Yes per capita smaller areas have a higher murder rate

At what cost? Good tint (not your buddy doing it in the driveway with tint from Walmart) is at least $300. You're gonna shell that out every two years for vanity?

Dumbest law. Every two years peel it off get inspected and put it back on.

I think you’re misunderstanding friendly vs entitled

You’re talking about large cities. Per capita, large cities are still safer than large swathes of America.

Not Hartford, Hartford and New Haven are in the top 30 most violent in America

The state is perpetually at the 10 yard line in opportunity and can't score a touch down due to mismanagement.

Genuine question, but doesn't it make visibility atrocious at night? MA is already like the darkest state I've ever had the displeasure to drive through.

I mean, I think if done well, it's a very important job and not an easy one by any stretch. We are talking about someone who manages a budget of millions of dollars to address a super important and super complex issue.

$190k is not an unreasonable amount for someone with the chops to truly make headway on leading us out of the housing and homelessness crisis. Which this guy probably was not.

If it was legal I would do it. I had it in MA but removed it when I got here... as it was illegal.. *shrugs*. I enjoyed having the UV protection and dark windows but not enough to get a ticket.

Sachuest Point in Middletown is a lovely place to walk, and snowy owls might be there this time of year!

Bunch of whiny, entitled crybabies.

People know it's illegal-- they aren't asking for permission. They're dead set on circumventing it and asking here if anyone has "a guy" more or less or how to take it off and reapply at a lower cost. I've never had tinted windows in any state, so the desire is lost on me (minus someone who posted with Lupus, that really made sense).

Thin Mints and a glass of milk !

I agree with everyone that the Caramel deLights are incredible, but I think their one flaw is that they can get very overpowering quickly. Thin Mints, on the other hand, are very light. You could inhale an entire sleeve of those without getting grossed out.

Not that you should do that, of course...and not that I have...🙃

Posting this as it seems like tint questions get asked every few weeks.

Cottrell Brewery is unfortunately no more ...

The rest of downtown Westerly is still there though and busy/beautiful as ever. A quick addition to the list is the Skating rink on Main Street, just beyond The Bridge Restaurant. As long as its not raining, its usual open for business.

On street parking is a bit of a pain but there's a pair of public lots on High Street (one next to the post office and the other on Canal St, go under the tracks and turn left) along with the garage next to the Washington Trust Building/opposite the Wilcox Library.

The ones with coconut and chocolate. Yeah those then anything with mint.

Good. They sucked at their job. Honestly surprised they got booted this fast.

Cottrell closed last year😟

Was gonna say that too. What the hell are those and what re they on the list above caramel Delites!

Lol, because I want thin mints to win!

I also moved here from Dallas! Making that first friend is a real challenge but once you do, suddenly you've got a million friends and you'll never have a shortage of people to hangout with. For me I met my first friend by taking my dog to brewery - my dog and their dog became friends so we started chatting and suddenly I'm invited to the bar the next night and was part of their group from that day forward. I've found people here don't talk to strangers unless they have a legitimate reason to. But once you find that reason they'll talk your ear off about everything under the sun lol

I don't because I'm just now familiarizing myself with the state. Regardless I agree and am currently seeing why from the inside lol.

Out of curiosity - where have you lived before that you think is better? I have lived in multiple parts of the US and find RI to be no more or less friendly as a whole. Every part of the country may have a different style of friendly, but people are people no matter where you go. Some places value pleasantries, other places value kind actions. RI is an action state. People in RI might give you shit but they'll say exactly what they mean and they'll say it to your face whereas in other places people are still thinking the same things, they'll just wait til you leave to gossip about it. Also people in RI always seem to go out of their way for others - either to insult them or to help them lol. I've never had neighbors that would just walk up and help me with a house project or snowblow my driveway without me even asking, until I lived in RI. Those same neighbors will also yell at me to roll my trash/recycling bins back in not even 10 mins after the trash truck comes by or honk at me on the highway if I'm going too slow.

Personally, I prefer RI's brand of up front honesty over people who are kind to your face but shit talk you behind your back. But to each their own.