Swan Point is wonderful. The trees, gravestones, river….

Good luck OP with making good your escape from TX 🤞

Not sure you can grasp how a native RIer views what constitutes a reasonable commute vs what a native Texan would.

To a RIer, commuting to Brown from Barrington would be onerous; to a Texan it would be a heartbeat away. Lots of Brown staff live in Barrington, which has among the top public schools in the state, and is lovely but boring -- its nickname is Borington. That said, it's pretty idyllic for families. As is its neighbor Bristol. And both are on the ocean.

During my time at Brown, one Provost chose the opposite direction, west to Foster. That's woodsy, sparsely populated, "away from it all" -- but during the occasional bad winter, a difficult commute because they get the most snow in the state out that way.

Another provost lived in the College Hill neighborhood on the East Side, 5 min walk to the main green. Also close to the city's three good private schools for kids, Wheeler, Moses Brown and Lincoln.

Just depends on what you prefer: living in the woods, a seaside bedroom community, or in the city.

Good luck with getting the job 🍀

Never been to los Andes ( blasphemy in this sub, I know) mokban is also a cool place to go with unique food and it's a bit louder than most, y shabu shabu is hot pot and I've heard good things

>make a lot more in the private sector

Worked at Brown for 17 years, having come from the private sector. This was too true: wages and annual raises were crazy low at Brown by comparison. And while people think Brown offers great benefits, this stopped being true by the 90s!

That said, likely OP is an upper-level administrator. So, especially if they are comparing a state university in TX to an Ivy, salary should be adequate to live on the East Side or Barrington.

Something a bit unique food wise would be great! As long as their are no pretzel bites or fried chicken sandwiches on the menu I’d be happy (basically all I ever see at kid friendly suburban spots). Maybe Los Andes?!

I think it is the business owners responsibility to pay fairly and make the price the actual price, not throw on fees and tip requests during the final transaction. I know it's not the employees fault especially on POS.

Even people that I normally and happily tip (beyond servers - say a taxi/Uber) I'd just as soon be charged appropriately as to have a tip request at the end.

But I think in the spirit of the thread it's that these POS systems now make it to easy to misrepresent prices - at one point another local place was adding an "inflation charge" and a "healthcare for employees" and a "service fee" for pickup orders (presumably because people don't tip pickup but the system asked for a tip anyway). Just tell me the price and let me decide don't spread the ticketmaster model everywhere.

Yes sorry my distaste is not for the workers it's for the owners who think setting up a POS system with tips puts the responsibility for paying workers on the customer. As well, I understand inflation but they have increased prices 20% this winter. So basically they probably had a poor business model and now are punishing their employees and customers to extract profit and eventually that house of cards topples. But it's still super popular so what do I know.

No shortage of state parks in RI/MA. Or beaches. Also I'd recommend headphones - I don't like random people starting convos while I'm trying to recharge - headphones deter that even if they're not on

Well, I just walked around swan point cemetery for 2 hours today and that was great, so.

If you haven’t already please contact the state ombudsman for long term care- she can assist by holding this nursing homes feet to the fire.

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The lemonade man has it strategically priced where you will barely get any change but in the case you do here's a financial lesson for those who don't want to stick it in a drawer and forget about it. Get the change and keep in a small cup, next time you go food shopping bring it for self check out.

Wow another one asking for a tip at $275 for 15-20 min of work come on , this actually reminds me of the time American Airline lost my luggage, then found it and had a guy bring it to my house from Logan, this ding dong was literally with his hand out waiting for a fucking tip, gave him the peace sign.

Thanks, ill check it out!

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I just moved here from St. Petersburg FL. Tampa/St. Pete, in my FL native opinion, is the best area to live in FL, and it's not particularly close in my mind either. I was just ready for something new, but I love that city, always will.

I probably wouldn't tip my mechanic out of nowhere, but if I was presented with a tipping screen at checkout, I probably would lol.

Yeah I've come to notice that the people on this sub are quite different than what I imagine as typical providence residents. It feels like everyone here just hates everything and has a complaint about a lot of stuff. Like why are we getting downvoted for defending people's tips.

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Idk just cruising thru google I can see she literally replies to ALL the reviews. Not just the bad ones, but the good ones as well. I have to say I don’t know of any other local business where the owner takes the time to respond to every single review, even to say thank you. That’s unusual but ultimately good in my eyes.

I still don’t think you’re in a position to be “diagnosing” people you don’t know. Says as much about you as you think it says about her. Just don’t go there, don’t give her your money and don’t give it your attention! Go live your life

lack of accountability per usual for lazy operators

is this a shocker? the place is uncomfortable. the constant virtue signaling and social justice warrior bullshit. they are spending money printing lawn signs with political messages — y’all are a freakin grocery market… you lost track of what matters to the existence of your business. blown opportunity to do good and make a profitable business. I hope the market that replaces it is neutral, and focuses on being a quality market — no soapboxes, no “using their platform”, no signs or pamphlets — I just want a grocery market.

Dolores is always bumping and fun, more of an all night spot bc the food takes a minute. Nothing a margarita pitcher can’t solve!

You’re paying for skill, not time. You know that, right?

Yes, $1 is pretty good and harmless. Or you can pour your own coffee at home too

I always think to myself like leaving an extra $1 tip isn’t going to kill me or ruin my budget but it goes a long way for the service team.

Some of the discussion here I really don’t get. I would 100% tip my mechanic. Especially if I plan on getting future services. They’ll give special attention to my car, squeeze me in for appointments when I’m in an emergency and look the other way when my car is messy inside.

They need the tips at 7 stars because the new owners who laid off all the workers in the pandemic rehired them at $9/hr plus tips instead of above-minimum wages. That was the genesis of the unionization effort if my memory serves me right.