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sly_fox_55 t1_j4unmr2 wrote

Warwick central library is really nice. Has an entire floor for kids. It has a fish tank, a boat, play hut, puzzles, and fidget toys on the walls. They are also open on Sundays which is a bonus.

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RandomChurn t1_j4unigg wrote

Yes, Boston's stratospheric rise in rents is the most shocking story.

I lived in Boston. When I moved to RI (decades ago) Boston was as cheaper than NYC as Providence was compared with Boston.

The ratio is way out of whack now. Boston shot up much closer to NYC prices. Value-wise, it's not close to comparable.

Never regretting choosing Providence.

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MadLove1348 t1_j4u9s2p wrote

I am all for all of these initiatives. While $57M isn’t a whole lot in retrospect if it goes towards the public schools in the cities the gap in education will start to narrow and put pressure on the rural public schools to improve to compete with neighboring New England states. Reducing sales tax by 0.15% also is not a lot but it’s a step in the right direction. I don’t know enough about the litter tax in businesses as I do not own my own business. Though I can say as someone that travels often for work RI is one of the cleaner states in the country when it comes to litter. Even our neighbors to the north (check out the area between the highways on 95N/route 3 north of Waltham, it’s literally covered in trash. I often see hawks get hit by cars trying to get it it and it makes me sick. I also support whatever we can do to decrease the cost of energy bills.

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Educational_Leg36 t1_j4u7mcb wrote

And what's crazy is that most of the litter you see scattered around our roads and highways is from poor waste management.

From the city not replacing broken bins, dumpsters with no cover and trash trucks either overfilled or with broken load tarps.

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Desperate_Expert_952 t1_j4u5e1g wrote

I am firmly anti-tax so I will not fault him for reducing taxes (caveat if there are other new taxes so it’s a wash I would complain). I do question why we don’t lower it to compete with Mass. Also it was in the tax law when internet sales began to get taxed the sales tax rate was supposed to go to 6.5% the RI legislation decided not to follow that and struck it from law by passing new legislation to override it.

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