I’d also spend the same amount of money on a boat to go fishing soo lmao

Newport marriages skew the average way upwards. If you look at the median I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts it’s much much lower than the mean.

Absolutely , all I can do is sit on the sidelines and whine but it’s just mind blowing when you think about it lol

It’s ridiculous, yeah, but it’s also a big business in parts of RI. Some people have money to blow that’s just life. At least it’s stimulating the local economy with photographers, catering, venues, flowers, etc.?

Try the Meetups site for any scheduled activities or volunteering that interest you.

Growing up in Westerly, I used to live next to a small pond. A pair of Great Blue Herons would next there every year and eventually, we would have 5-6 of them. Then one year, sadly, there were none.

43k for a wedding . Wow , even 15k. Who in their right mind except a rich privileged person even has that kind of extra cash to just toss on a event for a day. It’s sick shit if you ask me

I used SolPower for my system. Install took 6 months and was done in 2 days. On the bad side I've been waiting for a few weeks on them to schedule some additional work to be done.

Do you have any hobbies? I have met a lot of friends in the area through my hobbies

Tangys and Xspot are the closest to the Providence area, between the two I'd recommend tangys

Some good ideas. Also look at Meetups, including fun outdoorsy ones like hiking and kayaking.

I’ve heard good thing about Trader Jans in Fall River. I’m from CT and used to go to Hall’s Arrow in Manchester! We love it there, and even bought a bow from them. It’s pretty cheap with bring you’re own gear too. Now we live in Providence and haven’t shot our bows in like 2 years. We preferred shooting outside, but kinda hard to do in the city

To be fair the job market is hot and these companies are trying to respond to a fast growing market. It's on the consumer to demand as much info as possible. It always amazes me that people will sign onto a 20-year/multi-decade contract after a 45 minute conversation with a kid selling door to door.

32F from FL here too. Go Gators!

Newport Solar. Highly recommended.

Sol power - we bought. Not a fan of leasing if you have the choice but leasing is better than no system at all!

Except for when your planned array size is for 90% of projected usage, based on the 3 year avg monthly Kwh from Natl. Grid and they get to tell the solar company that the array is still too big and to do it again.

Also this ignores the "justifies service to the property". I have already paid to have the electrical lines installed to the home. They aren't going to profit by coming over and ripping the line down to the house. I have to pay monthly connection fees etc to them no matter what. These are offset by credits for energy I now generate with the array but they are still profiting from the fees. Forcing it to 10% is only pure profit for them. There is no reason for it and they are the only entity that gets to decide that.

If you have any interest in playing any kind of sport, you’ll find groups full of potential friends playing in a semi-organized fashion all over the state.

I 2nd Free play! I work downtown and will go there after work occasionally to grab a drink and mash some buttons and I've met some very nice guys and gals there

Think they all do some kind of referral programs but if you want a refferal bonus I can get you in contact with my guy

Thanks!

Thanks!

Cool thank you

That's what I've seen so far, and it doesn't instill confidence. Thanks

There is a combat archery place opening up off Valley Street in Providence, not sure when, but it shouldn't be long. Think dodgeball, but with foam tipped arrows.