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Google's expansion doesn't require its employees to live in a part of the city that lacks adequate schools and parks. Whereas if you work in LIC it's not like you can really commute into the city from New Jersey or Stamford.

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What are you talking about? LIC has lots of schools and parks. It's a very residential neighborhood.

> Whereas if you work in LIC it's not like you can really commute into the city from New Jersey or Stamford.

Why not? Take the Path to the E or the metro north to the 7.

Another fare and another point of failure in what is probably already a long commute? Sounds unappealing.

LIC will never become a second Midtown because its transport connections are so poor.

> because its transport connections are so poor.

In what sense? I used to work in LIC and it was pretty easy to get to. Lots of lines go though Queensboro Plaza.

It has good subway connections to Queens and Manhattan, and that's about it. There's no good LIC LIRR station (the existing one is not located on the line to Penn). Good luck if you're coming from Westchester, New Jersey, Staten Island, or the Bronx, because that's going to be a hell of a commute.

I won't argue that it's appealing but it is the norm if you live in the burbs. Not many people work right next to Penn/Grand Central/Atlantic Terminal/etc. Transferring to the subway is very common, and LIC is one of the best-connected neighborhoods by subway (NRW7EFG).

Out of all those, only the E runs through Penn Station, and only the 7 runs through Grand Central. Nowhere near as nice as being table to take any ACE train or any 456 train to get where you're going.

And god help you the days there are mets games if you're taking the 7.

> What are you talking about?

Could you please edit swipes like that out of your comments here? They acidify discussion. Your comment would be fine without that bit.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Maybe you should just permit people to say "what are you talking about" as a form of "you seem to be confused" instead of trying to dictate which colloquialisms people use to express themselves. Your position on this is overbearing and absurd. FYI you have a history of being condescending over nitpicky nonsense to the point of incivility.

LIC has some amazing parks. Stop by Socrates Sculpture Park sometime — really cool art installations, great waterfront views of Manhattan, across the street from a cool museum (Noguchi of the coffee table fame), and you are quick walk down Broadway to some great restaurants in Astoria.

hundreds of thousands of people commute from new jersey across the hudson every day

Yes, to Manhattan. Commuting Jersey to Queens is asking a lot.

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