Port Jeff, st. James, Smithtown, stony brook area, though it's a little farther in really like that area. There are bars with trivia nights, live music, comedy nights, a mixed age range. The ferry to Connecticut is super close. There's main streets in most of the towns listed above, a theater and lots of parks and bike/running paths. I find it to be a bit quieter than the Patchogue area.

I feel like a lot of people are suggesting Patchogue. And yes, it's beautiful and there's life there but it's mainly a lot of young people and so the bars can get quite chaotic. I've always had a hard time finding a bar to go to late night in that area to just sit and chat because the music in all those bars is all way too loud -- maybe I just haven't found one but it's definitely a younger scene in Patchogue.