The Bodhi Spa on Broadway is great. Would highly recommend their water journey and massages.

They should dedicate some streets to resident-only parking if it's an issue. I probably won't shop there because I have a car and it's almost easier to drive to Cranston or Foxborough, but if I did, I'd park a distance away, like on Hope Street, and walk over. Personally, I'm comfortable on highways but not so much in crowded urban areas, so that's usually my strategy.

Fed Hill is a great spot for young professionals. I live downtown but spend a good chunk of time in Fed Hill at restaurants and seeing friends.

Seems to be a dog-friendly city (I don't have a dog but my friends when we go out don't have a problem finding outdoor seating at restaurants that accommodate dogs).

Moved here last year from Midwest. Not super easy to meet people (compared to Midwest) but if you put in the effort, you'll get the results you want. Dating scene is good - I met my girlfriend via Hinge a year ago. Providence is a young professionals city it feels like most days. Lots of good bars too (not just college bars).

> Notice it doesn't go through the east side?

It follows the already-established railroad tracks from the Pawtucket border to downtown Providence. What alignment through the East Side would have made better sense?

Looking at the current maps, it does look like the little neighborhood around Charles and Randall St. could have been spared if they continued to route I95 on the other side of the post office, to keep it more closely aligned with the train tracks there.

Ah yes, of course. And they will be stealing Trader Joe’s limited spot from us, so they don’t have to pay their building for rent in the garage..

The best part about shopping at Trader Joe's is having to go to another store immediately after to get the stuff you actually want.

29F cis white, fairly attractive, active conversationalist, actively dating in Providence for at least 7 years and the men are garbage. All the okay seeming ones are fully committed or absolutely unavailable in some way. Plenty of great places to go on dates here, but no one of merit to take on any.

About 170, not sure how they will be allocated among tenants. The way traffic will snake through the garage will be a nightmare.

There are still places where you can see where parts of the connecting roads are still visible. Like at the 93/128 interchange, and the 3/128 interchange in Burlington, and the offramps to nowhere on the elevated highway north of Boston.

We've got these in Rhode Island, like at the eastern side of the Henderson Bridge, and the Rte 1/138 interchange.

I can't ve sure, there will ba apartment dwellers moving in soon.

I saw that, not sure if it'll be open and accessible for 11/3.

Just finished making a similar comment. It’s pricey but the pastries are made by hand and it shows. As another commenter said, the croissants are expensive but they take 3 days to make.

That being said, most people here are pretty sedate if a little… WASPy. But I’ve also met and spoke to some of the nicest people in Providence here who’ve gone out of their way to be kind.

Truth be told, I don’t really have that same experience and I’m here often. But it is a more “affluent” area so perhaps there are more entitled folks? This was definitely the most egregious example by far.

From my understanding is that originally providence was supposed to be bypassed. 95 would have gone from Groton and then the existing rt 395 to Boston… RI made an argument that the existing military facilities at the now non military quonset Point needed to be connected to the network. I am pretty sure that the current 295 was supposed to be the original 95 through RI, and then another argument was made that the jewelry district needed access to the highway so then it was going to be current rt 10, but then an argument was made that the port of providence needed to be connected, so we got the Thurber’s ave s curve….I could be wrong but that is the story that I had heard…imagine if to get to 95 you had to take rt 6 or rt 44 to get out of RI?

There are a lot of unfortunate reasons for many highway placements that have more to do with segregating areas of cities than with actual infrastructure needs. It's pretty ugly when you dig into it.

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Both of which are a mile away from this location, on the other side of a hill.

The key here is walkability; a walk to a grocery store that’s less than a mile away for thousands of people will make a bigger difference than you think.

Didn’t your mother teach you about wearing layers?

Isn't there a huge parking lot by the church? Last I checked it's a free for all

Prov is pretty diverse and definitely dog friendly, I for one, am 24 and love Asians😏

But you never need to go more than a block or two to find street parking. It’s never a problem here. Go to Sheldon Street or Armstrong Street anytime—always parking. This is city life. Sometimes you need to walk a couple blocks to park. I know this is mind blowing to Rhode Islanders who have never lived in another city.

Same. Favorite thing to do when I have time is grab a pastry and a coffee and take my dogs over to Waterman dog park. Dogs get leashed up outside while I’m grabbing my food.

Pricey. But so damn good. Amazing pastries. The older woman (owner?) often working the counter is always so nice- I wish people wouldn’t be asses to her.

I love my dog but she steps in her own pee every damn time. She also licks her butthole when we go to bed at night. I love my dog and she is very well behaved but she does not have a place in restaurants or grocery stores. This is not a living room. There are places these people can go- outdoor seating, dog park, regular park, Blackstone Blvd...or to their own living rooms.

And I'm inclined to agree- if everyone told them it's gross and to stop they probably would. They probably feel entitled or determined to do it because they think their dog is cute and they love it so much...regardless of any outcome for anyone else. The fact they've been asked not to and do it anyway is pretty telling.

I also think it says a lot about the establishment that they continue to serve these people and they haven't enforced their boundaries. It's their business and if they don't want to alienate other customers or to break health codes then they really should be forcing these people to leave. Losing their business is really a small price to pay considering how intrusive and disgusting they are.

Men in Providence are ludicrously immature and 10-15 years behind in life… development. I say this as a man in Providence.

Honestly, Providence is not where it’s at for dating. At all. I only met my wife because she happened to be home in RI for a bit after living in Europe and right before she planned to move back to NYC. Several of my exes are dead from drugs and alcohol abuse. It’s rough here.