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Getting LI to mirror San Diego's rebound

The Colombian restaurant Gallo looks out onto East

Photo credit: Photo by Daniel Brennan | The Colombian restaurant Gallo looks out onto East Main St. in Downtown Patchogue. (Jan. 7, 2012)

Joye Brown

Newsday columnist Joye Brown Joye Brown

Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

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Long Island could be a better place in three years -- less than the time it takes to get through high school. The forecast for a brighter economic future, offered as part of the Long Island Index report released Wednesday, was actually three to five years.

But why wait?

For years, the notion's persisted that Long Island was at a crossroads. At a tipping point. Not so.

The region,...

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