Since everybody else is talking about were they live I thought I might as well add my info. I live in Long Island, which in my opinion is a pretty good place to live. You have the North Shore, which is considered New York’s Beverly Hills. There are some amazing houses up there but cost mad money to live there. Then you got your ghettos like Hempstead and Roosevelt and shit. Roosevelt is were Public Enemy came from and I actually met Flavor Flav in my local 7 Eleven when I was younger, He is one crazy motherfucker. Then you got my poor excuse for a town. If any of you ever listened to the old Hot 97 morning show or watched the old Yo MTV raps remember Fat Dr Dre, he lives in my area. Met him in a diner one day. He was cool though, Anyway, you can also go out to the east end and chill at the Hamptons in the summer. Plus you’re right next to NYC, which in my opinion is the greatest city in the world. I love those Manhattan trips. Oh yeah I've never been shot at but did have a gun pulled in my face when a drug deal went bad (that was some scary shit) and you pretty much never hear gun shots were I live but I have heard them. Peace......