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thebatman924 t1_j9hmhkb wrote

Why are you acting like Long Island is a cheap place to live? It’s literally one of the most expensive places to live in the world, and NYPD has forced OT whether you like it or not and doing doubles in transit will give you $130,000 where the average salary in NYC is $51,000, please go on Indeed and find the requirements for a job that pays $130,000 with a pension and full health benefits that doesn’t require a PhD, no matter how much people complain it’s still one of the best jobs in the city, and lastly the NYPD isn’t the military, you can leave anytime without consequences if you hate it that much.

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j9homgj wrote

Not all of LI is the Hamptons. Go to East Rockaway, Babylon, Amitville, Levittown, Hicksville, Melville etc and there's some very middle class areas- waay cheaper than Astoria. And since SALT taxes get washed out, the tax burden isn't a crusher.

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