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12 Long Island Towns Among Best Beach Towns In U.S.

Check out which local towns made WalletHub's 2019 list of the best beach towns in the country.

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LONG ISLAND, NY - A total of 12 Long Island towns made WalletHub's 2019 list of the best beach towns to live in.

The website recently complied the list by ranking a total of 192 cities across the U.S. The towns were all compared using 62 factors including housing costs, number of for-sale waterfront homes and quality of beach water.

Naples, Florida came in as the best beach town in the country followed by Lahaina, Hawaii at number two.

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The first New York town to make the list was Rye, which came in at number 45.

Check out which Long Island towns made the list along with the rankings below:

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  • Port Washington (61)
  • Wantagh (64)
  • Great Neck (83)
  • Babylon (103)
  • Mount Sinai (109)
  • Massapequa (110)
  • Glen Cove (114)
  • Stony Brook (118)
  • Long Beach (119)
  • Patchogue (125)
  • Hampton Bays (144)
  • Shirley (145)

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