Ahhh i see. I think I'm the problem then here. Moving from NYC with my partner, so looking around there prices seem relatively cheap and our income could support us well there. 🙃. What's it they say about dying a hero or living long enough to become the problem rip

Someone near me is definitely violating the rooster rule!

How does change of ownership increase regulated rates above what they would have been under the previous ownership? Is there a "new owner profit premium" in the calculation? If not, then what's your theory?

Oh wow. I need to check my flower beds and see if mine have started popping up.

OP, Providence is just flat out expensive. Like, have a 6 figure household income or it wouldn't be financially prudent to relocate. Many units are dealing with 300-400+ gas/electric combos. This has to do with geopolitics, but also the really limited infrastructure and dependence New England has on natural gas due to its geography. You can read more about those complexities here: https://www.iso-ne.com/about/what-we-do/in-depth/natural-gas-infrastructure-constraints

That being said, the silent income killer here is a car. I have an old car and my insurance is insane. I know people paying $300 a month. The insurance isn't even as bad as the cost of replacing my car every few years due to people smashing into me and this was before car prices shot up (not looking forward to my next totaled out car).

There's no shortage of teachers in Providence. There is a teacher retention problem. Work conditions, morale, and lack of respect has high quality teachers running away to other districts. But, that's not to say that the teachers do a poor job. Many I have met and worked with are phenomenal and dedicated. They are just working in conditions stacked to make them fail.

I try not to deal with neighbors more than I have to, regardless of species.

Askme? You can, but I don't know much about it.

Why google? https://www.ripta.com/schedules/

Askew is an awesome small venue and totally fine to go alone. I’ve had nothing but good experiences there.

I mean, the west end has RATS. Like, funneling through your garden at noon and avoiding them on your bike level rats. I have not seen this level of rodent ambivalence to this degree in every neighborhood (but it exists in some and North Providence loves to discuss its rat problem).

At this point, is there anyone who doesn’t have rats? I’m not saying they’re taking over the city but I walked by four of them singing a doo-wop song over a flaming trash can last week

I mean, I'll take the bait. I think luxury housing can free up other housing and that can be true and other nuances can exist at the same time.

Building more luxury housing would absolutely free up housing supply, assuming that there is no/low er....gene flow between populations(geographic flow, if you will, but I like science analogies). Lets say a luxury high rise gets built and it's 60% people who didn't live here already-- that means only 40% of the capacity actually freed up current housing. But, that is assuming 100% capacity, which is often not the case with luxury builds who may be able to write off vacant units or people doing rental arbitrage. None of these factors are accounted for because even the best models have to be simplified (again, science).

So there are a few hiccups here:

• Are some people going to move who were deterred before by the lack of high rise living?
• Are some higher income earners staying put because they don't like wasting money?
• Are the new builds actually being filled to 100% capacity? (this one is easily measured)
• Are there vacancy write offs or airbnbs operating?

Is the model still true? Yes, but with confounders.

It's like the egg analogy, but also eggs are now the new superfood and now twice as many customers are buying eggs as before avian flu. Oh, and eggs were just advertised as "2023's best breakfast food" while nearby breakfast foods like Bacon and cereal are getting terrible PR. So yes, maybe some lifelong egg eaters are a bit worried about their eggs because every time a truckload comes in a swarm of new shopper clears the shelves.

Dismissive stuff like this really divides people here and makes current residents feel even less heard. This type of stuff is not the community that I know and love here who should be open to acknowledging people are scared of the unknown.

My feelings are not hurt but I will call out shit I don’t think is right from time to time.

ah so just your run of the mill "nooo don't say bad things on the internet it hurts my feelings!" behavior, I've got you.

Providence Schools are legitimately one of the worst in the country. 1000% enroll them in Johnston Schools.

It’s sarcasm directed toward casually referring to a neighborhood as shitty. It’s kind of a shitty thing to do.

I mean, they were banned prior to this being passed in 2016, and the ordinance was passed with the support of people who wanted to own chickens, so I guess I’m skeptical that it’s written more to prevent people from owning chickens.

Askew is one of the safest and most inclusive places I've been to. Quality of acts varies wildly, though it's important to have venues like that. I've only ever had one negative experience there with the plethora of times I've been to events, and even that negative experience was from one of the acts and not the staff or environment that are always very inclusive and cozy.

You're intentionally comparing/contrasting "white students" with "riff raff," right? I'm not just misreading this? And please expand a bit on being fortunate over a lack of diversity.

These two statements come across as wickedly racist and... I just kind of want to know how to proceed here.

super curious what you think this sentence means

I guess I'm really just struggling to understand your point at all. You seem to be saying that the increase in MLL services in providence is proof of a lower quality school system. Is this because you think a focus on these services lowers the academic rigor? That it attracts those with less academic interest? Why does "see look at how much effort is going into bilingual teachers and classes" a sign of a worse off school?

Or I've completely misread your point and would kindly ask you to restate them for me.

ESL is offered much the same way that the ADA is offered-- its a legal mandate at the national level. The Department of Justice has sued both Boston and Providence regarding compliance. If Barrington got an influx of non native speakers tomorrow, they'd need to revamp their courses as well. You wouldn't get mad at kids with learning disabilities for having resources allocated to them, so have the same empathy for multilingual students.

One thing to think about is that chicken feed/coops brings the rats/mice which some neighborhoods in the city have an abundance of.

I think that you will be plenty comfortable at Askew. I go for live music and some smaller shows/comedy pretty frequently. My sister is 21 and I wouldn’t be concerned if she told me that she was headed there for the first time. If you’ve been out in NOLA or Austin then Askew should be cake.