Thank you!

I can totally relate. thanks for the reminder and positivity around it!

I live in RI, work in MA too, mostly the Boston area. Pay is much better.

There’s around 1000 kidnappings in Phoenix AZ every year, that city is larger than the state of RI.

I'm sure McKee and Grebien will get rich off this

It really isn't anymore. It used to be significantly lower but ya know, Ukraine.

You can't put Waraq aside. They'll just jump out from somewhere again.

MA to RI transplant, Downtown Providence makes Boylston Street seem like a casual stroll and I have no idea how people live there.

Taxes are still too high 1 million people and $1 billion state budget makes no sense unless there’s lots and lots of people - on the take in our government

Every cloud has a silver lining I guess!

No. I think it sucks to live in Rhode Island. It’s expensive. It’s too blue and it’s too socialist! I cannot wait to move out of here!

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Hello fellow former Chicagoan! Watching the news or even following r/Chicago has me feeling the same. Every state, city will have problems, but RI feels a lot more manageable and the corruption seems a lot less interwoven to it than our hometown

I grew up in RI but I live in Washington state now. It’s great here really. But I’m convinced there is no better state than RI.

They're both extortionately priced. But I guess at least we're not on Texas power.

Oh no, don’t ruin rolfe square with like.. things to do..

And a little further, but still probably within the mile, stadium fish and chips!

To be fair, I used to ask this a lot when I'd meet people here a decade ago and get some wild answers and it was interesting because only really unique situations gave people the chance to live here and own these places. A lot of entrepreneurs, weird creative types, self employed etc. I once had a detailed conversation with the head of the state department of health in a laundromat back in the day-- absolutely fascinating afternoon waiting for my laundry.

These days, though, the answer is generally that someone works for a white collar job for company located in NYC/SF/Boston in Marketing/Advertising/software engineering. I think people get tired of this and the knee jerk reaction is to downvote.

So in their defense, these jobs rarely existed here more than 5 years ago even though there used to be a random VP here or there who had enough seniority to work from this state.

Nope. I lived in RI until I was in my early 20's, moved up to Boston and never looked back. I now live in a nice west coast city which, while expensive, offers far more opportunity, significantly higher wages, and great weather. People here are noticeably happier and it makes a huge difference in the day to day. When I visit RI, there are certainly thing that I still like about it (mostly southern RI) but what used to feel like home now feels depressing to me. The food is definitely great though, and I do miss NESN.

People in these fields generally are drowning in debt without Dr/big law salaries. For example, the only in-state PA program (JWU) costs over 100k in tuition and URI pharmacy tuition is a lot more for mid-100k salary. The debt and interest accrued during training are really killer and many remote workers make just as much without the debt.

Definitely not mansion money.

As someone who moved here from Chicago: YES.

There's a spot in Newport the locals call Doris Dukes...

I'll edit this comment with a pin drop on a map showing where it is...

Here is a video of the jump:

https://youtu.be/pbRNHh5dnkw

The crime rate, which takes the number of people into account, is also low, not just the raw crime numbers.

I grew up on Long Island and lived in New York City for 15 years, the people here aren't even in the same universe

I honestly wouldn't trust the opinion of someone who says they lived somewhere for 40 years and doesn't miss it. I miss everywhere I've ever lived to some degree.