I would have used those EXACT words if I thought that...🤦. Seriously dude. I guess only current homeless people qualify? Not those who have directly worked with those who are homeless. Or maybe someone who just experienced it for a short time during a tough patch, but was a "normal" person before and after and can bring that added perspective.

Clearly this guy didn't work. But he did expose the problem of there not being a centralized body that was supposed to provide oversite...which is what his office was supposed to do.

>”Front tinted windows block the sun.”

And sides and back? Please. The desire for tinting precedes any factual necessity, just like insecure men whose loud motorcycles make them feel less pathetic claiming, “It’s for safety!” (It’s not.)

It’s also notable that far sunnier places in the world than RI don’t seem to have embraced the supposed “necessity” of window tinting. It’s mostly done by young men who are otherwise utterly unconcerned with the need to “block the sun” …

Are you saying you want a homeless housing secretary?

Only way to understand what the housing issue in RI is really about, is to ACTUALLY go through it. Be a part of it. Some politician making mid 6 digits a year hired to put out reports without ever having been intrinsically part of the process isn't going to get you anywhere.

That’s not true.

Tint is childish unless you’ve got a legit eye condition. Inter-car communication is essential for safer roads. They are the type of people who are unwilling to acknowledge if you extended courtesy on the road, so you don’t owe them a moment of your time to do so.

Have you seen my people's land, I'm indigenous and I'm talking about Native American reservations

You don't spend $150 a year on vanity?

Makeup or haircuts or shoes or tint or tattoos or nails what's the difference

If one of the days turns particularly cold or nasty, one activity might be Monster MiniGolf in Seekonk, MA which is just over the border with RI. They have an indoor minigolf course and an arcade. And then head over to the Pinball Museum in Pawtucket where you can play rooms and rooms filled with classic pinball machines. Finish with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in Providence.

I notice that people with tint don't seem to notice when I signal them to go. Maybe they are waving at me but I can't see them at all. Unfortunately it does cause some confusion I think.

I know it was a thing when I was growing up. North Providence, Pawtucket, and all of Eastern RI (EP, Warren, Barrington, Bristol) we’re hot spots for tint. But I’m assuming that generation of cops has since retired, and the younger ones don’t care about tint because half of them have their windows tinted themselves, shit, they’re even allowed to have beards now!

Point is, I think it’s going to trend in the direction of MA, and be allowed 35% everywhere but the windshield. Nobody cares enough anymore and there are tint sops on every other corner in Providence.

Front tinted windows block the sun. All tiny blocks the sun, in Cali the lane of gangs it’s legal.

I have been pulled over in my car and other people’s cars by the tint police. Cops looking for tint are a special type of dick head, because the department doesn’t provide the meter they have to pay for it out of pocket.

That is awesome.

You can call BS if you want, I don’t care. I’m telling you what I know and have heard from cops themselves.

My windows are tinted and I’ve been pulled over and cops ignored the tint.

I overheard a state trooper tell a kid that he pulled over “I wouldn’t have pulled you over if it weren’t for your windshield”.

My brother in law got pulled over and the cop told him the same.

My other brother in law got pulled over and the cop made him peel off the windshield tint and let him go.

I saw a Providence cop. A cop that you have to do the MOST to make them get out of their car, bust a U turn on Manton Ave to pull over the car in front of me. I drove back down the road and after I stopped at the liquor store, and you guessed it, “Get rid of the windshield tint”.

Never in my 25+ years of living in Providence have I ever seen or heard of a cop using a tint meter outside of drivers ed classes*

No, RI is awesome for tint. Mofos don't have a habit of using turn signals, so seeing your eyes is all I have to go off of. Tinted front windshields are for people who are up to no good. You probably have red or blue running lights too

BS some only look for tint and carry tint meters

Yeah RI sucks for tint, when I moved back here from CA I kept getting pulled over, as I was blacked out all around, which is OK in CA

Not for me. Abet my vehicle sits low enough that most trucks and suv headlights pear into my back window so the tint is awesome.

Not completely analogous, but here is a great article about the positive impact possible with an empowered and motivated housing agency

> so the desire is lost on me

Me personally: my left arm gets darker than my right in the summer without it, my car is significantly cooler in the summer time, not as bright inside the car, some privacy in my car, and most importantly, I don’t want people staring at me while I pick my nose lol.

My tint isn’t that dark though. I followed MA law for tint even though I’m in RI, and cops don’t bust my balls. I’ve been pulled over for other stuff, and they just ignore the tint all together.

(Most) Cops don’t bother you unless you have your windshield tinted.. and those are words that I’ve heard come out of multiple cops mouths. 3/4ths of cops have their windows tinted anyways.

Your only problem is gonna be inspection unless you know somebody. And even thats getting harder because they have to take pictures of your car now.

Go to eye dr. get a note written saying the sun bothers your eyes. It’s a work-around in some states.

Thank you! Cant believe it wasnt even an option

Rural areas in other parts of the country have some of the worst per capita violent crime, especially related to the drug and human trafficking trades. It’s scary!