You ain't liein

Is that the new iteration of WARAQ? 🤣

Honestly, try to find something out of Providence itself at least for your first year. I haven’t really looked at apartments in 5 years since I moved, but even then it was slim pickings in the city itself. I could be wrong but you’d probably get more bang for your buck further away (and nothing is actually far from wherever your job will be). The issue with providence apartments is 1) scams 2) great on paper and then you get there and it’s actually a shithole in an area you don’t love. Move to the burbs if you can, less to worry about. Secure a job first and if it’s something towards or in Boston, move closer there/along a commuter rail if you can afford.

Maceras in Cranston

I said one of lol there’s plenty to choose from

Big cheese in Cranston

If you’re planning in April, Newport has a bunch of areas covered in daffodils that make for some really beautiful pictures. There’s Dunlap Wheeler park next to first beach that ends up as a beautiful daffodil-covered park that would be really pretty.

Rocky point park has the big hill overlooking the water, or two beach areas.

The topiary garden in Newport is really pretty too but costs some admission to get in. Lovely gardens/grounds though.

Winterhawk vineyard in Kingston is tucked way back in the woods and is rustic and pretty. I went on a wine tasting there and the guy who runs it was so incredibly, earnestly nice and accommodating I’m betting he’d work with whatever budget you have to make an elopement special.

Would be cool but busses are just the better option

I hope not, have an early Tuesday AM flight for work.

Manville

A dream

I used to work there and would argue with my co-workers about it. "I don't get it, it doesn't seem that bad," I'd say. "There are murders here!" one of my co-workers shot back. I looked it up and it turned out there's usually either one or no murders in a typical year.

Providence let s chill

This is insane to me. Have spent more time then I’d like there and it is an absolute dump. Drab and gross. Smells awful there for months at a time to top it off.

All you have to do is not care and it will have zero effect on your life 👍

Something tells me if you just start selling icecream in someone's territory it will get ugly.

I just had Pho Horn’s Bun Bo Hue for lunch today! I agree 100%. Broth is anise-rich and tasty, but not the dish I know. And the beef in it was not good quality. Also, their noodle bowls need mint, cilantro, and fried scallion.

Cranston

As others have said, Minh Hai in Cranston

it's hard to get 40 minutes from anything in RI. rural rhode island is very different than being rural in a big state. eg, i live in a rural area and am 35 minutes north to providence and 35 minutes east to the beach.

Tiverton 4 corners is adorable and has wonderful businesses and isn’t far from LC

EG nice place dont need public transit

I'm glad we can all agree it's West Warwick.

This I’m not sure if I can agree with.

There are days I want the chips and there are days I want the strips.

Now the chips with the jalapeños? I’ll choose those any day.

The whole western corridor of the state is underrated (Burrillville down to Bradford/Charlestown).

It’s the only part of the state where you still have a reasonable chance at buying an affordable house. Not much traffic, and it’s easy to get to Providence/the heart of the state (maybe with the exception of Burrillville and Foster).

The schools are generally good, the crime is low, and you’re much closer to most outdoor activities than the rest of the state (the West is littered with Audobon preserves, state management areas, lakes, ponds, and more).

And if you’re into it, the pace of life is more relaxed. Though they’re everywhere, you’re less likely to deal with aggressive and dangerous drivers simply because there’s less cars.

If you can look past the political atmosphere (and even that isn’t really that bad, Burrillville voted the most for Trump of all the towns at only 57.5%, Biden won Richmond, and Trump carried Exeter by less than a point), it’s really a great part of the state.