Edited sentence: Home Depot has come to the area improving the commerce and a project to clean up places people shop like 'The Montauk Highway Project' have brought significant improvement to parts of Shirley, New York.In the 1980's that all ended with a public outcry from most of it's residents that were here at the time.In the 60's and 70's Shirley and the Mastics have mostly been what is known as Section 8 Housing or Government Housing for people who could not afford to live anywhere else.Most people who live on Long Island are starting to realize there are not too many places to live in Suffolk County and the population has increased dramaticaly since the last census in 2000.Shirley, New York has unfortunately gotten a bad reputaion over the years for being 'not nice' area to live.The High School Football team is one of the best on the island and has been featured in Sports Illustrated as the best place to look for up and coming players of the NFL.With the increase of the population has come more development and projects that are cleaning up the area