Long Island City Doesn't Want to Be Associated With Long Island Anymore

As anyone local to Long Island or New York City knows, Long Island City, located in Queens, is not properly part of Long Island.  Sure, it’s located on the same landmass, but it isn’t part of Suffolk or Nassau Counties.  True Long Islanders have long dissociated themselves with the urban counties on the island, and it turns out that the sentiment goes both ways.

The Queens Local Development Corp. Tourism Council is currently making a huge push to dissociate Long Island City from Long Island proper by changing its name.  “It’s bad for hotels, it’s bad for real estate, and it’s bad for morale,” stated Rob MacKay, head of the Tourism Council, speaking about the current name.  “It puts us out on Long Island, and that’s inaccurate – we are urban and hip.”  A number of different names have been proposed, including The City, Longtown, and North Greenpoint.  The main contender right now however is simply “LIC.” 

It all goes to show that geography is far more complex in real life than simply what landmass you’re located on.  It’s also a social concept, and it looks like the division between Suffolk and Nassau and the downtown communities of Brooklyn and Queens will only continue to grow.

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