My dog is a mixed beagle and rottie small but cute I was denied an apartment because of it and never mentioned it again even after showing her to be beagle sized the lady still said no.

Only thing I will say is this. These breeds need to be raised in homes that have big yards and exercise daily plus proper training. Big breeds are not for small homes or apartment living

They're not trying very hard though, let's be real.

they fired two black trans drag artists that have been performing there for years over a text message without warning. management doesn't seem to see an issue with this. other drag artists now leaving as well, so no more drag nights.

The dog almost killed the young child?? Or he just bit another dog’s tail? Dog attacks are horrible but let’s not blow it out of proportion. Not condoning any of it, the owner sounds horrible, but almost killing a human is very different than biting a dog.

lol "gulliver's tavern" a.k.a the foxy lady ATM

If you read the posts from the queens, it looks like there was workplace drama between the talent and the management.

Yet the Omni tower has soul? Or the Fidelity building?

What about the power plant and every other 1+5 cookie cutter design?

The TSA had them paying nothing in property tax for 3 years, not decades. The building would’ve been paying about 80 million over the first 20 years total, even with $0 in years 1-3.

By the end of year 20, they’d be paying about $9 million per year.

Idk what to tell you beyond I think you were basing your opinion off some wildly incorrect information

source here

Many houses on it, particularly the north end, were almost razed in the '50s because they were in terrible shape and owned by slumlords. The Providence Preservation Society was formed to save them.

https://www.mileofhistory.org/who-we-are

A tax break doesn’t mean $0 in property tax. And residents who work for an out of state job still pay income tax. They still buy things and pay sales tax. They still patronize local businesses.

Right now, the city and state are on like year 12 of making $0 off that land. This project dying guarantees another 5+ years of that.

Affordable housing is important from a humanitarian perspective and a horrible investment. For a city facing long term budget deficits, it can’t afford to give up prime land targeting individuals who will provide very little to the economic growth and stability of the city.

It’s not the kindest take, but it’s reality.

I think building affordable housing at the scale needed to make a dent takes a lot more than one parcel of land. And the city and state definitely can not afford it.

The net result of this tower not happening is we’ll have the same increasing amount of people competing for an amount of housing that isn’t increasing proportionally. Realistically, we need to be adding thousands apartments at every price point. Prices will always be high if demand outpaces supply

Well said. The constant perception of fiction vs reality. People are always so negative towards development. Reality is it ever as bad as most want to believe.

K

Exactly this.

Leash!

There’s a lady with a huge (intact) mastiff type dog that lives right on Hope street. Dog runs all around the sidewalk, bounds across the street without a leash when on a walk. It’s bizarre. Maybe that dog is ok lady but there’s leash rules for a reason.

Luckily RI/Prov has some decent renters protections, like absent landlords pay more in taxes, collecting last months rent isn’t allowed. however with or without new housing eventually a lot of the less nice areas will get gentrified as more and more people move to the city

When there is a shortage, everything for sale is “luxury”. When chickens died from bird flu, eggs became a luxury good. Things get cheaper when you make more of them. Thing get more expensive when production is blocked, whether it’s by a bird flu or angry NIMBY’s.

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/7/25/why-are-developers-only-building-luxury-housing?format=amp

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/7/25/why-are-developers-only-building-luxury-housing?format=amp

Given that banning drag shows are the thin edge of the political wedge that ends with "exterminate trans people," you'd expect a gay club to show some solidarity.

I don't have any inside knowledge, I just also saw this instagram post that says they fired the performers over text message so it seems like even the best case scenario is shitty.

What people fail to see in this topic is that RI doesn’t have good jobs. You can only make barebones construction so cheap. So maybe if people in this state had better job opportunities they’d also make more money!

Also kudos to the people that downvote better jobs! Lol what in the world

They have to wake up early next day to do the brunch shows

I heard the queen that ran the show retired.