Century 21 Department Store

Century 21 Department Store
1085 Old Country Road Westbury, Long Island 11590
http://www.c21stores.com/long_island.asp

I stopped by here today to try to pick up a gift for my Dad's birthday. There are certainly good bargains to be had, but you really need to pick through some ugly stuff sometimes. Often times the "ugly stuff" isn't the merchandise but the other customers. I nearly called the police while I was on line today to report a possible child abuse (teenager abuse) incident. A hideous woman was shouting at her teen daughter and took a swing at her with her shopping bag. The girl shouted back that she was trying to be helpful by pointing out a bargain. The mother then charged out of the store with two depressed looking teenage girls behind her.

The scene was very distasteful. I wonder what happened to the Long Island of yesteryear. People said hello, thank you please and refrained from beating their children in public. I'd love to know where I can afford to move to and still be near NYC. We can probably move just about anywhere. Recently a Levitt home I know of was sold for $510,000. Levitt homes are the basic econ-homes that were built post WWII to accommodate the needs of the returning soldiers and their growing families. I believe they originally sold for somewhere around $5000.00 in the late 40's and early 50's.

So my point is, we could sell our so-so home for a bundle and move on. I could then have nicer bargain outlets to shop in and hopefully avoid public beatings. For some reason the average customer there today seemed to be wearing faux fur, ratty looking hair and bright red lipstick bleeding into the cracks of their lips. YUCK.