Recent comments in /f/providence

LosDeedles t1_j3my5ih wrote

My wife and I just moved here recently from CT. We are in Mt. Hope, and love it here. It's safe, quiet, and reasonably priced. It seems to be mostly young families here. The walkability is wonderful too. Downtown is a 15m walk, or a free ride on the R line if i'm feeling lazy.

From what I've seen, you can't go wrong on the east side.

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Researcher4Earth t1_j3mozgh wrote

A lot of nice neighborhoods in north providence and east but I would mainly avoid south providence aka elmwood ave , lots of drugged out ppl and beggers, (trust me I use to live on elmwood)

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wil540_ t1_j3mhh23 wrote

The Rhode Island State House is constructed of 327,000 cubic feet (9,300 m3) of white Georgia marble, 15 million bricks, and 1,309 short tons (1,169 long tons) of iron floor beams. The dome is "the fourth largest self-supported marble dome in the world".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House

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sc00p401 t1_j3mh1xn wrote

The RIPTA website does a decent job of tracking the buses by route. It's not fully real-time tho, and it's prone to issues from time to time. That's what I use along with the WAVE app. I'd recommend being at the stop 5-10 mins before the bus.

You should have no issues with your daughter riding free at all. If a driver does give you trouble tho, record their badge # and the bus route/time.

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RandomChurn t1_j3md93w wrote

>Oh that’s cool. Do you know if I’m allowed to just walk in there to take a look?

While you're there, check out the pair of Gettysburg "guns" in the rotunda. (They look like small canons.) One still has a round stuck in its barrel. They were last fired on the epic third day of battle at Gettysburg by a truly heroic crew; the squad leader died beside the guns, having refused to leave them after he was mortally wounded.

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bungocheese t1_j3m9ztn wrote

At the risk of sounding like a landlord bootlicker....everyone thinks they're good pet owners but many people are awful pet owners and allow the dogs to do whatever they want and that can cause a ton of damage to a place, nevermind contstantly fielding calls from other tenants for barking or loud clacking or whatever because the other tenants get annoyed and it's simply not worth it. As you said, availability is super low so you also have your pick of tenants that don't have pets.

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fmtheilig t1_j3m8vuj wrote

I suggest you rent a hotel room for three days and spend the time visiting various neighborhoods to get a feel for them. Also, many people do live outside the city.

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Patient_Gills t1_j3m5tdg wrote

Where do you live now? What sort of neighborhood are you looking for? We've got a lot of nice neighborhoods, but without knowing your priorities (walkability? Houses with yards? Interesting events and community orgs? Affordability?) it's hard to recommend. There's no really bad part of Providence, imo, unless you are very uncomfortable in neighborhoods with poor people. Some neighborhoods may be less of a good fit depending on income/interests/noise tolerance etc.

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stuckinsanity t1_j3m20ih wrote

You do have to go through security but yes, members of the public are usually allowed inside and IIRC there are tours. If you go, keep an eye out for this horrifying statue of insurrectionist and voting rights advocate Thomas Dorr: https://www.rifuture.org/wp-content/uploads/DSC_8669.jpg

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