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Pdmnt t1_j69073y wrote

Reply to comment by Status_Silver_5114 in Thinking about moving to the area need some suggestions on towns! by PokemonRex

But why won't you just do all of the work for me? Also, where are the New York bagels and why is nothing here as good as them? Why isn't all of the food as good as where I'm from? Why are the gas bills so high? Traffic is horrible but no one knows traffic like I know it because I'm from [metropolis] and you are not as tough as me. Why do houses cost so much? Where can I buy a 3/2 near the water with great public schools and no commute for under 150k? Road conditions here are snow salt bad driving Derek Jeter bagels PIZZA HIGH COST NEW JERSEY SOPRANOS

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Ph886 t1_j68ys4u wrote

Reply to comment by Status_Silver_5114 in Favorite RI bagels? by fill-in-theblank

Another vote for Bagel Gourmet. I’ve been going to them since 1997/8. Consistent quality as far as bagels go and friendly staff. They are also one of the few to do salt bagels which are a low key favorite of mine.

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BiffBiffkenson OP t1_j68ylv8 wrote

Reply to comment by CoffeeMilkSteaks in Flashing Yellow School Zone Speed Signs Should be Mandatory Alongside Zone Cameras by BiffBiffkenson

I'm not sure you are using the term neon correctly. In EP the signs are a flat black and white. Not lit up which neon implies nor are they even shiny. There are some static yellow signs (not at all locations) also not neon. They do not light up. Neon is a gas inside a tube that when electricity is connected to it - it lights up.

The day I got that ticket I hadn't been through there in some time. There is a black and white sign that says 'Speed Limit Traffic Laws Photo Enforced' Which is a mouthful to read the first time going through there. A little further down the road there is a static yellow sign (that is NOT neon) that repeats the warning. Underneath are much smaller signs, one says 'violators prosecuted' underneath that is one that says 7am to 4pm' NOTHING about school zone yet going the other way - north there is a sign that says 'school zone ends' so all this time you are already driving in a school zone. The only posted speed sign is 30mph.

So in fact here the ONLY things alluding to school zone are the school crossing sign directly across from St Margarets and the two 'end school zone' signs.

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BiffBiffkenson OP t1_j68wobk wrote

Reply to comment by EliBruins63 in Flashing Yellow School Zone Speed Signs Should be Mandatory Alongside Zone Cameras by BiffBiffkenson

Maybe it's a time of day thing. I know they sit at what is it, Cindy's? Now that school is a place that would benefit from adding school zone cameras. Just keep the existing flashing yellow signs.

East and West Main are really difficult to Police because they are so narrow and older people can remember when the speed limit was 55 on both. If you are traveling 35 on East Main you will come close to being pushed off the road. Out of State cars weave in and out of traffic like its a speedway on East and West Main especially when they are leaving.

There was talk there of 2 travel lanes and a third for turns which would decrease accidents just like there was talk of rotaries in Bristol, Warren and Barrington. It's common for two lanes to move to one setting up a drag race also in Bristol County.

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