Nassau County, New York

Located on the western half of Long Island. Home of Hofstra University. Where my grandparents resided, and where my mother grew up. Part of the suburban revolution, a frontier during the 50's. Home of many celebrities, and scandels. I mean Massapequa High School has some hell of an alumni list. Jerry Seinfeld, Mariah Carey, Amy Fisher, Joey Buttafucco, and all of the Baldwin Brothers to just name a few.

Nassau county is located on the Western half of Long Island. There are nice beaches in Nassau county. Nassau county is a combination of suburban and urban areas, although some small farms still persist despite the high cost of land there.

Insofar as Nassau county is known elsewhere in the United States (not really very far) it is for two things, both negative. One is Nassau county's fiscal crisis, which occured near the end of the twentieth century while the economy was still booming. The other is the infamous condition of the Nassau County Jail, which was investigated by the Justice department in the same period.

If you are by some strange twist of fate forced to spend some time in Nassau County, here are some things you may want to check out:
 

• Nassau Coliseum (formally known as the Nassau Veteran's Memorial Stadium).  Home of the New York Islanders.
• Utopia.  An infamous head shop in Hicksville, NY.
• Jones Beach.  The most popular public beach on Long Island, and a great place to go to some rock concerts.
• Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall.  One of the biggest and most crowded shopping malls in the country.
• The Long Island Ducks, a minor league baseball team.
• Eisenhower Park.
• The Rockaway Drive-Thru...if you can find it.
• Safety Town.  You get to learn how to be a safe pedestrian, bicyclist, and motorist (using little go-carts).  Just about every kid in Nassau went there at one point or another on a school field trip.

Personally, I just recommend that you get the hell out of Nassau and spend some time in New York City.