White Plains, NY Reviews

Recreation - 9/28/2009
The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields & track facilites are brand Read More

Culture and Recreation - 9/30/2008
I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable snow during Read More

Just Too Expensive - 4/20/2008


It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000 12 years ago and now is worth 700,000), it's just too expensive in this area now. Off to somewhere Read More

Transportation of White Plains - 1/12/2008
This city has metro north rail road to Manhattan. It takes less than 1 hour for you to drive to Flushing, Queens, NY, where you can find nice Chinese and Koran restaurants and grocery stores. The bee line buses can drive you to most towns in Westchester county. Driving 2 hours, you can go to snow ski areas and hiking parks Read More

pedestrian hostile - 5/9/2007
White Plains is the most pedestrian hostile place I know. The police have no presence downtown and do nothing about: cars running red lights, cars over stop line, cars in crosswalk, cars turning without full stop, cars turning where there is no legal turn. Manhattan is much more civil.

These things are even done near the police headquarters, which is like a bunker with an entrance more hidden than that for the bat cave. They should be called the secret police because their existance is a Read More

Cost of living - 4/19/2006
Very high cost of living. You even have to pay to park at the city Read More

White Plains NY - 10/7/2005
This city is rapidly changing. We now have 2 Starbucks coffee shops in the city, movies and a performing arts theater. We have 5 shopping malls and brand new hotels being built. Please update your site to the new White Read More

starbucks - 10/5/2005
There are now 2 Starbucks Coffee shops in White Plains. The city population is now over 54000 Read More