paying property taxes, and not even using the public facilities like schools. yea, fuck those people, rite?

Yeah, I’ve got a bit of a problem with this beyond the parochialism.

If they’re paying property taxes, they have a right to be there. That was one of the reasons that Mass couldn’t ban Rhode Islanders working in MA.

The bad PR from this also came back and bit us in the ass when RI became one of the planet’s hardest-hit COVID hotspots, with some of the worst infection and death rates. We ended up needing a lot of help but opened up the crisis by denying help to others. Not a good look.

And the reason there are no houses is because of the NIMBYism that’s prevalent in the state, especially little towns that don’t want new residents that arrive after they arrived (of course, them building their house and moving in was just fine):

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/they-have-no-clue-ri-housing-crisis-pits-state-and-local-leaders-against-each-other/

(Edit: Obviously the “COVID is just the flu” stuff in the original article is nonsense.)

it was targeted imtimidation. They were trying to deny NY'er use of their property.

From the Article: "by: Adriana Rozas Rivera

Posted: Jan 31, 2023 / 11:07 AM EST

Updated: Jan 31, 2023 / 07:46 PM EST

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A man faces firearm charges in connection to the fatal shooting of a Providence landlord.

Police responded around 2:30 p.m. Monday to reports of shots fired at a home on Prudence Avenue. Jennie Jensen, who owns the property, was found lying in the hallway.

Providence Maj. David Lapatin said Jensen was attempting to evict Rufus Watson. Jensen was renting the apartment to Watson’s cousin who no longer lives there.

Jensen, accompanied by two others, kicked down the apartment door.

Watson was allegedly waiting inside with an AR-15 style rifle. Lapatin said police believe Jensen and her companions were also carrying weapons.

Watson said he fired in self-defense. He is now charged with possession of a firearm after being convicted of a crime of violence, two counts of possession of a large-capacity magazine, possession of a ghost gun, and possession of a barrel of less than 16 inches."

We walked 2 Mike's no matter what the weather. So 4 miles a day.

It’s funny how many people put servicing their heating systems on the back burner for the longest time, but scream they need it done usually right around the time the system breaks.

Yeah, we know.

Lol. At least your honest.

Gradating property taxes might be a better, and less illegal way to this.

Yeah, that Cuomo.

wish they'd do it again tbh

This the same Cuomo that lied about how many elderly people his policies killed?

Meh, fuck em. They’re buying up all of the available property and only living in it for 3 months out of the year.

What’s another 14 days of quarantine?

>The whining was pathetic and selfish then and now I'm not even sure I know if there are adjectives that can describe what it's like to still complain about this?

We have spent years waiting for the end of the public health emergency so we can go into crunch time. May 11.

😊

“Walk with me, Suzy Lee

Through the park and by the tree

We will rest upon the ground

And look at all the bugs we found

Safely walk to school without a sound”

i wasn't trying to be a dick by not saying it, but i still get annoyed thinking about it lol

I’d do anything for kids to be able to walk to school again. I know it was seen as a bad thing back then, but imagine if it was safe enough / close enough so that kids could get to school independently and walk with their friends?

“Walk with me, Suzy Lee

Through the park and by the tree

We will rest upon the ground

And look at all the bugs we found

Safely walk to school without a sound”

This is like those Japanese soldiers who sat on random islands for years with no idea that war was over. What the fuck are you whining about? My brother in Christ, it is the year 2023. The only reason I even remembered today that COVID-19 was thing that happened is because you randomly came to this sub to whine about it.

The whining was pathetic and selfish then and now I'm not even sure I know if there are adjectives that can describe what it's like to still complain about this? Arguing about a defunct policy in the subreddit for a state you don't even live in?

Do you realize how fucking sad that is? Millions of people died from that virus and this is sadder than all of their deaths combined.

?

It's expected. At least we don't get instabanned everywhere now.

Good riddance, says I. Coming for you next, Wisconsimians.

Lol it’s crazy you’re getting downvoted because these guys can’t handle anything that goes against their precious narrative around Covid.

1 liek = 1 pray 🙏

> A) You have 30 days from moving to change your registration

And? So if you forgot, and wanted to go get RI plates to not be targeted, you could just go to the DMV and get the process done like normal?

> B) How common do you really think that was? In a state with a million people, I doubt that even 100 people fit that criteria.

If you say so.

>it's bad enough that you wouldn't shut the fuck up

True. We're pretty militant and active everywhere, we're stripping public health of any powers it once had.

We're getting quite good results actually 😊😊

Ah, calamari.

Someone asked at a press conference about RI targeting NY plates.

This was Cuomo's response.

The campaign of the cops with the national guard driving around house to house looking for NY plates was immediately ended, and the checkpoints were expanded to all out of state plates.

This made it inconvenient mostly for people who lived out of state but worked in Rhode Island. They were given a permission slip, but still had to go through the checkpoints and were liable to get pulled over.

>The door to door thing was plan B IIRC. And it was a stupid thing to get mad about.

That's one opinion to have.