Why doesn't Long Island produce tennis players?

It's a valid question, I think. We live in a dense area that has its very rich areas. And, hey, let's not glaze over the facts. Tennis, like golf, tends to be a rich person's sport. So why don't we see more tennis players come from Long Island?

Maybe it's the climate. Most of the unseeded men's players are from Florida. As for the women, there's an unseeded player from Upper Saddle River (Kristie Ahn, who faces sixth-seeded Dinara Safina in the first round) and another from Brooklyn (Gail Brodsky, who faces No. 13 Agnes Szavay). Like the men, most of the other unseeded women are from Florida, as well.