Recent comments in /f/providence

cherub_daemon t1_j3w4drf wrote

I like Providence, but I would not personally make that commute every day. It's not the gas, it's the time and traffic.

If you're generally game for it, make sure when you're comparing prices that you're generally on the northern and eastern sides of the city, to avoid driving all the way through PVD as well.

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galeeb t1_j3w32tw wrote

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radioflea t1_j3w1md3 wrote

This is very unfortunate but I’m glad they were able to locate him.

I’m not sure what happened but please be vigilant when using the East Bay bike path day or night.

Though it is pretty modern it is poorly lit in certain sections and they’ve had a few notable fatal car accidents over the years and even unfortunately a few attacks in the more secluded sections.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j3vyx4j wrote

Driving in is a crapshoot, but on weekdays, you’d be looking at about a little over hour if everything goes perfectly without accidents, weather, and you’re close to the highway on both ends. I’d assume any job worth moving for is closer to Highland/Kinsley Ave on the edge of Newton, so you’d at least be close to the highway on that end, hopefully.

In reality, it’s closer to two hours going there and it can and will be worse than that.

Coming home isn’t as bad unless you’re leaving in that 4:30-5:30 sweet spot. It’ll usually be pretty heavy traffic but chokepoints like the 95/93 split aren’t nearly as slow. Outside of weather slowdowns and accidents, the worst part of going home is either going to be events at Gillette Stadium, the Great Woods ampitheatre (not as much of an impact on where you’d be going but it’s still thousands of extra cars), and the last 25 or so minutes when you get into Rhode Island. I think that part is overhyped in terms of how bad it is, but it’s more frustrating at the end of a long day or week when you’ve already spent a ton of windshield time.

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Squibbles1077 t1_j3vuqjg wrote

I did it for a couple years you’ll definitely need a car. I think the closest train is the green line in newton and it’s a several mile walk to needham. But if you don’t mind sitting in traffic for 45-60 mins it’s a pretty easy trip up 95. Similar commute to if you were along the 495 belt in mass but I think providence is the only place you’ll find a good city atmosphere

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Status_Silver_5114 t1_j3vuigc wrote

Depending on where in needham you can take 95 and then get on rt 1 / providence highway. Alas the commuter rail “can’t get there from here” because it’s a separate train line from this direction but you’re not wrong about it being cheaper here! Basically everything between bos and Pvd is solid suburbia which if that’s the vibe you want go for it. But for perspective extended fam that lives in Mansfield / Sharon drives to PVD to go out / farmers market etc. so good schools but it’s def geared towards non-urban living and not cheap.

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skippyspk t1_j3vogmq wrote

Seeing a ton of comments mentioning the East Side, and their absolutely right. However, stay as far away from Camp st as possible and be as close to Brown as you affordably can. You’ll know it when you see it. Technically two streets up towards Hope St is the East Side, but the run up there (Cypress St and North Main) can be a little dicey.

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RandomChurn t1_j3vmcs2 wrote

East Side, Fox Point.

You know what I love about it here? The wildlife! I regularly see squirrels (duh!) but nearly as often rabbits. On walks I see turkeys, chipmunks, raccoons, and ground hogs. More rarely opossums. Twice I saw a pair of wild minks, and once an otter 🤗

Lots of old established trees. It really doesn't feel like any city I've ever lived in (unlike the Silver Lake neighborhood, or Federal Hill 😣). Yet I can walk downtown in about 20 mins (or be there in 10 riding one of those accursed scooters lol)

Safety: I'm female. Never felt unsafe. Car break-ins happen. Even home break-ins (far more rare these days). But on the whole, the East Side is extraordinarily safe for a city.

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RandomChurn t1_j3vlb97 wrote

Gutted

I'd been looking for him every day, and then two days ago came back from doing that and was hugely relieved to see he'd been found.

Went on my usual walks yesterday full of relief that I didn't need to keep an eye out, that he was safe.

Never occurred to me that "found" could mean dead 😣

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