI isn't a town of county is a geographic item. I just never understood why people have to make that distinction......I am not a native NYer so its just something I always wondered......I always just figured that people didnt want to admit they were from LI....![]()
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and when I read the OP I thought she meant off LI.....across the bridge. But like I said I grew up a good portion of my life in other states
it's nothing about not wanting to admit you are on the same island. Everyone pretty much knows it's the same island.
Quoted from online:
Since New York City's consolidation in 1898, Queens has been governed by the New York City Charter that provides for a strong mayor-council system. The centralized New York City government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, and welfare services in Queens.
Queens is just seperate from Long Island in the facts listed above. Long Island is seperated with their own school systems, funding, political leaders, etc. They just don't get lumped together because they aren't run the same or by the same people. Water doesn't even come from the same sources. It's just seperate. That's how it is. Yes it's the same land mass... but there are distinctions. It really has nothing to do with not wanting to say you are on LI; that's more of a mute point to me. If I started saying I lived on LI in Glendale.. people would either think I was stupid or they would just be really confused. It's just the way it's been said (as a seperate unit) for SOOOOO many years.
I think the biggest differentiation is the fact that Queens and Brooklyn is a part of NYC and Nassau and Suffolk isn't.... and thus you state Queens and Brooklyn seperately because it's a part of NYC. The norm is that it's more seperate than together. So people go with that. It's not much of a personal preference I don't think. But even long islander's (meaning Nassau and Suffolk residents) usually don't consider Queens and Bklyn to be the same as Nassau and Suffolk. It's just the way it's always been said.
Personally I don't think Nassau and Suffolk are the same as Queens and Brooklyn... they are more suburb than city like to me. The areas even look different.
My cousins are in Suffolk and they call Queens and Brooklyn the city. When they came to Queens for the first time... they were amazed at how condensed the houses and streets were. It's just different. That's all.
Long Island is referred to as Nassau and Suffolk. Queens is Queens. And Brooklyn is Brooklyn. It's just the way it is.
Posted by MrsC2010
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Posted by MrsC2010
i currently live in Manhattan
i grew up north of the city (near the woodbury commons)
That's where dh grew up..in Monroe!!
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thats so funny! We must have gone to HS together....what year did he graduate?
I'm from Westchester/Rockland but living in Bergen (NJ).
