Posted: 11/8/2001 6:27:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: As some of you know NYC PD is about the lowest paid you can get with respect to the cost of living. Some of the officers who lost their lives, with less than five years of service, were making about 30k a year. After uncle sam, dues, city tax, city waiver, insurance, etc you are lucky to bring home $600 every two weeks. This maybe a decent wage if a house cost 70-90k however most homes are selling for well over 300k in nyc and in the suburbs. Taxes alone on Long Island are 5k +. We are truly the worlds largest volunteer police department. View Quote your choking me,,300k ? volunteer? BS ,,sure taxes are high outside of the city on long island,,but you can get homes for a whole lot less than 300 k,,,also starting pay sucks and it does take 5 years to reach top pay,,not the 3 years when I went on "The Job" ,,ok so the surrounding counties make way to much money,,compared to the city,,but you are exaggerating. jion the reserves if you want a free education and beside the city will give you full pay while you do your monthly weekends and 2 week stint,,also look at it this way by the time you retire after 20 years you will have had to have done only 18 years and,,when you subtract reserve time,,correct me if I'm wrong,,I lived it... View Quote Oh ya, your right, you can find a house on Long Island for under 300k, but not a whole lot cheaper and it's called a shoebox, size 10 if your lucky! The wife and I have been looking for a house for two years. We did come close to getting one a few times. One house in a "alright neighborhood" 30X60, two bedrooms, one bath, no garage, for $265000.00, a really small house. We were outbid at $265000.00. Another house 30X60, ONE BEDROOM, one bath, no garage, for $239000.00, also outbid. But we were glad to be outbid because when we have a baby, a one bedroom would be ridiculas, we need at least a two bedroom. YES, a house can be had on Long Island for under 300k, in a very undesirable neighborhood, which I refuse to put my wife in. My wife doesn't need to be mugged on her way home or worse for a $185000.00 house. View Quote your out of your mind plenty of homes on LI plenty less and not shoe boxes,,and you don't don't have to go out to the tip of Suffolk,,,and in damm good neigborhoods! You know it is not any harder than it ever was,,how many jobs are you willing to work for a house? My dad was on the job and worked 2 jobs and drove a cab to keep his home,,it just seems that recently everyone wants everything by only working a minimum amount,,really,,
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