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PinkSwallowLove OP t1_j5awgm8 wrote

I should clarify, Westerly seems to be distant from the more populous urban areas in Rhode Island and socioeconomically and culturally more integrated with the southeastern CT communities.

I should also have made it clear that I am writing from a public transportation perspective since I don’t drive, and my observation has been that southern Rhode Island seems poorly connected with itself.

There are frequent buses that take you from Newport to Providence every day of the week, for example, and the bus system coverage (while definitely nowhere near perfect at all and has a long way to improve) is decent enough throughout and within the Providence metro area (Pawtucket to Prov, or Warwick to Prov, etc). Going in the north-south direction from Newport to Providence is not that bad. Going in the east west direction from Newport to Westerly is far worse because there just isn’t enough public transit options to take you directly there. You’d have to go through Providence (via bus or a mix of bus and train) to get from Newport to Westerly for the fastest route. There just doesn’t seem to be an integrated bus line that takes you directly through Newport-Jamestown-SK-Charlestown-Westerly. I guess what I am trying to say is commuting within the populous eastern RI corridor (even from its southern extremity in Newport to the northern reaches of Providence) is much easier than commuting from eastern RI to Western/southwestern RI via public transportation.

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dishwashersafe t1_j59uy4x wrote

Reply to comment by azknight in Thanks for the insight by gravytrain2112

Honestly changing your lightbulbs makes a HUGE difference. I can't believe there are still people using incandescent.

But I get your point. It's like "Here's a hot tip to save money! Use less electricity. Have you tried shutting off the TV and lights and just sitting alone in the dark with your thoughts?"

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virginiaveritas t1_j59qey3 wrote

Any place that sells "fresh baked" pies does not make the pies. They buy frozen pie from Sysco or the like and bake it on property. If that's your thing, any supermarket pie will do. But if you want something else, Pastiche or Wright's Dairy Farm have it. I think Pastiche offers a Dutch apple pie, which has a crumble instead of a top crust. Great for a la mode.

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