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SluggDaddy t1_jaf28tx wrote

Also, just a few miles northeast there was the Shpack Landfill site in Norton and Attleborough Mass, where a landowner allowed people to just dump chemicals and whatever else the municipal waste wouldn’t take. They received nuclear waste and the contamination wasn’t discovered until the 70s.

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

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PipeLayer2016 t1_jaf1rws wrote

2k+ for an apartment like that. Also consider parking when looking for places. And there aren't any bad neighborhoods in Providence, but there are definitely differences in aesthetic, noise and access to amenities

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cowperthwaite t1_jaet71n wrote

Copying from previous post about safety:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/116hy6i/young_professionals_moving_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/u48qqq/is_washington_park_a_relatively_safe_area_to_live/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/nfq7lp/living_near_the_vavalley_area/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/mn698j/apartment_hunting/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/i114g2/advice_for_possibly_moving_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/fnvwta/safe_places_in_providence/

About safety and neighborhoods, but is 6 years old:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/53v3u9/wondering_what_providence_is_like_for_mid_30s/

From another post about neighborhoods and apartments:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/woz6f4/should_i_move_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/yx3xnb/moving_to_ri_very_soon/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/p0q2h4/hey_im_a_single_female_in_my_late_20a_thinking_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/nfuqi7/if_you_could_tell_someone_moving_to_providence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/kuvq8w/moving_to_providence_whatre_your_thoughts/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/lhx5yd/moving_to_providence_this_summer/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/idibb5/considering_moving_to_providence_down_the_line/

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/qh5065/moving_to_providence_in_the_spring_2022/

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redd-this t1_jaest4l wrote

Do we really? Wouldn’t a livable wage and a working economy that reflects the local cost of living make a bit more sense? Seriously though, lowering the cost of living here isn’t going to deter transplants.. it would make it so much worse.

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jakejanobs t1_jaelcoh wrote

I had some classes at RINSC years ago, research reactors used to be super common and a lot of universities used to have them, the facility had tons of scientific equipment from other reactors that shut down. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if brown had one too, a particle accelerator would make more sense as the regulatory approval for those is a lot easier. RI’s nuclear science community is super tiny and full of nerds so I’m sure if you contacted them they’d know more about it.

Highly recommend finding a tour of the place sometime if possible, you can see the tiny reactor glow blue, and the building was made on a WWII gun emplacement so the foundation in the basement is really weird

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