Spinoff to the Mastic comments

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rileysmama
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Spinoff to the Mastic comments

I know someone will flame me, but this time, I don't mind. I accept & expect it, so no hard feelings.

So, I'm looking for a home myself & have been told to avoid Mastic/Shirely because of the SD and resale value. And honestly, I probably will avoid it.

However, I am first to say that it is a shame that beautiful new construction houses are built and are being sold for in the low 200s.

It got a bad reputation because of a small majority of people. The vast majority are hardworking and good people, I think most would agree.

However, I get disenchanted when people say to avoid Mastic and to look towards other towns.

So while I also will avoid buying in Mastic, I also will probably avoid buying in Smithtown, also.

Big shock, right? I grew up there, too.

I don't think anyone mentioned Smithtown specifically, but sure, great SD, nice area, no bad spots, no bad "areas"...but guess what?

Smithtown has a HUGE heroin/cocaine problem that is swept under the carpet. No one wants to come out and say it, and you don't read about it that often in the newspaper until a big event happens, but it exists.

There are needles found in parking lots of this area that has huge taxes, and while the SD budget always passes, there are also drug deals going rampant in the schools, mandatory drug meetings, and they are considering using DRUG SNIFFING DOGS, and offering kids $ to turn in drug dealers.

In this beautiful town, great community, there is a BIG ISSUE. A girl was hit by a driver on Main Street who they suspected was buying heroin prior to committing this tragic hit&run. I'd assume she was buying the heroin in Smithtown.

I love Smithtown but it is turning into a drug den. And again, it's a small number of people who are making it bad.

There also were 10,000 packets of heroin seized in the area, also, in November 2008.

In Decemeber of 2007, a teen from SHS stabbed his best friend while he was high on heroin and then proceeded to kill his friend's grandmother. This occurred in Nesconset, and google the name "Victor Chunga" if you can't believe it.

I've also known of a few people myself who have died from ODing on heroin who lived in Smithtown. In fact, ask someone who graduated from there, and they probably have heard the same, or know someone who has been in rehab. It is sad, and I hope one day it changes.

So yes, while Smithtown doesn't have any "bad areas," it has just as big of a drug problem, if not worse.

One day, I hope Mastic & Shirley can reclaim their good image, and I hope Smithtown does, also.

And for anyone who feels bad because people say that the Mastic town they live in is called "Mistake Beach," just google "Smithtown" and "drugs".

And I know it's hard to believe...Those beautiful parks in Smithtown for kids? read this http://www.newsday.com/long-island/evidence-of-drug-use-grows-in-smithtown-s-parks-1.1496758....here is an excerpt: At Brady Park in Smithtown, town park ranger Thomas Lohmann headed past the manicured ballfields and into the woods. About 100 yards in, as the path goes over a wooden walkway, he pointed down to an inscription that someone has scrawled with black marker: "Buns All Day," a reference to bundles, or 10 bags of heroin.

A little further along was a hangout, where among the debris was a homemade bong used to smoke drugs, fashioned from a green soda bottle. Lohmann said the rangers found needles here, too.

link to just one source of many

another link - maureen lambert

Message edited 1/21/2010 4:18:30 PM.

Posted 1/21/10 4:17 PM