Recent comments in /f/providence

TheRealTony-Stark t1_jb7xgd3 wrote

Was recently inside there. I appreciate history and charm but the inside of that building is decrepit as far as working office space goes. Not to mention the boxes of records stacked in the hallways around the main staircase has an aesthetic straight from an episode of Hoarders. Ancient IT systems. You’d think with Providence’s outrageous property taxes they could clean the place up and modernize things.

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fishythepete t1_jb7x4jr wrote

I’m assuming the homophobic term was erased because the brick thrower realized that use of the term could turn this from a vandalism charge to a hate crime.

So they bought two bricks. Seriously - brand new bricks (actually, Holland concrete pavers sold by HD). And bought two, or else why erase the message and not just start over. And of course, the day is important, so they can’t just buy another brick tomorrow.

So they planned this out, poorly, had the clarity of mind to take action to reduce the severity of potential charges, planned it for a day that is very significant to the store and surely was at the front of their mind, and still went forward with the act? Pretty brazen - I hope the cops track down footage from the area and local HDs that sold 2 pavers and can piece this together.

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_jb7w5q6 wrote

This is actually super atypical for the area until maybe now. Source: lived here for a decade in rentals.

Be warned, I've heard of one situation where someone is shown a better apartment and then (nameless company-- Not Samson) suddenly doesn't have that unit available/someone else rented it and they won't return your check or cashed your check and "want to show you what else they have." So do be careful with who you pay upfront.

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Good-Expression-4433 t1_jb7tjsi wrote

Bigots are feeling emboldened due to the political climate since 2016 and realizing that there aren't any consequences.

Groups like the Nationalist Social Club (who have been targeting Red Ink and posting their flyers all over Providence in the last year) literally just have people traveling around New England, posting their recruitment flyers, and stirring up trouble knowing they can get out of town before there's consequences.

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