Try Knead Donuts, Veggie Fun (vegan chinese food) and Plant City!

A van line would be at the center of who is moving where and why. I know it disrupts the “RI is in permanent decline” narrative, but it’s valid info.

Eat all the good food! My favorite place to tell people about is Palos. After you eat , walk down the water to burn off all the calories:)

That source used United Van Lines stats, I think someone smarter than me had pointed out earlier why that’s unreliable information.

Lots of great restaurants! You can see if there is a show playing at the Providence Performing Arts center. I also love the Providence comedy connection. Freeplay acrade is a fun 21+ arcade that's open at night-time with mostly retro games, all set to freeplay. Roger Williams Park is nice to walk around, any there is a zoo. There are some nice bike paths you can walk or ride a bike on (east bay bike path). Amazing coffee roasters (New Harvest, borealis, Bolt, We Roast). Go to the RISD art museum.

These are my personal favorite activities to do in providence and the surrounding area.

Curious how big your house is and the size of your panels? I'm definitely planning on doing them in my next house. Also wondered what happens if the roof leaks from shingles ripping up in wind or where they mount the panels to the roof? Is that on the home owner?

I’ve been to providence many times but that was only the airport to go to cape cod. I’ve been to Boston and went to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox. I was mostly interested in Providence because I wanted to move there eventually and practice as a nurse.

Boy we were a motley looking bunch…

New England Clean Energy and they were excellent.

You might have missed the point Skippy

You don’t know how much I cringe when I see a post on here saying “Moving to Rhode Island from (insert state here).” That’s only one of the problems affecting housing, but it definitely doesn’t help

We are staying in providence for 2 days and cape cod for 3 days lol

Drive to Boston instead

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Good luck getting a homebuyer to takeover your payments. Sure maybe you get half of it paid off in 3-5 years but that’s still a loss of $20k if you need to sell.

Net metering has worked great. They almost always end up paying me

Not to hijack the thread but it seems like getting a HELOC and working with a local electrician is the way to go. Better interest rate and no middle man.Has anyone done this?

>Solar payback takes too long as it is

Says who? It depends on what you pay for the installation — including any tax breaks or subsidies — and what your energy rates are, and are projected to be in the future.

We don’t know the first number, but we know that both gas and electric prices are high right now, not likely to go down any time soon (if ever), and everything OP doesn’t have to pay RIE for monthly power is money off the cost of his solar installation.

Maybe he can tell us what his payback period is, and which way his roof is oriented. My guess is it’s about 7–8 years. And don’t forget that he can recoup most if not all the money he spent on the installation when he sells his house as solar-powered …

>now 1/3 of the year has little return

Again, what’s “little return”? It may not be the same as during the summer, but it’s still significant, and could be an even larger percentage of his total need if he can lower their household consumption a bit.

>Who can know they will be in the same home for 10+ years?

A lot of people, but even those who don’t know can usually derive a fair return from solar over the short (2–3 years) or medium (3–5 years) term, on aggregate …

Gets a decent small home on the eastern shore, but yeah not a huge family home. It would still cost 40% more in Mass.

When I bought here, it was because a nice place I was looking at in Rockland, MA had tons of asbestos shingles. Remediation cost was over $100K.

In Bristol County RI, I found a larger place with a bigger yard, a 2 car garage and no asbestos for $150K less. It was a no brainer.

Late May? See a CVS for allergy meds

Yes and eat them near a toilet

Unfortunately 400k doesn’t get you much of anything anymore. Got to spend closer to 500k or be willing to put in some major sweat equity. However in comparison to Massachusetts it’s definitely an upgrade coming here.

Mmmm nothing like a tasty delicious Rhode Island wiener 😵‍💫

Ummm oh wait what were we talking about?

I had mine installed by SolPower. Took awhile to get on the calendar though.

Source from Jan of this year — Rhode Island the third most popular moving destination.

https://www.abc6.com/rhode-island-ranked-3-on-list-of-top-moving-destinations/

People who can’t afford a $750K bungalow in some forgettable Mass exurb are buying nicer $400K places here. And Providence is a downright urban living bargain compared to Boston.

If you have a Massachusetts salary, you’ll never afford a home of your own up there. So they all come here.

I was an early adopter.