Exactly, Providence shouldn't. It can choose to, but it would be bad for the city it would be bad for the state. I didn't argue saying it was a good option. I just said it was an option and I warned what would happen if it was taken.

>You can choose not to accommodate people who don't live outside providence,

You literally wrote a whole thesis proving we shouldn't. It's either Providence is a big parking lot for outside traffic or that it invests in other infrastructure.

it almost feels like a venture capitalist/Blackrock cold call to see where their minions can start calling and texting homeowners

I live in this area. Epic hot spot for drunk drivers because of all the bars and restaurants in the area. That plus the thick settling and people always parking on both sides of the street, two way traffic is legal but challenging.

Awesome pic! Definitely saving this one.

Potholes baby

I use East Bay Animal Hospital and like them

I’m so sorry about Biz! We’re in the area, I’ll keep an eye out. Keep us updated ❤️

There was a bout of spam here several months back from some dude proselytizing for his underground punk shows.

I'm a big fan of Warwick Animal Hosp in Cranston. They were wonderful when I lost my 22 year old kitty a few years ago, they do great with my current nervous-nellie dog, and they've just been rock solid every time I've needed them. Not the cheapest by far, but the service and staff quality are worth it, imo. I'd recommend avoiding Hoffman, because they turned the horrible experience of putting down a beloved dog into something much worse - the medication caused a final, fatal seizure and the vet's reaction (standing there) was to shrug and say "oh, yeah, that happens sometimes." Inhuman.

i wonder if it's possible to have an asymmetrically shaped speed bump so that it's a normalish speed bump going the right way but extra brutal going the wrong one

or both 😩 but god forbid that happen

Fair points. I just think that's truly driven to climb the ladder like that is probably capable of deluding themselves on the odds. Ego and ambition are powerful drugs

I wouldn't conflate a lack of physical injury with a lack of consequences. I get the sentiment, but that person just cost themselves thousands and thousands in dollars between fines, repairs, insurance, lost wages for an inevitable court date, etc.

The overwhelming majority of people driving (like over 99%) never come close to the level of recklessness it takes to have this kind of accident.

Good job!

Chalk that up to the city council. Elorza may not be the greatest, but the city council is so dysfunctional.

Looks like drunk driving to me....

I'm not sure why folks think there's such thing as a cheap vet. PRAH isn't corporate owned or a chain so it's mom and pop actually. Having said that, Petco Vets are cheaper but you get what you pay for IMHO.

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You'd be surprised at the number of people who don't live in Providence who visit every weekend. My friend is from Brockton, not a transplant, actually from Brockton, and she drives out here 2-3 times a week. She goes out in Providence more than I do.

You say "should we choose to accommodate cars", like Providence hasn't been doing that for 50 years. The reason the walkable city mentality is having trouble is because pvd has prioritized cars for 2? 3? generations, no one remembers when Providence had street cars, and you could take a street car to Cresent Park or Rocky Point. Now we're having to pull back that infrastructure in favor of pedestrian infrastructure. People don't like what they perceive as a step backward. People aren't understanding that infrastructure reduces car use among everyone because they don't want to. They either can't see 5 moves ahead to understand that, or they feel entitled to be able to take their cars everywhere because the US is such a car-centric country, and our rugged individualism views public transit as less than.

I don't think most people drive in Providence because it's dangerous to walk. I'd argue there are more car windows broken and cars ransacked every night than there are muggings. Compare Providence to the next most populated city country wide, Knoxville? And you'll see Rhode Island has significantly less crime. Providence isn't a dangerous city if you look at 2021's crime report and look at what's considered street crime (robberies and assaults), there were a total of 2,409 offenses all year. This averages out to 6.6 crimes a night. If WaterFire brings in an average of 40k people, let's assume there are 10k people who are going out on a normal Friday night and triple the average crime rate because there's more crime on a Friday night than a Tuesday night. That's one crime for every 5,000 people out. And yes, I know street crime is under-reported, and that's not even taking into account that most reported crime is committed by people known to the victim and not strangers. But seriously, can we stop saying Providence is dangerous? It's a bullshit excuse people from the suburbs use to say I'm uncomfortable if there are people of color in my vicinity.

You can choose not to accommodate people who don't live outside providence, but most of the Providence economy is service industry, and if you take the patrons away, Providence will be right back where it was in the 70's and 80's.

I wouldn't mind more speed humps on certain streets but that's definitely not a fits all solution. For a street like America which has a school it might be worth it. But what I'd love to see more of would be other kinds of calming like narrower lanes or like what was done to Sycamore St.

I live 1 street away from this intersection on a street that should be a one way because there is never room for cars coming from both directions, but is not. And people still drive 50+ mph on it. When turning onto my street people have flashed their brights at me directly into the drivers side on multiple occasions. When they have to yield to me at the stop sign!! Absolutely no patience or respect for other drivers.

One city I lived in had a blog that had a tag solely devoted to flipped cars (mostly on one lane, one way streets where it was like how is that possible).

This isn’t a pvd thing, there are just idiots everywhere.

Rhode Island Antiques Mall possibly

or expand public transit to the point that it's just as, if not more, convenient than owning a car!