Hofstra University

IBviolamom
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 11:50:57 +0000

It takes nearly an hour by Long Island Railroad to get into Manhattan. The round-trip fare is between $18-$24 depending on time of day. The surrounding area is not too great. You are very close to a part of Hempstead with a lot of crime, gangs, and drugs. Long Island is a pretty car-dependent place to live. Public transportation isn’t very good.

I can’t really comment on the school’s social life but as a person who has lived on LI for 20 years and worked in Hempstead for a number of years, I would say the location is a big drawback.